Hello From The Beautiful Smokey Mountains.

I am sitting here looking at the most beautiful mountain scenery ever. How someone could believe that all this just happened I do not know. They have to be blinded by the enemy of our souls. The hills are both brown and green depending on the elevation of the area and all throughout this mounatin region are the most beautiful blooming dogwoods I have ever seen. I think the Lord must have added a special little touch of creation to these mountains and I always sense his special presence here.

Happy Easter Everyone.

Because He lives we can face whatever is coming.
Because He lives we have hope eternal.
Because He lives we know that we will see our loved ones again.
Because He lives our sins are forgiven, forgotten and buried in the depths of the sea.

Praise the Lord!

On a hill far away
Stood an old rugged cross
The emblem of suffering and shame.
And I love that old cross
Where the dearest and best
for a world of lost sinners was slain.

Thank you WePraiseHim.Com for this reminder of what our Lord endured.

What Is Crucifixion?

A medical doctor provides a physical description: The cross is placed on the ground and the exhausted man is quickly thrown backwards with his shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square wrought iron nail through the wrist deep into the wood. Quickly he moves to the other side and repeats the action, being careful not to pull the arms too tightly, but to allow some flex and movement.

The cross is then lifted into place. The left foot is pressed backwards against the right foot, and with both feet extended, toes down, a nail is driven through the arch of each, leaving the knees flexed. The victim is now crucified. As he slowly sags down with more weight on the nails in the wrists, excruciating fiery pain shoots along the fingers and up the arms to explode in the brain- the nails in the wrists are putting pressure on the median nerves. As he pushes himself upward to avoid this stretching torment, he places the full weight on the nail through his feet. Again he feels the searing agony of the nail tearing through the nerves between the bones of his feet. As the arms fatigue, cramps sweep through his muscles, knotting them deep relentless, throbbing pain. With these cramps comes the inability to push himself upward to breathe. Air can be drawn into the lungs but not exhaled. He fights to raise himself in order to get even one small breath. Finally, carbon dioxide builds up in the lungs and in the blood stream, and the cramps partially subside. Spasmodically, he is able to push himself upward to exhale and bring in life-giving oxygen. Hours of limitless pain, cycles of twisting, joint wrenching cramps, intermittent partial asphyxiation, searing pain as tissue is torn from his lacerated back as he moves up and down against rough timber.

Then another agony begins: a deep, crushing pain deep in the chest as the pericardium slowly fills with serum and begins to compress the heart. It is now almost over-the loss of tissue fluids has reached a critical level-the compressed heart is struggling to pump heavy, thick, sluggish blood into the tissues-the tortured lungs are making frantic effort to gasp in small gulps of air. He can feel the chill of death creeping through his tissues...Finally, he can allow his body to die... All this the Bible records with the simple words, "and they crucified Him" (Mark 15:24). What wondrous love is this?

Many people don't know that pain and suffering our Lord, Jesus Christ went through for us...because of the brutality, crucifixion was given a sentence to only its worst offenders of the law. Thieves, murderers, and rapists would be the types of creeps who got crucified. Yet, here Jesus is being crucified between two hardened criminals...What did Jesus do? Did he murder anyone? Did he steal anything? The answer as we all know is NO!! Jesus did nothing to deserve this type of death, yet he went willing to die, in between 2 thieves, so that we might be saved. And there, in between the sinners, was our savior slain for our sins.

Passing this on to 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 people won't get you good luck, no free pair of Gap Jeans, no cruise, no money, but it might open someone's eyes.

God Bless




Have you settled the question of where you will spend eternity?



John3:16:For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son. That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Zechariah 12
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.





Good Morning Everyone!

Well today I was going to post an article on taxes but I will save that for tomorrow. I will include in that article information on how a judge is banning books in America. Today, I must post one more article on the war, Israel and Bible Prophecy. This article today in the World Net Daily blew me away. Remember how we spoke of the danger in giving away Gods Covenant Lands and how the US has joined with the EU, Britain and Russia ( the Quartet) in deciding what will happen to Israel and the Palestinians? Well the Iraq war has brought out some comments from Ariel Sharon that shocked me. The pressure is on to give away lands that God gave to Israel. This is significant in light of scripture. I have always believed we need to keep our eyes on Israel and Jerusalem. This is where we will see the final end to this corrupt World System we live in.

How can civilized people insist that Israel make agreements with a group of people whose primary goal is her destruction. If history is any teacher, just consider how the world tried to appease Hitler and how the UN tried to appease Iraq for the last 12 years! Truly the historical and prophetical significance of these moves to give away Covenant Land is pointing toward the culmination of this age and return of our Lord. Just remmeber once again that the church must be out of here for that 7 year period called the Tribulation before he stands on the Mount of Olives. At this Easter Season as we celebrate his Death, Burial and Resurrection it is breathtaking to realize that we are closer to that Blessed Appearing than ever before. Won't it be a wonderful day when we meet Him face to face and see our Lord put evil down once and for all!




