Hello everyone and Merry Christmas. Yes, it is almost the celebration day for the birth of our Lord. I have always loved Christmas and my family always went out of their way to make it a wonderful time of year.

The only thing more exciting to me that the scriptures telling of the life, death and resurrection of our Lord is the fact that they also tell us he is coming again.

I believe this fact as much as I believe we need air to breathe. He is coming again and I believe it will be in our lifetime!

Jack Van Impe calls it the Terminal Generation. Won't it be an awesome day when we meet our Blessed Savior face to face and celebrate His birthday live and eternally!

Jack Kinsella once again has hit the nail on the head as to what the Bible says about the times in which we live. I pray this article will be a blessing to you and that if you do not already know my Jesus that you will bow your knee and ask him into your heart this very day.

Again, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

God Bless
Elaine Moreland

"If the formation of the European Common Market were an isolated development in the line of Bible prophecy, then it would have no significance for our study."

"However, combined with the other pieces of the prophetic puzzle which we are attempting to develop for you, it takes on immense importance. We believe that the Common Market and the trend toward the unification of Europe may well be the beginning of the ten-nation confederacy predicted by Daniel and the Book of Revelation." (The Late Great Planet Earth, Hal Lindsey, 1969)

Thirty-six years ago, when Hal confidently named an as-yet non-existent ten-nation confederation arising out of the heart of the old Roman Empire, Europe's unification was still only a dream.

It had only been some twenty-one years before that the fledgling Brussels Treaty that created the Benelux Customs Union had been signed on March 17th, 1948.
At the time Hal was writing the Late, Great Planet Earth, the ten nations of Western Europe that form the core of the WEU (and who remain the only nations to hold full membership status) had not yet reached their full number.

The Western European Council was still debating applications for membership from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland and Norway. It wasn't until 1995 that the Western European Union's roster of ten full members was filled when Greece was accepted into the fold.
The European Union is NOT the Western European Union, but the Western European Union IS the EU. That sounds confusing -- I'm not even sure I can explain it coherently, but I'll try.

Modern Europe was born OUT of the Western European Union, but the WEU itself continued on as a separate organization.
The requirement for full membership in the Western European Union is membership in both the greater European Union and NATO. The modern European Union was born out of the 1957 Treaty of Rome.

The Western European Union was born out of the 1948 Brussels Treaty as a replacement to the failed European Security and Defense Assembly under the terms of the 'Modified Brussels Treaty' signed in 1954. (NATO was created in 1949)
The EU and WEU formed a partial merger in areas of defense and security. A full merger had been planned by 2000, but as of 2004, the WEU is still very much alive and most European military planning takes place within its constituent cells.
A book published recently by New York University entitled, "Defending Europe" argues that events of the first four years of this century point more toward a revival of the WEU than its absorption into the greater EU.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the WEU is composed of the delegations of the member states to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which, fearful for its future existence with the winding up of the WEU, has been lobbying for itself to be recognized as the "European Security and Defense Assembly".

In a speech delivered to the WEU Assembly gathered in London in February, 1996, by NATO'S Deputy Secretary General, he told the WEU delegates;
"First, the question of NATO's European component. That function is currently fulfilled by the WEU. The WEU, of course, performs a dual role. The Treaty on European Union refers to the WEU as an integral part of the development of the EU and requests the WEU to elaborate and implement decisions and actions of the EU which have defense implications."

Javier Solana's deputy went on to exhort the WEU delegates;
"So let us remind ourselves of one central fact: NATO, the WEU and the EU have the same strategic interests - shaping the security environment of the future for the better and enhancing stability and security throughout the wider Europe."
Hmmm. Sounds almost Biblical -- 'these three are one'.
The fact that the WEU is taking steps to strengthen its existence and power within the framework of the greater EU, instead of allowing itself to be absorbed, is of great significance when trying to understand the whole 'ten toes' of Daniel prophecy.

Simply put, the greater EU, now consisting of 28 member states, needs the WEU to ensure its security.
And since the ten core nations of the WEU are simultaneously the most powerful states in Old Europe, the EU is really an extension of the WEU -- and not the other way around.
The European Union is the administrative and economic arm, but the WEU is the hand that holds the hammer.

