Sunday, June 21, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
INCREDIBLE! Obama's OWN Website Admits He Was A Kenyan Citizen!
Joseph Farah at World Net Daily has just pointed out some incredible information. On Obama's OWN Fight the Smears website, he includes a FactCheck.org summary that is supposed to clarify his citizenship, but it only proves that he indeed was a citizen of Kenya at birth!
“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children.
Since Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on Aug. 4, 1982.”
Quoting Farah, "According to (Obama), neither one of (his parents) was an American citizen able to confer natural born citizenship on a child. One, Barack Obama Sr., was a foreign national from Kenya, and the other, Stanley Ann Dunham, was too young to have qualified under the law for bestowing that privilege on her son, even if the father had been a citizen and even in the unlikely event Obama was actually born in Hawaii!"
There is no telling WHAT would be found on that vault birth certificate if it were shown, but it is a surety that it would be incriminating to the Transparent One, or else he wouldn't have to spend millions to prevent it and every other private school record from being discovered. Perhaps he wasn't born in Hawaii at all, but even if he was, by his own admission, his parents weren't able to confer natural born citizenship on him. Besides all the questions about his birth citizenship, there's the small matter of Barry Soetoro being listed as an Indonesian citizen as a child and probably using that Indonesian passport to fly to Pakistan in 1981 when Pakistan was under military rule and it was very difficult for U.S. citizens to travel to that country. So many questions that could easily be cleared up with a little TRANSPARENCY!
What amazes me most about this entire ordeal is that by Obama's own admission and by excerpts on his own website, he tells us he can't possibly be a natural born citizen, yet he also says, "Next time someone talks about Barack’s birth certificate, make sure they see this page", and a scan of a Certificate of Live Birth is shown called "Barack Obama’s Official Birth Certificate", which in fact, is NOT an official birth certificate, and does nothing to prove his birth in Hawaii. But he says it does so that's enough for the sheeple. The audacity, arrogance, and narcissism of this guy knows no bounds! Just like in the campaign, we knew from his actions but also from his own words what we were in for if he became president, but people voted for him anyway! Somehow he could make it go away by telling the sheeple what they wanted to hear, even after saying something completely different the day before! He thinks the sheeple are incredibly stupid, that's for certain! It makes absolutely NO SENSE and that's how we know it is spiritual! People are spiritually blinded and cannot see the truth about this guy even when he tells us! It reminds me of "Left Behind" when Carpathian kills someone in the room and then tells the witnesses what they "really" saw and they believe him!
Joseph Farah asked the question in his commentary, "Why is this man still serving in the White House and turning the country upside down when he is not even constitutionally eligible?" Again the answer can only be because this is a spiritual battle. Why has this man come from nowhere with so little known of his past and no one questions it? Why does the media never question his double-speak and even hides any negative news? Why does no one in our government meant to represent the people do anything about this obvious cover-up? It IS covered up, regardless of whether you think it is true or not. Any reasonable person would have to admit Obama has spent a lot of money to cover up the facts, when the simple facts could make all this go away. I believe people have been blinded and this guy has been risen up as judgment against this country for its wickedness in turning from God's moral laws and because of its apathy and most recently because we have turned from Israel.
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. - Genesis 12:3
I believe God has simply pulled back and let us have what we thought we wanted, as the children of Israel turned away from Him and demanded their earthly king. God let us have our earthly king and the Transparent One does indeed want to be king of the world! And we will surely suffer severe consequences for our choice!
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. - Deuteronomy 30:19
Thus says the LORD: "Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'" - Jeremiah 6:16
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. - 1 Samuel 8:6-7
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; - 1 Samuel 8:18-19
“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children.
Since Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on Aug. 4, 1982.”
Quoting Farah, "According to (Obama), neither one of (his parents) was an American citizen able to confer natural born citizenship on a child. One, Barack Obama Sr., was a foreign national from Kenya, and the other, Stanley Ann Dunham, was too young to have qualified under the law for bestowing that privilege on her son, even if the father had been a citizen and even in the unlikely event Obama was actually born in Hawaii!"