Have a blessed week.
Elaine

Sharon: Israel May Concede Settlements

World Net Daily

YEHUD, Israel, April 13 (UPI)

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he is ready to "part with some places" if the Palestinians scaled down on their demands, including the right of return for refugees.

In an interview to the Haaretz newspaper published Sunday, Sharon said the U.S.-led coalition's victory in Iraq had "generated a shock through the Middle East" that could precipitate Israeli-Arab peace agreements. The coalition's achievement "brings with it a prospect of great changes," he said.

"There is an opportunity here to forge a different relationship between us and the Arab states, and between us and the Palestinians....

"Opportunities have currently been created that did not exist before. The Arab world in general, and the Palestinians in particular, have been shaken. There is therefore a chance to reach an agreement faster than people think," he said.

So far, Sharon has been very careful not to discuss concessions he would make for peace with the Palestinians. He had persistently refused to go beyond expressions of readiness to make "painful concessions" for peace.

"Isn't that phrase 'painful concessions' a hollow expression?" the Haaretz interviewer asked.

"Definitely not. It comes from the depth of my soul," Sharon responded. "We are talking about the cradle of the Jewish people. Our whole history is bound up with these places. Bethlehem, Shiloh, Beit El. And I know that we will have to part with some of these places.

"There will be a parting from places that are connected to the whole course of our history. As a Jew, this agonizes me. But I have decided to make every effort to reach a settlement. I feel that the rational necessity to reach a settlement is overcoming my feelings."

Israel has retained control over Rachel's Tomb in northern Bethlehem, virtually annexing it to Jerusalem. It built settlements in Beit El (Beth-El) and Shilo that figure prominently in ancient Jewish history.

Sharon said some reservations concern security matters. "How terror will be handled. There is no difference of opinion in this matter but there is a difference in the wording," he told Haaretz.

The second key issue, according to Sharon, concerns implementation of the roadmap.

"Our understanding with the United States is that there will be no transition from one stage to the next without the completion of the previous stage. The determining factor is not the timetable but the execution," he said.

The third reservation concerns the Palestinians' demand that their millions of refugees have a right of return to Israel proper. Israel opposes it. It says that if the refugees return to the Jewish state, it will no longer be Jewish.

"If there is ever to be an end to the conflict the Palestinians must recognize the Jewish people's right to a homeland and the existence of an independent Jewish state in the homeland of the Jewish people. ... This is not a simple thing. Even in the agreements we signed with Egypt and Jordan this was impossible. That is why they did bring about an end to the conflict. They are important agreements, very important, but they did not bring about an end to the conflict. The end of the conflict will come only with the arrival of the recognition of the Jewish people's right to its homeland," Sharon stressed.

He sought to postpone discussion of the settlement issue to "the final stage of negotiations ....We don't have to deal with it just now," he told Haaretz.

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom who held a joint news conference with visiting Slovak Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan in Yehud, near Tel Aviv, said he anticipated "a new atmosphere that we think will help us try to resume negotiations with the Palestinians."

He noted that CIA chief George Tenet and retired Gen. Anthony Zinni presented security plans "that are acceptable to us and the Palestinians. I very much hope that the (sides) will act to implement them."

He said Israel would not give the Palestinians much of what they hope to get "without them explicitly foregoing the right of return."

But he avoided backing Sharon's comments in the interview, noting the matter would come before the entire Cabinet where a decision "binding all the components in the Cabinet" will be taken.

Sharon's talk of readiness to cede at least some of these sites sent shock waves through hawkish political groups.

Minister without portfolio, Uzi Landau, also of the Likud, criticized the roadmap as "not a map for peace but for a confrontation."

Tourism Minister Benny Elon of the hardline National Union said Israel's stay in the West Bank towns of Jenin aned Nasblus is "not temporary. God willing we shall return to all of the Land of Israel. ... I am in the Cabinet to fight for my views and positions."

The settlers' top forum, the Yesha Council slammed Sharon for being ready "to expel Jews from their homes."

Dovish leaders were cautious.

"Nobody knows for sure what Sharon's real intentions are," the head of the dovish Meretz Party, Yossi Sarid said.

No settlement outpost would have been established without Sharon's encouragement, he added.

However, "Mr. Sharon is not ready to lend his hand to any effort to evacuate these settlements that were illegally established...These are the real, determining factors, by which one should judge statements, not by an interview," he argued.

Ophir Pines, the secretary-general of the opposition Labor Party, Israel's second-biggest party, said he did not believe Israel would return to the negotiating table as long as Sharon's hawkish coalition partners are at the Cabinet table.

If Sharon will be "really ready to resume the historic negotiations for peace on the basis of the American political plan and his right wing partners ...will quit the government, and he will come to us (and ask that we join him), only irresponsible people will slam the door in his face," Pines said.