King Nebuchadnezzar summoned the prophet Daniel to interpret a dream he had that had baffled all his counselors and sorcerers. The king couldn't even remember the dream, only that it greatly troubled him.
Daniel was tasked with both telling the king what his dream was, and interpreting its meaning.

Daniel told the king that he saw, in his dream, a great image of a man, with a head of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of brass, with two legs of iron and his feet part of iron and part of clay. (Daniel 2:28-33)
Daniel went on to describe what troubled the king the most, even though he couldn't recall the details:


"Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth." (Daniel 2:34-35)
The image, as you undoubtedly know, described four successive world empires; the head was Babylon, chest and arms was the Medo-Persian Empire, belly and thighs was Alexander's Greek Empire and the two legs of iron represented Rome, which eventually divided itself into an eastern and western empire.
The Western Empire was ruled from Rome, the Eastern Empire from Constantinople, until both finally collapsed under their own weight.


Insofar as the feet of iron and clay, Daniel told the king:
"And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay." (2:41)
Iron mixed with clay is partly strong and partly weak. So is the revived Roman Empire partly strong, and partly weak.
Without the strength of the member states of the WEU, the greater EU would soon collapse. Without the economic power, infrastructure and participation of the greater EU, the WEU would be just another military alliance.
Donald Rumsfeld divided Europe into two categories; "Old Europe" and "New Europe". So did the prophet Daniel.


"And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay." (2:42-43)
Daniel's description could not be more specific. And, as a side observation, its fulfillment is dripping with symbolism.


'Old Europe' came to the foreground as a consequence of its opposition to a war to invade Iraq (ancient Babylon) for the purpose of removing Saddam Hussein, a dictator who claimed to be the reincarnation of Nebuchadnezzar.
When he was restoring the old city of Babylon during the 1980's, Saddam had bricks struck that superimposed his profile beside that of Nebuchadnezzar. In 1988, he commissioned a coin celebrating himself as the second Nebuchadnezzar.
The removal of the 'second Nebuchadnezzar' split both NATO and Europe down the middle, with most of the newly admitted member states to the East siding with Washington, and the majority of Western Europe opposed.
'Partly strong, and partly weak, but they shall not cleave together' is the way Daniel described it.


The WEU is, as of 2004, a ten-nation core of powerful European states in charge of maintaining Europe's military security. It controls NATO, the world's most powerful military alliance and it insists on retaining a separate identity to keep its voice from being diluted by that of the greater EU.
Often at odds with its own members (as in the Iraq War), it remains, nonetheless, the heart and soul of greater Europe. And it is committed to replacing the United States as the world's only superpower.
And, according to the prophet Daniel, it will be the world's last superpower.


"And in the DAYS OF THESE KINGS shall the God of heaven set up a Kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the Kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever." (2:44)


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Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants. -- William Penn






Today Hal Lindsay says it all. I thank the Lord that President Bush prevailed in this election. I believe the evil may be held back for a little longer. May the good Lord continue to bless us and may He help us prevail against the evil in the Middle East! He is coming soon! Are you ready?

Elaine

Hal Lindsay
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Election 2004 wasn't necessarily a victory for conservatives or Republicans. It was a narrow escape for America.

During his second term, President Bush could fill as many as four vacancies on the Supreme Court. Had he lost the presidency, those appointments would have been in the hands of John Kerry. That would have meant the appointment of activist judges who would guarantee partial-birth abortion on demand, same-sex marriage, more criminals on the streets, and the decline of Judeo-Christian values for decades to come.

Thank God we dodged that bullet.

Election 2004 also laid bare the blatant propaganda of the liberal media for all to see. Dan Rather's overt effort to sabotage George Bush's campaign using forged documents was only the tip of the iceberg.