There is no telling WHAT would be found on that vault birth certificate if it were shown, but it is a surety that it would be incriminating to the Transparent One, or else he wouldn't have to spend millions to prevent it and every other private school record from being discovered. Perhaps he wasn't born in Hawaii at all, but even if he was, by his own admission, his parents weren't able to confer natural born citizenship on him. Besides all the questions about his birth citizenship, there's the small matter of Barry Soetoro being listed as an Indonesian citizen as a child and probably using that Indonesian passport to fly to Pakistan in 1981 when Pakistan was under military rule and it was very difficult for U.S. citizens to travel to that country. So many questions that could easily be cleared up with a little TRANSPARENCY!
What amazes me most about this entire ordeal is that by Obama's own admission and by excerpts on his own website, he tells us he can't possibly be a natural born citizen, yet he also says, "Next time someone talks about Barack’s birth certificate, make sure they see this page", and a scan of a Certificate of Live Birth is shown called "Barack Obama’s Official Birth Certificate", which in fact, is NOT an official birth certificate, and does nothing to prove his birth in Hawaii. But he says it does so that's enough for the sheeple. The audacity, arrogance, and narcissism of this guy knows no bounds! Just like in the campaign, we knew from his actions but also from his own words what we were in for if he became president, but people voted for him anyway! Somehow he could make it go away by telling the sheeple what they wanted to hear, even after saying something completely different the day before! He thinks the sheeple are incredibly stupid, that's for certain! It makes absolutely NO SENSE and that's how we know it is spiritual! People are spiritually blinded and cannot see the truth about this guy even when he tells us! It reminds me of "Left Behind" when Carpathian kills someone in the room and then tells the witnesses what they "really" saw and they believe him!
Joseph Farah asked the question in his commentary, "Why is this man still serving in the White House and turning the country upside down when he is not even constitutionally eligible?" Again the answer can only be because this is a spiritual battle. Why has this man come from nowhere with so little known of his past and no one questions it? Why does the media never question his double-speak and even hides any negative news? Why does no one in our government meant to represent the people do anything about this obvious cover-up? It IS covered up, regardless of whether you think it is true or not. Any reasonable person would have to admit Obama has spent a lot of money to cover up the facts, when the simple facts could make all this go away. I believe people have been blinded and this guy has been risen up as judgment against this country for its wickedness in turning from God's moral laws and because of its apathy and most recently because we have turned from Israel.
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. - Genesis 12:3
I believe God has simply pulled back and let us have what we thought we wanted, as the children of Israel turned away from Him and demanded their earthly king. God let us have our earthly king and the Transparent One does indeed want to be king of the world! And we will surely suffer severe consequences for our choice!
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. - Deuteronomy 30:19
Thus says the LORD: "Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'" - Jeremiah 6:16
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. - 1 Samuel 8:6-7
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; - 1 Samuel 8:18-19
ObamaNation in the Sight of the Lord
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. - Leviticus 18:22
If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. - Leviticus 20:13a
A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God. - Deuteronomy 22:5
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. - 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Out of this resistance, the LGBT rights movement in America was born. During LGBT Pride Month, we commemorate the events of June 1969 and commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans.
LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society. There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. LGBT Americans also mobilized the Nation to respond to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic and have played a vital role in broadening this country's response to the HIV pandemic.
Due in no small part to the determination and dedication of the LGBT rights movement, more LGBT Americans are living their lives openly today than ever before. I am proud to be the first President to appoint openly LGBT candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an Administration. These individuals embody the best qualities we seek in public servants, and across my Administration -- in both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism.
The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress, but there is more work to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.
My Administration has partnered with the LGBT community to advance a wide range of initiatives. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. We must also commit ourselves to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic by both reducing the number of HIV infections and providing care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS across the United States.