Meanwhile, senior government officials led by the head of Sharon's Bureau, Dov Weissglass, arrived in Washington with a list of 14 or 15 "reservations" over the projected roadmap for peace that the United States has devised with the European Union, the United Nations and Russia. The United States plans to present the roadmap when Mahmoud Abbas (better known as Abu Mazen) is confirmed as the new Palestinian prime minister. Abu Mazen is now trying to form a Cabinet.

The roadmap outlines a series of steps each side should take so that Israel would have the peace and security it seeks and the Palestinians a state.

Weissglas is scheduled to present the "reservations" to U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Monday.





ARE YOU READY FOR THE RAPTURE?


John3:16

Zechariah 12
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.





Good Morning Everyone!

Well today I was going to post an article on taxes but I will save that for tomorrow. I will include in that article information on how a judge is banning books in America. Today, I must post one more article on the war, Israel and Bible Prophecy. This article today in the World Net Daily blew me away. Remember how we spoke of the danger in giving away Gods Covenant Lands and how the US has joined with the EU, Britain and Russia ( the Quartet) in deciding what will happen to Israel and the Palestinians? Well the Iraq war has brought out some comments from Ariel Sharon that shocked me. The pressure is on to give away lands that God gave to Israel. This is significant in light of scripture. I have always believed we need to keep our eyes on Israel and Jerusalem. This is where we will see the final end to this corrupt World System we live in.

How can civilized people insist that Israel make agreements with a group of people whose primary goal is her destruction. If history is any teacher, just consider how the world tried to appease Hitler and how the UN tried to appease Iraq for the last 12 years! Truly the historical and prophetical significance of these moves to give away Covenant Land is pointing toward the culmination of this age and return of our Lord. Just remember once again that the church must be out of here for that 7 year period called the Tribulation before he stands on the Mount of Olives. At this Easter Season as we celebrate his Death, Burial and Resurrection it is breathtaking to realize that we are closer to that Blessed Appearing than ever before. Won't it be a wonderful day when we meet Him face to face and see our Lord put evil down once and for all!




Have a blessed week.
Elaine

Sharon: Israel May Concede Settlements

World Net Daily

YEHUD, Israel, April 13 (UPI)

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he is ready to "part with some places" if the Palestinians scaled down on their demands, including the right of return for refugees.

In an interview to the Haaretz newspaper published Sunday, Sharon said the U.S.-led coalition's victory in Iraq had "generated a shock through the Middle East" that could precipitate Israeli-Arab peace agreements. The coalition's achievement "brings with it a prospect of great changes," he said.

"There is an opportunity here to forge a different relationship between us and the Arab states, and between us and the Palestinians....

"Opportunities have currently been created that did not exist before. The Arab world in general, and the Palestinians in particular, have been shaken. There is therefore a chance to reach an agreement faster than people think," he said.

So far, Sharon has been very careful not to discuss concessions he would make for peace with the Palestinians. He had persistently refused to go beyond expressions of readiness to make "painful concessions" for peace.

"Isn't that phrase 'painful concessions' a hollow expression?" the Haaretz interviewer asked.

"Definitely not. It comes from the depth of my soul," Sharon responded. "We are talking about the cradle of the Jewish people. Our whole history is bound up with these places. Bethlehem, Shiloh, Beit El. And I know that we will have to part with some of these places.

"There will be a parting from places that are connected to the whole course of our history. As a Jew, this agonizes me. But I have decided to make every effort to reach a settlement. I feel that the rational necessity to reach a settlement is overcoming my feelings."

Israel has retained control over Rachel's Tomb in northern Bethlehem, virtually annexing it to Jerusalem. It built settlements in Beit El (Beth-El) and Shilo that figure prominently in ancient Jewish history.

Sharon said some reservations concern security matters. "How terror will be handled. There is no difference of opinion in this matter but there is a difference in the wording," he told Haaretz.

The second key issue, according to Sharon, concerns implementation of the roadmap.

"Our understanding with the United States is that there will be no transition from one stage to the next without the completion of the previous stage. The determining factor is not the timetable but the execution," he said.

The third reservation concerns the Palestinians' demand that their millions of refugees have a right of return to Israel proper. Israel opposes it. It says that if the refugees return to the Jewish state, it will no longer be Jewish.

"If there is ever to be an end to the conflict the Palestinians must recognize the Jewish people's right to a homeland and the existence of an independent Jewish state in the homeland of the Jewish people. ... This is not a simple thing. Even in the agreements we signed with Egypt and Jordan this was impossible. That is why they did bring about an end to the conflict. They are important agreements, very important, but they did not bring about an end to the conflict. The end of the conflict will come only with the arrival of the recognition of the Jewish people's right to its homeland," Sharon stressed.

He sought to postpone discussion of the settlement issue to "the final stage of negotiations ....We don't have to deal with it just now," he told Haaretz.

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom who held a joint news conference with visiting Slovak Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan in Yehud, near Tel Aviv, said he anticipated "a new atmosphere that we think will help us try to resume negotiations with the Palestinians."