The get-Bush frenzy reached such a fever pitch that no slur was too low, no rumor too thin, and no charge too outrageous to level against him. A recent analysis showed that media coverage favored John Kerry by a factor of more than 2-to-1 over George Bush. For instance, although he campaigned primarily on his military service, no mainstream media organization conducted a serious inquiry into Sen. Kerry's military background. And this despite the numerous legitimate questions raised about it – even questions posed by his own former commanding officers.
But the mainstream media did devote uncounted pages and airtime minutes to whether or not Bush attended every one of his National Guard meetings. This election, the mainstream media launched an all-out propaganda blitz against red-state America.

Thank God we dodged that bullet.

The Democrats had promised – in advance – that if they couldn't win the election, they would try to steal it. The Democratic National Committee issued a 66-page "mobilization plan" to the party faithful in advance of the election.

In it, they were told to claim voter intimidation, whether they saw any or not. In fact, they were told to invent it. The memo said:


If no signs of intimidation techniques have emerged yet ... launch a "pre-emptive strike" (particularly well-suited to states in which these techniques have been tried in the past).


The DNC also mobilized 10,000 lawyers in the various battleground states to challenge the results of any close election. It was a methodical, pre-planned strategy by Terry McAuliffe and the DNC to deliberately disrupt the results of a U.S. presidential election in advance. They hoped to use the liberal courts to steal the results of a close election.

Thank God we dodged that bullet.

By the grace of God, America was granted a fair and decisive election that left the world in no doubt of its resolve or moral vision. President Bush can now implement his doctrine of pursuing terrorists and their sponsors to the ends of the earth without political and special-interest hindrances.

This time, Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida won't be able to dodge that bullet.


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Daniel 7: 24-25
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.


Wow! What an article I found on the internet today.

As long as I have been studying Bible prophecy, I have been taught that the Revived Roman Empire is to play a leading roll during the Tribulation period. In fact, I have always understood that the the antichrist would be the head of the One World Government. Well, I never had a clue as to how the One World Government would come about especially with our own beloved country being the worlds only Superpower at this time. Here is a fabulous article written by Jack Kinsella that reveals just how close we are to this point in prophecy. His article should excite every person who names the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

He is coming soon! What an awesome time to be a Christian.

Have a blessed week.

Elaine





Globalism - Ecumenism Friday, October 15, 2004

Jack Kinsella - Omega Letter Editor

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan gave an interview in the Irish Times in which he told the paper he was 'excited' at the prospect of a possible deal that would make the EU military the defacto military arm of the United Nations.


Annan said of the proposal, "You may not necessarily even have to fight." Speaking from the rarified atmosphere of the UN's Ivory Tower, Annan explained how THAT works, inadvertently giving away a clue as to why the UN prefers John Kerry.

"You sometimes have to show force in order not to use force." Aha! SCARE the enemy to death? No, no,the paper explained helpfully. In some crisis areas, the inhabitants were intimidated by "local bullies" who would not stand up to an international force.

Let's see if I am understanding this correctly. "Local bullies" will ignore the United States, (whose military power dwarfs the EU), but if confronted by an 'international force' (whose default position is to announce in advance it's a bluff), well, they'd just be so terrified they'd flee at the mere prospect of an EU-backed UN intervention threat.

According to the paper, the UN proposed EU battlegroups or "hit squad" concept is in line with 'new thinking on international military action to prevent genocide, avoiding a repetition of the Rwanda tragedy ten years ago.'

Too late. The Rwanda tragedy is being repeated -- right now -- while the Islamic-dominated UN continues to stonewall until the Islamic forces of the Sudan are finished wiping out the mainly Christian black population in the south.

(On the other hand, it will give the UN ANOTHER tragedy it can avoid repeating later. After all, there are 525,948 minutes in a year. That leaves room for 525,947 more 'moments of silence' for the victims of UN imcompetence)

Kofi Annan has already declared the U.S. invasion of Iraq to be "illegal." Panel member Gareth Evans, a former foreign minister of Australia, told an audience at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars:

"A central reason for our appointment was concern that the U.N., and indeed the whole multilateral security system, was really at a crossroads with the resurgence of unilateralism from You Know Whom, and increasing willingness to bypass the Security Council."

(Note to the uninitiated: 'You Know Whom' is the United States. Evans presumably believed only international scholars like himself would be able to decipher his clever code and figure it out)

To combat the 'unilateralism' of 'you know who', Annan has appointed a 16-member "High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change" to make recommendations for restructuring the UN Security Council.