These issues affect not only the LGBT community, but also our entire Nation. As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
BARACK OBAMA
If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. - Leviticus 20:13a
A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God. - Deuteronomy 22:5
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. - 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009
- - - - - - -
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Out of this resistance, the LGBT rights movement in America was born. During LGBT Pride Month, we commemorate the events of June 1969 and commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans.
LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society. There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. LGBT Americans also mobilized the Nation to respond to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic and have played a vital role in broadening this country's response to the HIV pandemic.
Due in no small part to the determination and dedication of the LGBT rights movement, more LGBT Americans are living their lives openly today than ever before. I am proud to be the first President to appoint openly LGBT candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an Administration. These individuals embody the best qualities we seek in public servants, and across my Administration -- in both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism.
The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress, but there is more work to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.
My Administration has partnered with the LGBT community to advance a wide range of initiatives. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. We must also commit ourselves to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic by both reducing the number of HIV infections and providing care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS across the United States.
These issues affect not only the LGBT community, but also our entire Nation. As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
BARACK OBAMA
Sunday, June 14, 2009
America Is in a Freefall - Will You Go Down Without The Parachute?
America is in a freefall, spiraling downward faster than many of us imagined. It's been in moral decline for some time now, but now also financial and political. The other day my husband and I were discussing what priorities should be now knowing that we are surely in the end times. He made the comment that the country was in freefall and now was the time for people to be grabbing their parachute. He was referring to the one and only real live-saving parachute and that is Jesus Christ. It is a guarantee that this country is going down if it continues along its path. It's probably too late to change its course considering the fast-track of this present administration, aided by a media that no longer tells the news or the truth, for that matter, and by Congressmen who are too afraid of being labeled racist or of losing their jobs that they don't DO their jobs of representing their constituency (which ironically will probably lose them their jobs, hopefully!). It's too late to save the country, but as always, when God sends judgment, it is for ultimate good. Right now people are apathetic and think they can ignore His laws, laws that are for our good; they look to government for their needs rather than to their Savior. It's when things get really bad, that people turn to their Savior. So good will happen during this time, not for our country, but for individual people.
The same day my husband said America was in a freefall, I got this email from Olive Tree Ministries, and in it, the author quoted Chuck Missler who said, "America is in moral freefall". The email gives a good perspective on how to view the falling of our country:
A Word on Citizenship
by Heidi Swander
It's been many years since I've been able to sing The Star Spangled Banner without choking up. Given the opportunity to do it today, I doubt I could actually enunciate the words for weeping.
America is sinking fast. Chuck Missler, in his new DVD, Twilight's Last Gleaming, says, "America is in moral freefall. We are victims of spiritual warfare." Only too true.
How did this happen? For that answer, I refer you to Jan's recent radio program with Brannon Howse (you simply must hear this broadcast!!!), where they discuss cultural and political Marxism and how it snuck into our country many years ago. It explains a lot. Brannon also points to a period in Israel's history when the sins of the nation became so abhorrent to God that He told the prophet Jeremiah, "Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you" (Jer. 7:16). Has America become this abhorrent to Almighty God?
We cannot know the mind of God, but Romans 1:18-32 shows a series of judgments that God will bring to a society that forsakes Him. John MacArthur expertly clarifies this passage in his sermon, When God Abandons a Nation. A glance at your favorite news source these days will confirm that our country is well down this path of destruction. We are not only in moral decline, but headed toward political, financial, and social ruin.
Our founding fathers, though saddened by this turn of events, would have gravely nodded their heads at what is taking place in America today. Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God? That they are not to be violated, but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever."
Jack Kelley, founder of www.gracethrufaith.com, recently wrote an excellent article about this very thing. The title of the article stings a bit, but the truth in the text is beyond question. In it Jack says: "According to no less an authority than our President (and he's right) America is not a Christian nation. The only connection between God and America today is that a bunch of us who believe in Him happen to live here. . . . America is a secular gentile nation that will soon be no more comfortable a home for the church than pre-war Germany was for the Jews."