He noted that CIA chief George Tenet and retired Gen. Anthony Zinni presented security plans "that are acceptable to us and the Palestinians. I very much hope that the (sides) will act to implement them."

He said Israel would not give the Palestinians much of what they hope to get "without them explicitly foregoing the right of return."

But he avoided backing Sharon's comments in the interview, noting the matter would come before the entire Cabinet where a decision "binding all the components in the Cabinet" will be taken.

Sharon's talk of readiness to cede at least some of these sites sent shock waves through hawkish political groups.

Minister without portfolio, Uzi Landau, also of the Likud, criticized the roadmap as "not a map for peace but for a confrontation."

Tourism Minister Benny Elon of the hardline National Union said Israel's stay in the West Bank towns of Jenin aned Nasblus is "not temporary. God willing we shall return to all of the Land of Israel. ... I am in the Cabinet to fight for my views and positions."

The settlers' top forum, the Yesha Council slammed Sharon for being ready "to expel Jews from their homes."

Dovish leaders were cautious.

"Nobody knows for sure what Sharon's real intentions are," the head of the dovish Meretz Party, Yossi Sarid said.

No settlement outpost would have been established without Sharon's encouragement, he added.

However, "Mr. Sharon is not ready to lend his hand to any effort to evacuate these settlements that were illegally established...These are the real, determining factors, by which one should judge statements, not by an interview," he argued.

Ophir Pines, the secretary-general of the opposition Labor Party, Israel's second-biggest party, said he did not believe Israel would return to the negotiating table as long as Sharon's hawkish coalition partners are at the Cabinet table.

If Sharon will be "really ready to resume the historic negotiations for peace on the basis of the American political plan and his right wing partners ...will quit the government, and he will come to us (and ask that we join him), only irresponsible people will slam the door in his face," Pines said.

Meanwhile, senior government officials led by the head of Sharon's Bureau, Dov Weissglass, arrived in Washington with a list of 14 or 15 "reservations" over the projected roadmap for peace that the United States has devised with the European Union, the United Nations and Russia. The United States plans to present the roadmap when Mahmoud Abbas (better known as Abu Mazen) is confirmed as the new Palestinian prime minister. Abu Mazen is now trying to form a Cabinet.

The roadmap outlines a series of steps each side should take so that Israel would have the peace and security it seeks and the Palestinians a state.

Weissglas is scheduled to present the "reservations" to U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Monday.





ARE YOU READY FOR THE RAPTURE?


John3:16

Luke 21
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.


REMEMBER TO PRAY DAILY FOR OUR LEADERS AND TROOPS!


Good Morning Everyone.
What a world we are living in! What a time to be a Christian and to be priviliged to see Gods Prophetic Word unfolding daily. Our country is in Ancient Babylon! We are in the region where God tells us it is all going to come to an end. All I can say is that we need to watch the nations alignment now in light of what the scriptures tell us. Remember, that Russia (Rosh) in Daniel is to form a northern federation with the Arabs, Gomer(Germany) and Torgamah (Turkey). This federation is to move against Gods People of the Covenant Land and attack Israel. It is at this time, they will face total destruction at the hand of the God of the Bible! All of these events occur during the 7 year tribulation and for that time to begin, true believers in Jesus Christ have to be gone!

Joseph Farah, in a new article explains why we must go after Syria next. This is an interesting fact because what I see developing here is a long time presence of American Troops in the Middle East. God has put us there for a reason and it will be interesting to watch future events unfold. This is where we need to keep watch as new issues develop daily over there. Take a look and Think About It. We are closer now than we have ever been to meeting our Lord in the air! Perhaps Today!

God Bless
Elaine

THE JOB IS NOT FINISHED!
By Joseph Farah
WorldNetDaily.Com

Why are we in Iraq today?

Because we didn't finish the job we started in 1991.

The objectives of the first Persian Gulf War were limited by the first President Bush's desire to bring together a large coalition of forces committed solely to chasing Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

Once that goal was accomplished, the U.S. didn't have the stomach, the will nor the support of its Arab allies to remove from power the man who ordered the invasion of Kuwait – Saddam Hussein.

It's important we don't call it quits in the region 12 years later until the job is finished.

What is the job?

The job should be destroying the terrorist infrastructure in the Middle East.

That means toppling regimes in Syria and Iraq – by any means necessary.

The logical next phase of this war should be to shift attention to Syria. Damascus not only supports terrorism, it is still at this very moment supporting Saddam Hussein's falling regime. It has been the No. 1 conduit of illegal weapons to Iraq.

Further, Syria is the only country in the Middle East actively occupying a neighboring country – just like Saddam Hussein did in 1991. That little neighbor is Lebanon – one of the few countries in the region that actually has a history of constitutional, republican-style government.

Why Syria and not Iran? Because Iran has domestic problems that could lead to the fall of the mullah regime at any moment. An invasion may not be necessary. But Syria is a second-generation, totalitarian police state. Uprisings are brutally crushed, and there is no chance of a popular rebellion. Thus, it will take outside force – the kind we are now employing in Iraq – to take down Damascus.