The ultimate goal is to expand the U.N. Security Council, and to eliminate P-5 - the permanent member status of the five nations that hold veto power over Security Council actions. Annan's High Level Panel isn't expected to recommend the elimination of the veto system immediately -- instead, they will push for the expansion of the Security Council, first.

Originally, the Security Council consisted of 11 members, five of which were permanent, each with veto power. The remaining six members served two-year terms, rotated among the member nations. The Council was expanded to 15 members in 1965, with no change in the status of the permanent members.

Four nations - Brazil, Germany, India and Japan - have formed a group to lobby for permanent member status. Germany and Japan were denied permanent status in 1945, since the UN was created by the Allies specifically to prevent a repeat of the Axis aggression that spawned the war in the first place.

Annan's High Level Panel has been deliberating in relative secrecy for nearly a year. Their report may also be kept secret - at Kofi Annan's discretion.

In any case, whatever Kofi's Panel recommends, it can't be implemented without US approval. The US still has its veto until it agrees to repeal the P-5 veto status at the Security Council.

That fact could be the United Nations' undoing. Annan's High Level Panel is expected to draft the rules of engagement which will prevent, or at least provide the basis for international condemnation of 'unilateral' action (by 'you know who') in the future.

The rest of the world has drawn a line in the sand over US willingness to circumvent the United Nations when it is in America's best interests.

If the UN can't implement the reforms, then it will be obvious that the UN cannot contain and control the United States. In that case, there is little to be gained by UN membership for smaller states, and therefore, little reason to allow the UN a role in their own internal affairs.

On the other hand, if the United States allows the reform measures to go forward, it is a signal that the US is willing to be governed by the United Nations -- and its proposed EU military force.

Annan's High Panel will not issue its recommendations until after the US general elections, and probably not until early next year.

All concerned recognize the restructuring proposal is a 'make or break' deal. Depending on how the US votes, the restructuring proposal will either empower the UN to the degree it will have true global governing status, (shared with the European Union) or it will mean its impending demise.

The Bible says that, in the last days, a global government will come to power, headed by the antichrist and made up from the nations of the revived Roman Empire.

According to Scripture, it will govern the Western world directly, and will indirectly influence the other three spheres of global power that will exist during that time -- Gog Magog, (Russian alliance) the Kings of the East (China, etc.) and the Kings of the South (mainly Islamic North Africa)

(That the government of antichrist exerts only 'indirect' influence (in a similar matter to the UN, for example) is implied by the fact that eventually, each of these entities goes to war against him.)

Which is pretty much EXACTLY what Annan's High Level Panel is setting the stage for.

The UN may well collapse, but politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum. The UN's multifaceted global institutions are critical to maintaining the smooth operation of the global economy, human rights, global health issues, international dispute arbitration and so on.

The World Bank, IMF, International Court, etc., etc. just can't disappear without having a devastating effect on international politics. Somebody will have to pick up the pieces.

In inviting the EU 'battlegroups' to take on the role of United Nations' policy enforcer, Kofi Annan has inadvertently (or calculatingly, who knows?) named the UN's successor. The EU already has some 25 individual votes at the UN, plus two vetoes, compared to Russia, China and America's single vote and single veto.

The EU enjoys the confidence of the Arab world, is mending fences with a subdued Russian Federation, has good relations with China and is heavily entrenched, both politically and economically, with Africa.

The United States, with its single vote and single veto, has practically no friends at all in any of these regions. At best, it has 'allies of the moment,like Pakistan or some of the Gulf emirates, allies that would turn on Washington in a heartbeat if it better served their own interests.

America does have important allies and genuine friends, like Australia, or Great Britain, but these alliances flow through Europe and our shared heritage, much more than through a shared ideology.

America's closest friend and ally, Canada, has already proved that its UN membership trumps US friendship when it comes to the hard questions.

Ideologically, America's only genuine ally is Israel, itself the target of global envy and hatred.

Of America's role in the global government during the Tribulation Period, the Bible is silent. If America does play any role, it will be as a subordinate part of a greater European government, not as an overarching superpower.

