Ephesians 2:8-9
 
10-31-18, * -- Dr. John Whitcomb, a professor of theology for more than 60 years, explains why should we celebrate October 31st as it’s the anniversary of Reformation Day. For hundreds of years, people of the western world have attributed spiritual significance to the last day of October and the first day of November as “doctrines of demons” (1 Timothy 4:1) that governed the celebration of the Dark Ages. That is until God brought Light out of this darkness through the pen and voice of a humble monk and priest—Martin Luther.  He is credited with the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. On October 31, 1517 he nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
 
With the pounding of Luther’s hammer, the significance of All Hallows’ Eve [aka Halloween] was forever changed. A day dedicated to evil spirits, myths, superstition, death and fear now reminds Bible-believing Christians of repentance, faith and Christ alone for forgiveness of sin, salvation and eternal life. [Psalm 119:11; Luke 13:3; Ephesians 2:8-9]
 
Why did the ‘church’ need reformation? For centuries and in 1517, the Roman Catholic Church taught many false heretical dogmas ... Martin Luther’s ninety-five theses pointed to falsehoods of power of the Pope, purgatory and [#27, #52] selling indulgences for the forgiveness of sin [#62, #76]. He brought about a Reformation changing the false teaching of works to faith. [The entire 95 points of the 1517 thesis is below; no wonder the pope of Rome wanted Luther dead! In 1546, at age 62 Martin died of natural causes. More here]

October 31, 1517, Priest Martin Luther’s "95 Theses"