My G2 Bulletin was the first publication in the world to report Bush administration officials were actively considering such a plan. Now it's an open secret. The London Telegraph reported Syria was among the topics discussed by President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair during their summit in Belfast this week.

"There's got to be a change in Syria," Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

His remark followed the March 29 threat by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a Pentagon briefing.

"And to Iraq's neighbor, Syria: We have information that shipments of military supplies have been crossing the border from Syria into Iraq, including night-vision goggles. These deliveries pose a direct threat to the lives of coalition forces. We consider such trafficking as hostile acts and will hold the Syrian government accountable for such shipments," Rumsfeld said.

Although left out of Bush's "axis-of-evil" illustration of countries harboring or sponsoring terrorists, Syria has gained increased scrutiny amid suspicions it allowed Hussein to transfer weapons of mass destruction across its border, allegations it supplied Iraq with illegal arms which are currently being used against coalition forces, and charges it and Iran have dispatched thousands of terrorists and suicide bombers into Iraq for attacks against coalition forces.

Syria was recently fingered as the middle man that provided GPS-jamming equipment made by a Russian firm in cooperation with the Russian military. In addition, Syria allowed the transfer of night-vision glasses to be used by Iraqi soldiers targeting American troops.

Another report suggests Syria recently also facilitated Baghdad's acquisition of 500 laser-guided anti-tank missiles from Russia.

There are also reports of Syria harboring Hussein's wife, Sajida – mother of Uday and Qusay.

Is it crazy to talk about extending the war in the Middle East? Recent history has shown us it may be crazy not to do so. Our troops are there now. We have made a huge commitment to one regime change. It won't be easy to do this again a year from now or 10 years from now.

There is no chance Syria will change its stripes without force. There is no chance Lebanon will be free without a regime change in Damascus. There is no chance we will wipe out the world's biggest terrorist base – in Lebanon – without targeting Syria.

Let's not leave the job unfinished again.

My Note: Get the feeling there are some teriffic battles going on in the heavenlies these days? Hmm.....



ARE YOU READY FOR THE RAPTURE?


John3:16

Acts 1:
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.




How About Our Men And Women In Uniform.
I have never been so proud in all my life as I am this day to watch the men and women in our military carry on this battle against the vile evil that has been allowed to go on in Iraq. Just look at what our world leaders so lost in darkness have tolerated and allowed while posing as people with concern for the "poor" and the "downtrodden". I pray this very minute that our Lord will be close to each one in our military and give them saving grace and courage and fearless trust in HIm. I pray that he will go forth and set up a Standard against the evil they are fighting and grant us a Miraculous Victory against our enemy. Amen!


What whimps these world leaders are who allowed the torture and evil to be done that we are hearing about in Iraq. This is a picture of what the so called New World Order is really capable of. Look at France and Russia and Germany who have profited from this Evil Cabal in Iraq. Never before has truth shown out as it has in this day when a few countries defied the world and took a stand.. Now once again we are hated because we have forced a world hidden in darkness to face evil and admit it does exist.

I think of how my country has profited from slavery in China and has in the past supported Sadaam Hussein. Why we gave him monetary aid and war materials when he fought Iran. This I believe helped bring forth the bitter fruits we are now bearing for these dealings with the devil. God is not mocked and when you play with evil you will get burned. My dad used to put it like this, " You cannot lay down with the forces of evil and expect to win a victory for God".

The scripture in Acts today is one of my favorites and describes the reason we will see the world grow darker and darker until the Messiah comes. For the most part, Man today does not want the truth. He wants to be comfortable and left alone to do what is right in his own eyes. He wants the government to take care of everything. He does not want to include his Creator in his life or bother to give Our Heavenly Father the recognition or time He deserves. Man does not want true preachers of the Gospel to tell the truth and convict them of sin. Thus, this portion of scripture accurately describes the world we live in.

Now what does that have to do with the war?

Hal Lindsey today has posted an excellent article concerning Europe and her attitude toward America. Think about it and think about our world. The only hope is Jesus and it is up to people like me and you to be bold enough to tell people who don't want to hear the truth. May
God grant us the courage like our military to carry this message.

Have a blessed day and may our God Bless America and bring her once again to true revival.

Elaine Moreland



Europe's Anti-Christian AttitudeBy Hal Lindsey

Now I know the anti-Christian attitude of the ungrateful Europeans would not dare connect the answer to these questions to the influence of the prevailing Christian faith of the majority of Americans. But whether they like it or not, that is the basis of why we were willing to spill our blood and consume our resources in the pursuit of righting the aggressions that nearly destroyed and enslaved all of Europe.

It was the willingness to sacrifice in order to do the right thing – the determination to set people free and stamp out the forces of tyranny. Those actions did not come out of the natural selfishness of human nature, but from the influences of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Bible.