When I think of my beloved America, I grieve. But God has recently made poignant to me this truth: I am not a citizen of this country. I am an ambassador to this country and a citizen of another. So are you if you are a child of God by faith in Jesus Christ! Paul told the Philippians, "For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ" (Phil. 3:20).
Can you, today, get your mind around that concept? If you can, it will make a world of difference in how you view the news, how you respond to the dangers of our world, and how you look to the future.
We are actually commanded to set our mind on things above (Col. 3:1-3; but also Matt. 6:33), not on things on the earth. Now would be a very good time to recognize and obey this command!
Thinking of myself as an ambassador does three things for me.
First of all, it gives perspective to the freefall that America is in. I am still saddened, because I've lived here a long time and America has been a wonderful place to reside. But America isn't really home, so I find that I'm often looking at all that is going on with a kind of emotional/spiritual detachment.
Secondly, it reminds me that I have a job to do and that I may not have much longer to get it done! Our "special and temporary diplomatic assignment" (from Webster's definition of "ambassador") is to introduce as many people to the Lord Jesus Christ as possible (II Cor. 5:20).
Lastly, as I see all that is happening around me, I anticipate being recalled to my Home Country! There are many reasons for an ambassador to be recalled, not the least of which is the anticipation of a declaration of war. One day -- perhaps very soon -- war will be declared on this earth (Rev. 6:4ff), but before that takes place, the Lord's ambassadors will be recalled to Heaven!
So what do we do with all the horrible events that are swirling around us which seem to spell the demise of our beloved America? We pray (Eph. 6:18), we witness to others of the love of God in sending his Son (Matt. 28:18-20), we encourage one another (Heb. 10:24-25), and we look forward to going Home to the City God has prepared for us (Heb. 11:16; Rev. 21:2, and 21:9 -- 22:3). We have no idea how great it's going to be to be Home (I Cor. 2:9)! Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
That was the email update from Olive Tree Ministries, normally written by Jan Markell, but this one by Heidi Swander. Personally, I don't believe Christians will be "raptured" out of here before all the end time tribulation prophecies take place; I believe there are too many references to us enduring until the end. And to do that, we must be strong and I believe we are going through a refining process right now. So many people seem to be going through hard trials right now, but remember that God refines us as silver, He chastens the ones He loves, and He wants us to endure until the end and to not be deceived unto death.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. - Isaiah 48:10
And He shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. - Malachi 3:3
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. - Revelation 3:19
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? - Hebrews 12:7
And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. - Mark 13:13
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. - 2 Timothy 2:3
And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any [man] deceive you: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am [Christ]; and shall deceive many. - Mark 13:5-6
And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [Christ]; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. - Luke 21:8
NOTE - Note that in the two scriptures above, "Christ" is in parentheses. That is the King James Version's way of telling you that that word was not in the original manuscripts. They added it for clarity. So the word isn't necessarily "Christ"; the deceivers say, "I am", as our Lord is the great I AM, they insinuate they are "the One" to look to, the one to have hope in to fix all our problems???
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect. - Matthew 24:24
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. - Ephesians 5:6
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them]; - 2 Timothy 3:12-14
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. - Romans 6:16 & 23
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. - Matthew 24:10-13
The same day my husband said America was in a freefall, I got this email from Olive Tree Ministries, and in it, the author quoted Chuck Missler who said, "America is in moral freefall". The email gives a good perspective on how to view the falling of our country:
A Word on Citizenship
by Heidi Swander
It's been many years since I've been able to sing The Star Spangled Banner without choking up. Given the opportunity to do it today, I doubt I could actually enunciate the words for weeping.
America is sinking fast. Chuck Missler, in his new DVD, Twilight's Last Gleaming, says, "America is in moral freefall. We are victims of spiritual warfare." Only too true.