Of Israel, the Bible says it will be the target of global genocidal hatred during the Tribulation, and there is no mention of Israel having any allies at all, apart from the Lord God of Israel.

The United Nations is preparing a restructuring system that will stand or fall based on the decisions of whoever is in the White House when Annan's High Level Panel issues its recommendations early next year.

That president will have a full term to decide whether to subordinate America to the UN -- giving the UN a temporary reprieve from self-destruction -- or whether to veto the restructuring effort, which will strip away any illusion of UN relevancy and ultimately result in its collapse as a viable institution, and paving the way for the rise of the antichrist.

It is no coincidence that in this election, to the exclusion of all presidential races in living memory, the two positions of the two sides on the issue of globalism could not be more profound.

In one corner is John Kerry, who is running on the platform that George Bush is a unilateralist who should have subordinated US interests to UN oversight and who pledges that, if elected, he will do so in the future.

In the other corner is George W. Bush, who most certainly will not cede US sovereignty to the UN, no matter how it may be restructured.

Waiting in the wings to see how it all turns out is the European Union.

Buckle up!

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1 John 2
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.





This article should send a chill down the spine of everyone who reads it. This is the group that Mr. Kerry wants us to get along with. This election is the most important in our history as a nation. Will the One World Government be slowed down or will we usher in the New World Order. We need to pray more than ever for our beloved nation. Christians and Conservatives better turn out to vote this time.
May the Lord help us!

Elaine



UN Signs Pact with New World Court Opposed by U.S.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations signed a cooperation agreement on Monday with the new International Criminal Court, despite objections to the tribunal from the United States.

The pact that would encourage "greater cooperation and consultation" on administration and judicial matters was signed by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Judge Phillipe Kirsch of Canada, the court's president.

The 191-member U.N. General adopted a resolution last month approving the agreement. But in a nod to the Bush administration, the assembly's resolution says that the world body would be reimbursed by nations supporting the court for any expenses occurred.

Some 97 countries, including the entire European Union, have ratified the 1998 statute creating the court. The last three nations to ratify two weeks ago were Burundi, Liberia and Guyana.


The Bush administration is bitterly opposed to the new court and rescinded former President Bill Clinton's signature to the tribunal's statutes, arguing that it would expose U.S. soldiers and officials to frivolous law suits.


But supporters of the court say the ICC steps in only when a country is unwilling or unable to investigate, making it highly unlikely U.S. citizens would be targeted.


The court, based at The Hague in the Netherlands, is the first permanent world tribunal set up to prosecute individuals for war crimes, genocide and other gross human rights abuses.


Its first investigations involve war crimes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where thousands have been killed, raped and tortured.


Another probe centers on leaders of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army, who have kidnapped and tortured thousands of children in their camps in Sudan.


On Friday, U.S. representative Stuart Holliday warned the Security Council after a vote to increase U.N. peacekeepers in the Congo that "any expenses resulting from the provision of any cooperation or support to the ICC would need to be on a reimbursable basis."


William Pace, head of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, representing 2,000 advocacy groups, said, that "by allowing for crucial cooperation between two of the most powerful global justice institutions, this agreement will play an important role in the fight to end impunity for the perpetrators of the world's most atrocious crimes."










Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants. -- William Penn

Your Papers Please!

Revelation 13
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.




Today I would like to share with you an article written by Rep. Ron Paul. With all the confusion going on in our world, it is so easy for new laws to be passed without we the people even being aware of what our "leaders" are up to.

The proposal that Rep. Paul speaks about is a fearful one and we all need to be aware that our government is considering the implementation of this dangerous idea.
If we hear of the discussion of this bill in the Congressl, we must get busy and start a campaign to let the politicians know that we oppose such a law.

Let us continue to pray for our beloved country. This election is so important when we consider the positions of both candidates. President Bush is standing for right against a dark and lost world. We must vote and encourage others to do so if we are to continue to try and hold evil at bay.