And now the majority of the Europeans we set free are upset by President Bush’s frequent references to God and faith – the very factors that motivated us to save them.

Just look at what was reported by Reuters, “The religious overtones in President Bush’s speeches increasingly grate on many ears in Europe, where leaders invoking God in times of war are widely suspect of misusing faith for political purposes. No less than the German president, French prime minister and Belgian foreign minister have joined religious leaders in expressing concern about Bush's beliefs and the place of religion in U.S. politics.”
It is my opinion that one of the reasons God allowed such terrible judgments to fall upon Europe is because of their perversion and rejection of true Christianity. The Theologians of Europe in the 18th century are the ones who began a sophisticated rejection of the Bible’s authenticity and authority.

They are the source of the so-called Liberal and Neo-Orthodox Theological movement. This God-cursed movement is based upon the rejection of the Bible as the literal and infallible Word of God. It is interesting that German Theologians began this insidious movement. I believe that this is the reason most Germans fell for the Godless teachings of Adolf Hitler and National Socialism. These teachings were based upon many occultic concepts, which a Bible believing Christian would have immediately recognized and rejected.

It is these apostate Protestant Religious leaders who are the source of the thinking expressed in this quote from Reuters, “Media commentators, especially in northern European countries with Protestant heritages, have branded Bush's evangelical views as Christian fundamentalism, with some even comparing them to the Islamic fundamentalism of Osama bin Laden.”

Christian Fundamentalism believes that the Bible is the infallible Word of God and should be believed literally, unless the context clearly indicates it is a parable or an allegory. Now if a Christian does that, he believes that we are to proclaim the good news of God’s salvation and forgiveness, purchased by Christ’s death for our sins. He believes that this is a gift and tries to get people to receive it – but not through violence. He believes that in inter-personal relationships, we should treat others, as we would have them treat us; that we should not represent the Gospel with violence.

But Christian Fundamentalist also believe Romans 13:1-10. This passage recognizes that there will always be those who are violent and seek to take the life, liberty and property of others. This applies to both person-to-person and nation-to-nation crimes. God tells us that He has established duly formed government to keep peace, security and order. To those who violate the law, the Bible warns, “For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, FOR HE DOES NOT BEAR THE SWORD FOR NOTHING. HE IS GOD'S SERVANT, AN AGENT OF WRATH TO BRING PUNISHMENT ON THE WRONGDOER. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience.” (Romans 13:3-5 NIV)

Many of the first believers in Jesus Christ in the New Testament were Roman military officers and soldiers. They were never told to quit the military, but simply urged to do their duty honestly and justly. In the passage quoted above, it says that government agents such as policemen and soldiers do not bear the sword for nothing. Now you don’t spank people with swords. It is a symbol of deadly force.

This is why Christians have often been the best soldiers and policemen. They carry out their duty with faith and justice. King David was one of the greatest warriors to strap on a sword. David writes in the Psalms that it was God who taught his hands how to fight. God called him a man after His own heart. This is because David sought to fight in the will and purpose of God.

On the other hand, a Muslim Fundamentalist literally follows the Koran and the example of Mohammad. This teaches him to spread Islam with the sword. They are commanded to kill the infidel because he does not believe the Prophet Mohammad and the Koran. It teaches Muslims to have no tolerance for any other religion. It teaches ‘Holy War’ or Jihad to spread Islam over other nations. Here are a few quotes from the Koran to illustrate this:

“Those who disbelieve in our communications [i.e. from the Koran], we shall make them enter fire; so oft as their skins are thoroughly burned, we will change them for other skins, that they may taste the chastisement; surely Allah is Mighty and Wise.” (Surah 4:56)

“So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captive and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every kind of ambush …” (Surah 9:5)

“O you who believe! Do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide these unjust people.” (Surah 5:51)

The very least we can say is that the more Fundamental a Christian becomes, the more just and loving he will become; but the more Fundamental a Muslim becomes, the more violent and intolerant he will become.

This is the reason why Islamic Fundamentalism is almost synonymous with terrorism. Not all Muslims are terrorists, but almost all terrorist today are Muslim.

From the foundation of the United States of America, our leaders have invoked the guidance and blessing of God, especially in the wars we have fought. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Truman, to name a few, all sought God’s protection, guidance and blessings as they sent our soldiers into war. They did this because this country was founded on faith in God and the Lord Jesus Christ by the majority. They also did this because we only went to war when the majority of Americans believed it was a just war.

It was our faith in God that motivated us to come to the aid of Europe – particularly France and Belgium – in World Wars 1 and 2. So President George W. Bush is not acting in aberrant way from our history when he seeks God’s guidance and blessings. No, he is following the very essence of what made this country what it is. We have fought with fury against aggressors, but been merciful to the vanquished. We have not kept any of the lands we liberated. We helped even our enemies to rebuild. This behavior is rooted in our faith in the Bible. If we drift from this faith, we too will be destroyed.