How did this happen? For that answer, I refer you to Jan's recent radio program with Brannon Howse (you simply must hear this broadcast!!!), where they discuss cultural and political Marxism and how it snuck into our country many years ago. It explains a lot. Brannon also points to a period in Israel's history when the sins of the nation became so abhorrent to God that He told the prophet Jeremiah, "Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you" (Jer. 7:16). Has America become this abhorrent to Almighty God?
We cannot know the mind of God, but Romans 1:18-32 shows a series of judgments that God will bring to a society that forsakes Him. John MacArthur expertly clarifies this passage in his sermon, When God Abandons a Nation. A glance at your favorite news source these days will confirm that our country is well down this path of destruction. We are not only in moral decline, but headed toward political, financial, and social ruin.
Our founding fathers, though saddened by this turn of events, would have gravely nodded their heads at what is taking place in America today. Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God? That they are not to be violated, but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever."
Jack Kelley, founder of www.gracethrufaith.com, recently wrote an excellent article about this very thing. The title of the article stings a bit, but the truth in the text is beyond question. In it Jack says: "According to no less an authority than our President (and he's right) America is not a Christian nation. The only connection between God and America today is that a bunch of us who believe in Him happen to live here. . . . America is a secular gentile nation that will soon be no more comfortable a home for the church than pre-war Germany was for the Jews."
When I think of my beloved America, I grieve. But God has recently made poignant to me this truth: I am not a citizen of this country. I am an ambassador to this country and a citizen of another. So are you if you are a child of God by faith in Jesus Christ! Paul told the Philippians, "For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ" (Phil. 3:20).
Can you, today, get your mind around that concept? If you can, it will make a world of difference in how you view the news, how you respond to the dangers of our world, and how you look to the future.
We are actually commanded to set our mind on things above (Col. 3:1-3; but also Matt. 6:33), not on things on the earth. Now would be a very good time to recognize and obey this command!
Thinking of myself as an ambassador does three things for me.
First of all, it gives perspective to the freefall that America is in. I am still saddened, because I've lived here a long time and America has been a wonderful place to reside. But America isn't really home, so I find that I'm often looking at all that is going on with a kind of emotional/spiritual detachment.
Secondly, it reminds me that I have a job to do and that I may not have much longer to get it done! Our "special and temporary diplomatic assignment" (from Webster's definition of "ambassador") is to introduce as many people to the Lord Jesus Christ as possible (II Cor. 5:20).
Lastly, as I see all that is happening around me, I anticipate being recalled to my Home Country! There are many reasons for an ambassador to be recalled, not the least of which is the anticipation of a declaration of war. One day -- perhaps very soon -- war will be declared on this earth (Rev. 6:4ff), but before that takes place, the Lord's ambassadors will be recalled to Heaven!
So what do we do with all the horrible events that are swirling around us which seem to spell the demise of our beloved America? We pray (Eph. 6:18), we witness to others of the love of God in sending his Son (Matt. 28:18-20), we encourage one another (Heb. 10:24-25), and we look forward to going Home to the City God has prepared for us (Heb. 11:16; Rev. 21:2, and 21:9 -- 22:3). We have no idea how great it's going to be to be Home (I Cor. 2:9)! Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
That was the email update from Olive Tree Ministries, normally written by Jan Markell, but this one by Heidi Swander. Personally, I don't believe Christians will be "raptured" out of here before all the end time tribulation prophecies take place; I believe there are too many references to us enduring until the end. And to do that, we must be strong and I believe we are going through a refining process right now. So many people seem to be going through hard trials right now, but remember that God refines us as silver, He chastens the ones He loves, and He wants us to endure until the end and to not be deceived unto death.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. - Isaiah 48:10
And He shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. - Malachi 3:3
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. - Revelation 3:19
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? - Hebrews 12:7
And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. - Mark 13:13
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. - 2 Timothy 2:3
And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any [man] deceive you: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am [Christ]; and shall deceive many. - Mark 13:5-6
And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [Christ]; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. - Luke 21:8
NOTE - Note that in the two scriptures above, "Christ" is in parentheses. That is the King James Version's way of telling you that that word was not in the original manuscripts. They added it for clarity. So the word isn't necessarily "Christ"; the deceivers say, "I am", as our Lord is the great I AM, they insinuate they are "the One" to look to, the one to have hope in to fix all our problems???