God Bless
Elaine

Reject the National ID Card
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Washington politicians are once again seriously considering imposing a national identification card - and it may well become law before the end of the 108th Congress. The much-hailed 9/11 Commission report released in July recommends a federal identification card and, worse, a "larger network of screening points" inside the United States. Does this mean we are to have "screening points" inside our country where American citizens will be required to "show their papers" to government officials? It certainly sounds that way!

As I have written recently, the 9/11 Commission is nothing more than ex-government officials and lobbyists advising current government officials that we need more government for America to be safe. Yet it was that same government that failed so miserably on September 11, 2001.

Congress has embraced the 9/11 Commission report uncritically since its release in July. Now Congress is rushing to write each 9/11 Commission recommendation into law before the November election. In the same way Congress rushed to pass the PATRIOT Act after the September 11 attacks to be seen "doing something," it looks like Congress is about to make the same mistake again of rushing to pass liberty-destroying legislation without stopping to consider the consequences. Because it is so controversial, we may see legislation mandating a national identification card with biometric identifiers hidden in bills implementing 9/11 Commission recommendations. We have seen this technique used in the past on controversial measures.

A national identification card, in whatever form it may take, will allow the federal government to inappropriately monitor the movements and transactions of every American. History shows that governments inevitably use the power to monitor the actions of people in harmful ways. Claims that the government will protect the privacy of Americans when implementing a national identification card ring hollow. We would do well to remember what happened with the Social Security number. It was introduced with solemn restrictions on how it could be used, but it has become a de facto national identifier.

Those who are willing to allow the government to establish a Soviet-style internal passport system because they think it will make us safer are terribly mistaken. Subjecting every citizen to surveillance and "screening points" will actually make us less safe, not in the least because it will divert resources away from tracking and apprehending terrorists and deploy them against innocent Americans!

The federal government has no constitutional authority to require law-abiding Americans to present any form of identification before they engage in private transactions. Instead of forcing all Americans to prove to law enforcement that they are not terrorists, we should be focusing our resources on measures that really will make us safer. For starters, we should take a look at our dangerously porous and unguarded borders. We have seen already this summer how easy it is for individuals possibly seeking to do us harm to sneak across the border into our country. In July, Pakistani citizen Farida Goolam Mahomed Ahmed, who is on the federal watch list, reportedly crossed illegally into Texas from Mexico. She was later arrested when she tried to board a plane in New York, but she should have never been able to cross our border in the first place!

We must take effective measures to protect ourselves from a terrorist attack. That does not mean rushing to embrace legislation that in the long run will do little to stop terrorism, but will do a great deal to undermine the very way of life we should be protecting. Just as we must not allow terrorists to threaten our lives, we must not allow government to threaten our liberties. We should reject the notion of a national identification card.


Comment From Me:
I would like to thank Rep. Paul for having the courage to let us know about this. I know that it can be fearful to think about what is happening in our country but for we Christians, our faith can stand firm because of who we are and to whom we belong.

God is still in control and when he gets enough of all this mess going on in the world, he will come and take us home. One of my most beloved hymns is "How Firm A Foundation". I happened to find it online in a complete version as it was originally written. These precious words give comfort to all who will put their trust in the "Rock of our Salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ. Do you know Him as personal Savior? If not, ask Him into your heart this very minute. He is a wonderful Savior.

HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?

In every condition, in sickness, in health;
In poverty’s vale, or abounding in wealth;
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.

Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.

When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

Even down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.

The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.

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I would like to introduce everyone to my new grandog! His name is Tucker and our whole family is in love with this baby. He loves to leap over a stick and chase his toys. We also have to watch him when he is outdoors because he loves to hunt rabbits. I do not know what he would do if he found one:) 

Revelation 13:16
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:


Hello everyone.

Today, Bill Koening at worldwatch.org wrote an article about the Mark of the Beast and studies that are being carried out by the United States and the European Union. The Bible is such an fantastic Book and our Lord told us through His Word that this would happen. This plan is on the agenda for the future but I know that we believers will be gone when the Mark is forced on a lost and dying world.