So you ungrateful Europeans who criticize public appeals to God for His help – just shut up! You may need our help again.

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My Note: Amen and Thanks Hal Lindsey for your boldness in this article.



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2 Timothy 4
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.










ARE YOU AS SHOCKED AS I AM?

Good morning from Georgia USA!

Hal Lindsey has written an article for the World Net Daily that I simply had to post here at Let Freedom Ring today. Have you had a chance to listen to the military updates on television? Americans can now see for themselves that a lot of the world out there hates us. Yesterday, I had an opportunity to observe the most outrageous anti-American bias straight from the mouths of news people from around the world. I became so angry that I had to turn the television off. The scriptures tell us that in the last days people would choose to believe a lie rather than the truth. If you watch the foreign news reporting as well as the "mainstream" press in America, coupled with our wonderful nutty crowd from Hollywood, you will see the truth distorted even when the media have people on the ground with our troops observing what is happening.

Well take a listen to what Hal has to say and think about all of the "tax money"that went to help many of these countries in time of need. Think about the lives of our men and women who went to Europe to save some of this crowd. Even more, watch the UN whining because America has revealed the truth about it to the World.

Do any of you remember the story of the Little Red Hen. Well, she decided to bake some bread one day and asked who would "help her bake her bread". Remember the lines, " not I said the cat, not I said the dog and so on. When the smell of that freshly cooked bread begin to hit the noses of that lazy bunch of "friends", they were all very eager to help her eat the bread. Well, the Little Red Hen did a politically incorrect thing. She and her family ate all the bread themselves. I hope that America will have a long memory after the war and never forget the slander and malicious lies that have been spread about her.


Posted: March 27, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern


WorldNetDaily.com

Ignore The Hostile Media

Hal Lindsey

The United States must not fall into the trap of trying to run a war that pleases a hostile world media. It is becoming increasingly obvious that no matter what we do right, the media will focus on the few accidents that always happen in a war.

The Muslim nations have become experts at using the media to reduce Western forces' ineffectiveness. They play upon the well-known conscience of the West concerning causing harm to civilians.

The Muslim media, led by Al-Jazeera, have totally distorted the events of the war. They have blatantly twisted facts into propaganda aimed at inflaming the Arab masses of the Middle East. So has the media of China, Europe and other nations who are opposed to the war.

But what Kofi Annan did this Wednesday is even more outrageous. Staring at the camera with his most somber expression, he warned the United States that he was gravely concerned about the 15 Iraqi civilian casualties in Baghdad reported by Al-Jazeera.

Now here is a man that is supposed to represent impartially the just concerns of all nations. Yet all he focuses on is one accidental incident out of thousands of successful ones that carefully avoided civilians. To the point of endangering of our own troops, no other nation has tried so hard to avoid causing civilian casualties.

Where were Anan's and the world media's concern about Saddam Hussein's war crimes?

Iraqis dressing as civilians and pretending to surrender only to open fire on unsuspecting U.S. troops.

Firing mortars into civilians trying to surrender to Allied troops in Basra.

Iraqi soldiers dressed as Allied troops accepting the surrender of other Iraqi soldiers and then brutally executing them on the spot.

Using hospitals as military fortresses and staging areas.

Using Red Crescent ambulances to carry orders and ammunition to Iraqi military.

Iraqi soldiers marching women and children in front of them while attacking U.S. 3rd Army in the An Najaf area.

Surface-to-surface missiles placed in the middle of homes in Baghdad.

As far as the Muslim media is concerned, the issue is not about Muslims killing Muslims. It is about Western infidels coming into "Muslim territory" and removing a Muslim tyrant from power. Never mind his horrible atrocities. He is a Muslim. Forget about the good intentions of setting them free and setting up a democracy. Islam is threatened by democracy. It is not part of the Muslim religion.

And as for Kofi Annan and his anti-American crowd, nothing the Allies do will be approved. So let's stop imperiling American troops by trying to please the anti-American world media. Who cares? They will never approve of the United States and its allies.

So let's not imperil our valiant soldiers by holding our military back from tactical decisions that must be taken in the light of the enemy's utter disregard for any international rules of war and morality. If Iraqi soldiers use human shields, we have to return fire. If they shoot from hospitals and use ambulances as couriers for orders and ammunition, shoot them and let Allah sort them out.

In the final analysis, the Muslim world understands one thing – power and the will to use it. They may not love us, but they will respect us. And in this present dangerous world brought about by the Muslim terrorists, that is what counts.


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Today please pray that America will once again turn back to the Lord in a great revival! Also pray for our men and women in uniform. I just heard on Fox news that Iraq has captured and summarily shot prisoners of war on camera for the world to see.

Isaiah 59
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.



GET OUT OF THE UN ASAP!

Good Sunday morning everyone. It is a cloudy spring day here in Georgia and I just noticed the first azaleas beginning to bloom for another season. It is almost hard to believe that our nation is at war with evil men who want to destroy our way of life and convert the world to Islam. Much is happening as you know and I waited until the war was underway to begin posting here at the site again. I felt that we all needed time to sort out all the happenings and think about what we have seen.