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect. - Matthew 24:24
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. - Ephesians 5:6
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them]; - 2 Timothy 3:12-14
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. - Romans 6:16 & 23
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. - Matthew 24:10-13
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Is There Any Truly Thinking Person Left Who Thinks Obama is Doing Anything GOOD?
Today there is a very good article by Alan Keyes: A Better-Dressed Soviet-Style Communism
What amazes me is that even the liberal mainstream media can't make Obama's plans sound good anymore to any person with a grain of common sense. Here is the very liberal Yahoo trying to tell us about his health care plans today:
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is seeking to help pay for his health care plan by sharply reducing the government's medical spending, mainly by trimming payments to prescription drugmakers, hospitals and other care providers.
It sounds like he is cutting Medicare and current paid prescription plans to me. Makes sense - cut health care to the elderly and disabled to give more and better health care for all! What other health care does the government pay? Wait a minute, maybe he will actually stop health care payments to illegal aliens!! No, I doubt that!
His ambitions are thick but the details thin; the president and his aides said specific ways for achieving the cuts will be decided later. The negotiations could trigger fierce political battles between powerful industries trying to protect their profits.
Oh, we can certainly trust Obama and his most ethical transparent administration to decide LATER how to best achieve the cuts!
Overhauling the nation's health care system is one of Obama's biggest ambitions, and lawmakers are working on a variety of plans. A top goal is to reduce costs in the government's largest medical programs, Medicare and Medicaid, which cover millions of elderly and low-income Americans and involve thousands of doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and other institutions.
So he will reduce payments to Medicare and Medicaid to reduce the costs! Sounds like a great plan! Less money to health care providers will surely mean better treatment! Anyone can see that!
In his weekly Internet and radio address Saturday, Obama proposed cutting $313 billion from the programs over 10 years. That's in addition to the $635 billion "down payment" in tax increases and spending cuts in the health care system that he announced earlier.
Together, Obama's plans would provide $948 billion over a decade in savings and/or tax increases to help cover the millions of Americans who lack medical insurance and to slow the rate of soaring health care costs.
Only Obama can say "savings and/or tax increases" with a straight face and expect people to see it as a good thing! And sadly, maybe some sheeple still do.
The status quo is unacceptable, Obama said. "America spends nearly 50 percent more per person on health care than any other country."
Of course, America has the best medical care and treatment facilities in the world, but we should aspire to have it as good as Canada! (Meanwhile Canadians are back-peddling as fast as they can to provide better options like the ones in America.)
The newly proposed $313 billion in savings, he said, "will come from commonsense changes."
It all sounds like perfect common sense, doesn't it? Well, if Obama says it is common sense, it must be!
He would cut $106 billion from payments that help hospitals treat uninsured people because his plan would cover nearly every American. Payments for Medicare prescription drugs would fall by $75 billion over 10 years.
Once again, very good common sense, he'll have money to cover every uninsured American by cutting the money he is spending on uninsured Americans now! Or is there something sinister in that little word "nearly"?
And slowing projected increases in Medicare payments to hospitals and other providers — but not doctors — would save $110 billion over 10 years, the president said. His budget director, Peter Orszag, said the reductions are justified because health care delivery is becoming more efficient.
Reduce pay to encourage better treatment! Perfect! Why didn't we think of it sooner?
But Orszag and Obama acknowledged that many details remain to be worked out. Obama said simply, "If the drugmakers pay their fair share, we can cut government spending on prescription drugs."