God Bless
Elaine


Impact Segment--U.S., “Former Roman Empire” E.U. Nations ID Experiments Reflect Eerie Shadow Of End Time “Mark Of The Beast” Prophecies


The United States and European Union nations, who were once part of the ancient Roman Empire, are conducting experiments with high-tech identification systems that will make it more convenient to travel and to acquire health care, food purchases and other services. These systems are so technologically advanced that they can be administered to millions of people and make services so convenient that people will not think twice about taking the mark of the beast.


The European Union and its member countries are testing new human identification technologies that can be massively distributed and are the key to open a wide variety of convenient services to those who would accept the IDs. The United States, using the war on terrorism as its reason, is also testing new forms of identification that will make it easier to track people and provide services.


These tests run headfast into the prophecies of Daniel and John in that the former Roman Empire would become the one world government of the anti-Christ who would rise to power and require everyone to worship him by receiving his mark in order to travel, trade, receive medical care and to eat.


In Daniel 2, Daniel interprets a dream of King Nebuchadnezzar about an image of a man that related to various kingdoms in history. The fourth kingdom, the Roman Empire, was strong as iron but broke into pieces. Then later, its pieces, represented by the ten toes of the feet of the image, will come together, “And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile.(Daniel 2:42)” This is the kingdom that the anti-Christ will unite against Christ in the tribulation. Revelation 13 speaks of the beast (the anti-Christ) who in verses 16 & 17 “causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”


The European Union is comprised of the former “kingdoms” of the Roman Empire—Greece, England, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Austria and Belgium, among others. And an identification system that easily can be administered is a type and shadow of the mark of the beast emanating from these kingdoms. The United States, whose mother country is England, may well be included in this group. Certainly, all these nations are rushing toward some sort of technologically advanced ID system.


There are three factors that make an ID system effective: 1) public acceptance, 2) accuracy and security, and 3) ease of distribution and sign up. Public acceptance comes when it is more convenient to accept the ID than it is to continue doing business the old way. Accuracy and Security are technology related, as is distribution.


Convenience is key to a test program at Reagan National Airport by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) where travelers can stare into an iris scan kiosk and in seconds be on their way to the plane. Others have to wait in the regular, longer security lines. Registration is scheduled to continue for about two weeks, until the TSA gets the 2,000 volunteers it seeks at the airport. Their opinions, and the effectiveness of the equipment in identifying them, will guide the agency in developing a similar nationwide registered traveler program. Moreover, the American Airlines customers who signed up as registered travelers Monday, August 23, 2004 had a few concerns about privacy.


In France, there is growing concern over people with stolen passports crossing borders illegally and participating in terrorist acts. There is an effort to stop that by linking Interpol's 181 member countries to a stolen travel documents database that will let immigration officials at any border post screen incoming passports and ensure that they are not among the thousands of such documents reported stolen each year.

The database, which includes information for 1.7 million stolen passports and other travel documents, is available to all member states, though participation has been sluggish. Two months after the database was ready to receive information in June 2002, only two countries had sent Interpol lists of their stolen passports. Even today, only 49 countries have done so.


Advocates of technologies like radio frequency identification tags say their potentially life-saving benefits far outweigh any Orwellian concerns about privacy. RFID tags sewn into clothing or even embedded under people's skin could curb identity theft, help identify disaster victims and improve medical care, they say. Critics, however, say such technologies would make it easier for government agencies to track a person's every movement and allow widespread invasion of privacy. Abuse could take countless other forms, including corporations surreptitiously identifying shoppers for relentless sales pitches. Critics also speculate about a day when people's possessions will be tagged--allowing nosy subway riders with the right technology to examine the contents of nearby purses and backpacks.


Insider’s Take: It is now no large leap in either technology or acceptance to issue IDs to the populations of nations, paving the way for the anti-Christ to “sensibly” require an ID system for those loyal to him. Even Americans, who are fiercely independent, use a myriad of ID systems from EZ tags on toll roads, to credit card proximity cards at gas stations, to iris scans at airports. The technology and the sensitivity toward personal ID will become so commonplace that most people would never give it a second thought if it were ever required to travel, obtain food, or hospital care. In fact, those are the industries where most of the IDs are currently being accepted—airports, grocery stores and healthcare. Beware!


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