I believe that almost any American who has kept themselves informed of the happenings in our world, will now agree that the UN is corrupt and truly hates America. I have been sickened at watching this perverted comedy unfold with regards to Iraq. Libya has just been made head of the Human Rights Commission and the United States has been chastised for her stand on Iraq. If that isn't mind boggling I don't know what is! The scriptures tell us that when man forgets the Lord, judgement is perverted and harsh consequences occur. Well that is exactly what is happening here. The New World Order crowd has forgotten the Lord and are even pushing a One World Religion that includes every type of religion that you can think of. This would include witch's, New Ager's, Satanist and whoever else claims that they are a religion.

The United States of America has poured billions of dollars down this sink hole called the United Nations and what have we received in return? Men and women in our military have been forced to don the United Nations uniform and insignias and fight in a multi national "Peace Keeping Force" (Thanks to Bill Clinton) and what are the benefits of that sell out? The United States has led the way in humanitarian causes world wide and what is the results? Why you might ask. Because there are power hungry evil men who truly want to put the peoples of the world into a New World Order. If what we have seen so far is a glimpse of what a New World Order will mean to Americans then we need to GET OUT NOW! Our government needs to invite this crowd out of New York and let them settle elsewhere (perhaps in Iraq). Let the Rockefeller's have their land back as well as their vision of global government. We need to turn back to the Lord and our beloved Constitution that even the courts in our nation are now ignoring.

Note: Tomorrow I will post a couple of stories of people who have been abused by judges to show you how.

Representative Ron Paul has written an article that was posted at World Net Daily today. I like this man and what he is saying is the truth. Take a look at his article and think about it.

God Bless
Elaine


Note: This article was written prior to the war.


Time to Renounce the United Nations?
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas

Our anticipated war in Iraq has been condemned by many around the world for the worst of all reasons: namely, that America is acting without United Nations approval. The obvious implication is that an invasion of Iraq is illegitimate without such approval, but magically becomes legitimate when UN bureaucrats grant their blessing. Most Americans rightfully resent this arrogant attitude toward our national sovereignty and don’t care what the UN thinks about our war plans. Perhaps our heritage as a nation of people who do not take kindly to being told what to do is intact. Still, only the most ardent war hawks connected with the administration have begun to discuss complete withdrawal from the UN. I have advocated this for twenty years, and have introduced legislation to that effect.

The administration deserves some credit for asserting that we will go to war unilaterally if necessary, without UN authorization. But it sends a mixed message by doing everything it can to obtain such authorization. Efforts to build a “coalition” through the promise of billions in foreign aid dollars only reinforce the perception that we’re trying to buy support for the war. The message seems to be that the UN is credible when we control it and it does what we want, but lacks all credibility when it refuses to do our bidding. The bizarre irony is while we may act unilaterally in Iraq, the very justification for our invasion is that we are enforcing UN resolutions!

Our current situation in Iraq shows that we cannot allow U.S. national security to become a matter of international consensus. We don’t need UN permission to go to war; only Congress can declare war under the Constitution. The Constitution does not permit the delegation of congressional duties to international bodies. It’s bad enough when Congress relinquishes its warmaking authority to the President, but disastrous if we relinquish it to international bureaucrats who don’t care about America.

Those bureaucrats are not satisfied by meddling only in international disputes, however. The UN increasingly wants to influence our domestic environmental, trade, labor, tax, and gun laws. Its global planners fully intend to expand the UN into a true world government, complete with taxes, courts, and a standing army. This is not an alarmist statement; these facts are readily promoted on the UN’s own website. UN planners do not care about national sovereignty; in fact they are actively hostile to it. They correctly view it as an obstacle to their plans. They simply aren’t interested in our Constitution and republican form of government.

The choice is very clear: we either follow the Constitution or submit to UN global governance. American national sovereignty cannot survive if we allow our domestic laws to be crafted by an international body. This needs to be stated publicly more often. If we continue down the UN path, America as we know it will cease to exist.

Noted constitutional scholar Herb Titus has thoroughly researched the United Nations and its purported “authority.” Titus explains that the UN Charter is not a treaty at all, but rather a blueprint for supranational government that directly violates the Constitution. As such, the Charter is neither politically nor legally binding upon the American people or government. The UN has no authority to make “laws” that bind American citizens, because it does not derive its powers from the consent of the American people. We need to stop speaking of UN resolutions and edicts as if they represented legitimate laws or treaties. They do not.

The UN is neither wise nor neutral. All of the member nations have national interests that don’t simply disappear when their representatives enter the UN general assembly hall. Like any government or quasi-government body, the UN is rife with corruption and backroom deals. Worst of all, it serves as a forum for rampant anti-Americanism. Perhaps the time has finally come when more Americans will choose to rethink our participation.

For another interesting article on this subject click here: Undoing The UN

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