Once again, we'll trust him to work it out later. HE says SIMPLY it's the drugmakers' fault health care is so high, but his double-speak up to this point does not make it that simple.
A White House fact sheet said the pharmaceutical industry "has committed itself to helping to control the rate of growth in health care spending. There are a variety of ways to achieve this goal."
For instance, it said, drug reimbursements might be reduced for people who receive both Medicare and Medicaid.
But the pharmaceutical industry is politically powerful. Drugmakers have successfully resisted price controls in the Medicare prescription program so far, arguing that competition is enough to get elderly Americans a good deal.
Other government programs, however, such as Medicaid and the Veterans Affairs health system, may be paying less for many of the same drugs.
Billy Tauzin, president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, issued a noncommittal statement.
"We remain committed to working with the administration and Congress to help enact comprehensive health care reform this year," he said. "A lot of work remains to be done, but we will continue to share ideas and seek solutions."
Lobbyists for hospitals, doctors and many other players also have clout in Washington, complicating Obama's mission.
Even if Obama and Congress could hit the overall goal of $948 billion in health care savings over 10 years, it still might not be enough to cover the nearly 50 million uninsured Americans. Outside experts say the 10-year cost could range from $1.2 trillion to $1.8 trillion, depending on factors such as how generous federal subsidies turn out to be. One Senate proposal would subsidize families making as much as $110,000.
The administration wants to hold the cost to about $1 trillion, and Obama says the plan must not add to the federal deficit.
And he's done such a great job of not adding to the federal deficit thus far, so we can trust him!
Orszag told reporters that $950 billion "is in the ballpark of many of the proposals floating around," and that "there may well be some additional resources that are necessary."
The administration will work with Congress, he said. But the president's earlier package of $635 billion in spending cuts and tax increases has gotten a cool reception from lawmakers, and there's no indication the latest package will fare any better.
I can't imagine why the cool reception. But leave it to the Transparent One to take to the campaign trail and convince the sheeple with hope and change!
Medical providers from hospitals to doctors to drug makers have agreed with Obama that there's enough waste in the system to cut $2 trillion over 10 years, but behind-the-scenes they are preparing to resist specific cuts.
I feel confident they'll ethically cut the waste, don't you? Rest assured that of the utmost importance is that tax payers pay for unlimited unrestricted abortions and that doctors are not allowed to conscientiously object!
What amazes me is that even the liberal mainstream media can't make Obama's plans sound good anymore to any person with a grain of common sense. Here is the very liberal Yahoo trying to tell us about his health care plans today:
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is seeking to help pay for his health care plan by sharply reducing the government's medical spending, mainly by trimming payments to prescription drugmakers, hospitals and other care providers.
It sounds like he is cutting Medicare and current paid prescription plans to me. Makes sense - cut health care to the elderly and disabled to give more and better health care for all! What other health care does the government pay? Wait a minute, maybe he will actually stop health care payments to illegal aliens!! No, I doubt that!
His ambitions are thick but the details thin; the president and his aides said specific ways for achieving the cuts will be decided later. The negotiations could trigger fierce political battles between powerful industries trying to protect their profits.
Oh, we can certainly trust Obama and his most ethical transparent administration to decide LATER how to best achieve the cuts!
Overhauling the nation's health care system is one of Obama's biggest ambitions, and lawmakers are working on a variety of plans. A top goal is to reduce costs in the government's largest medical programs, Medicare and Medicaid, which cover millions of elderly and low-income Americans and involve thousands of doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and other institutions.
So he will reduce payments to Medicare and Medicaid to reduce the costs! Sounds like a great plan! Less money to health care providers will surely mean better treatment! Anyone can see that!
In his weekly Internet and radio address Saturday, Obama proposed cutting $313 billion from the programs over 10 years. That's in addition to the $635 billion "down payment" in tax increases and spending cuts in the health care system that he announced earlier.
Together, Obama's plans would provide $948 billion over a decade in savings and/or tax increases to help cover the millions of Americans who lack medical insurance and to slow the rate of soaring health care costs.
Only Obama can say "savings and/or tax increases" with a straight face and expect people to see it as a good thing! And sadly, maybe some sheeple still do.
The status quo is unacceptable, Obama said. "America spends nearly 50 percent more per person on health care than any other country."
Of course, America has the best medical care and treatment facilities in the world, but we should aspire to have it as good as Canada! (Meanwhile Canadians are back-peddling as fast as they can to provide better options like the ones in America.)
The newly proposed $313 billion in savings, he said, "will come from commonsense changes."
It all sounds like perfect common sense, doesn't it? Well, if Obama says it is common sense, it must be!
He would cut $106 billion from payments that help hospitals treat uninsured people because his plan would cover nearly every American. Payments for Medicare prescription drugs would fall by $75 billion over 10 years.
Once again, very good common sense, he'll have money to cover every uninsured American by cutting the money he is spending on uninsured Americans now! Or is there something sinister in that little word "nearly"?
And slowing projected increases in Medicare payments to hospitals and other providers — but not doctors — would save $110 billion over 10 years, the president said. His budget director, Peter Orszag, said the reductions are justified because health care delivery is becoming more efficient.
Reduce pay to encourage better treatment! Perfect! Why didn't we think of it sooner?
But Orszag and Obama acknowledged that many details remain to be worked out. Obama said simply, "If the drugmakers pay their fair share, we can cut government spending on prescription drugs."
Once again, we'll trust him to work it out later. HE says SIMPLY it's the drugmakers' fault health care is so high, but his double-speak up to this point does not make it that simple.
A White House fact sheet said the pharmaceutical industry "has committed itself to helping to control the rate of growth in health care spending. There are a variety of ways to achieve this goal."
For instance, it said, drug reimbursements might be reduced for people who receive both Medicare and Medicaid.
But the pharmaceutical industry is politically powerful. Drugmakers have successfully resisted price controls in the Medicare prescription program so far, arguing that competition is enough to get elderly Americans a good deal.
Other government programs, however, such as Medicaid and the Veterans Affairs health system, may be paying less for many of the same drugs.
Billy Tauzin, president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, issued a noncommittal statement.
"We remain committed to working with the administration and Congress to help enact comprehensive health care reform this year," he said. "A lot of work remains to be done, but we will continue to share ideas and seek solutions."
Lobbyists for hospitals, doctors and many other players also have clout in Washington, complicating Obama's mission.
Even if Obama and Congress could hit the overall goal of $948 billion in health care savings over 10 years, it still might not be enough to cover the nearly 50 million uninsured Americans. Outside experts say the 10-year cost could range from $1.2 trillion to $1.8 trillion, depending on factors such as how generous federal subsidies turn out to be. One Senate proposal would subsidize families making as much as $110,000.
The administration wants to hold the cost to about $1 trillion, and Obama says the plan must not add to the federal deficit.
And he's done such a great job of not adding to the federal deficit thus far, so we can trust him!
Orszag told reporters that $950 billion "is in the ballpark of many of the proposals floating around," and that "there may well be some additional resources that are necessary."
The administration will work with Congress, he said. But the president's earlier package of $635 billion in spending cuts and tax increases has gotten a cool reception from lawmakers, and there's no indication the latest package will fare any better.
I can't imagine why the cool reception. But leave it to the Transparent One to take to the campaign trail and convince the sheeple with hope and change!
Medical providers from hospitals to doctors to drug makers have agreed with Obama that there's enough waste in the system to cut $2 trillion over 10 years, but behind-the-scenes they are preparing to resist specific cuts.
I feel confident they'll ethically cut the waste, don't you? Rest assured that of the utmost importance is that tax payers pay for unlimited unrestricted abortions and that doctors are not allowed to conscientiously object!
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