Out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it, the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and ordinary lecturer therein at Wittenberg, Germany intends to defend the following statements and to dispute on them in that place. Therefore, he asks that those who cannot be present and dispute with him orally shall do so in their absence by letter. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
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1. When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ``Repent'' (Mt 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.
2. This word cannot be understood as referring to the sacrament of penance, that is, confession and satisfaction, as administered by the clergy.
3. Yet it does not mean solely inner repentance; such inner repentance is worthless unless it produces various outward mortification of the flesh.
4. The penalty of sin remains as long as the hatred of self (that is, true inner repentance), namely till our entrance into the kingdom of heaven.
5. The pope neither desires nor is able to remit any penalties except those imposed by his own authority or that of the canons.
6. The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring and showing that it has been remitted by God; or, to be sure, by remitting guilt in cases reserved to his judgment. If his right to grant remission in these cases were disregarded, the guilt would certainly remain unforgiven.
7. God remits guilt to no one unless at the same time he humbles him in all things and makes him submissive to the vicar, the priest.
8. The penitential canons are imposed only on the living, and, according to the canons themselves, nothing should be imposed on the dying.
9. Therefore the Holy Spirit through the pope is kind to us insofar as the pope in his decrees always makes exception of the article of death and of necessity.
10. Those priests act ignorantly and wickedly who, in the case of the dying, reserve canonical penalties for purgatory.
11. Those tares of changing the canonical penalty to the penalty of purgatory were evidently sown while the bishops slept (Matt 13:25).
12. In former times canonical penalties were imposed, not after, but before absolution, as tests of true contrition.
13. The dying are freed by death from all penalties, are already dead as far as the canon laws are concerned, and have a right to be released from them.
14. Imperfect piety or love on the part of the dying person necessarily brings with it great fear; and the smaller the love, the greater the fear.
15. This fear or horror is sufficient in itself, to say nothing of other things, to constitute the penalty of purgatory, since it is very near to the horror of despair.
16. Hell, purgatory, and heaven seem to differ the same as despair, fear, and assurance of salvation.
17. It seems as though for the souls in purgatory fear should necessarily decrease and love increase.
18. Furthermore, it does not seem proved, either by reason or by Scripture, that souls in purgatory are outside the state of merit, that is, unable to grow in love.
19. Nor does it seem proved that souls in purgatory, at least not all of them, are certain and assured of their own salvation, even if we ourselves may be entirely certain of it.
20. Therefore the pope, when he uses the words ``plenary remission of all penalties,'' does not actually mean ``all penalties,'' but only those imposed by himself.
21. Thus those indulgence preachers are in error who say that a man is absolved from every penalty and saved by papal indulgences.
22. As a matter of fact, the pope remits to souls in purgatory no penalty which, according to canon law, they should have paid in this life.
23. If remission of all penalties whatsoever could be granted to anyone at all, certainly it would be granted only to the most perfect, that is, to very few.
24. For this reason most people are necessarily deceived by that indiscriminate and high-sounding promise of release from penalty.
25. That power which the pope has in general over purgatory corresponds to the power which any bishop or curate has in a particular way in his own diocese and parish.
26. The pope does very well when he grants remission to souls in purgatory, not by the power of the keys, which he does not have, but by way of intercession for them.
27. They preach only human doctrines who say that as soon as the money clinks into the money chest, the soul flies out of purgatory.
28. It is certain that when money clinks in the money chest, greed and avarice can be increased; but when the church intercedes, the result is in the hands of God alone.
29. Who knows whether all souls in purgatory wish to be redeemed, since we have exceptions in St. Severinus and St. Paschal, as related in a legend.
30. No one is sure of the integrity of his own contrition, much less of having received plenary remission.
31. The man who actually buys indulgences is as rare as he who is really penitent; indeed, he is exceedingly rare.
32. Those who believe that they can be certain of their salvation because they have indulgence letters will be eternally damned, together with their teachers.
33. Men must especially be on guard against those who say that the pope's pardons are that inestimable gift of God by which man is reconciled to him.
34. For the graces of indulgences are concerned only with the penalties of sacramental satisfaction established by man.
35. They who teach that contrition is not necessary on the part of those who intend to buy souls out of purgatory or to buy confessional privileges preach unchristian doctrine.
36. Any truly repentant Christian has a right to full remission of penalty and guilt, even without indulgence letters.
37. Any true Christian, whether living or dead, participates in all the blessings of Christ and the church; and this is granted him by God, even without indulgence letters.
38. Nevertheless, papal remission and blessing are by no means to be disregarded, for they are, as I have said (Thesis 6), the proclamation of the divine remission.
39. It is very difficult, even for the most learned theologians, at one and the same time to commend to the people the bounty of indulgences and the need of true contrition.
40. A Christian who is truly contrite seeks and loves to pay penalties for his sins; the bounty of indulgences, however, relaxes penalties and causes men to hate them -- at least it furnishes occasion for hating them.
41. Papal indulgences must be preached with caution, lest people erroneously think that they are preferable to other good works of love.
42. Christians are to be taught that the pope does not intend that the buying of indulgences should in any way be compared with works of mercy.
43. Christians are to be taught that he who gives to the poor or lends to the needy does a better deed than he who buys indulgences.
44. Because love grows by works of love, man thereby becomes better. Man does not, however, become better by means of indulgences but is merely freed from penalties.
45. Christians are to be taught that he who sees a needy man and passes him by, yet gives his money for indulgences, does not buy papal indulgences but God's wrath.
46. Christians are to be taught that, unless they have more than they need, they must reserve enough for their family needs and by no means squander it on indulgences.
47. Christians are to be taught that they buying of indulgences is a matter of free choice, not commanded.
48. Christians are to be taught that the pope, in granting indulgences, needs and thus desires their devout prayer more than their money.
49. Christians are to be taught that papal indulgences are useful only if they do not put their trust in them, but very harmful if they lose their fear of God because of them.
50. Christians are to be taught that if the pope knew the exactions of the indulgence preachers, he would rather that the basilica of St. Peter were burned to ashes than built up with the skin, flesh, and bones of his sheep.
51. Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had to sell the basilica of St. Peter, to many of those from whom certain hawkers of indulgences cajole money.
52. It is vain to trust in salvation by indulgence letters, even though the indulgence commissary, or even the pope, were to offer his soul as security.
53. They are the enemies of Christ and the pope who forbid altogether the preaching of the Word of God in some churches in order that indulgences may be preached in others.
54. Injury is done to the Word of God when, in the same sermon, an equal or larger amount of time is devoted to indulgences than to the Word.
55. It is certainly the pope's sentiment that if indulgences, which are a very insignificant thing, are celebrated with one bell, one procession, and one ceremony, then the gospel, which is the very greatest thing, should be preached with a hundred bells, a hundred processions, a hundred ceremonies.
56. The true treasures of the church, out of which the pope distributes indulgences, are not sufficiently discussed or known among the people of Christ.
57. That indulgences are not temporal treasures is certainly clear, for many indulgence sellers do not distribute them freely but only gather them.
58. Nor are they the merits of Christ and the saints, for, even without the pope, the latter always work grace for the inner man, and the cross, death, and hell for the outer man.
59. St. Lawrence said that the poor of the church were the treasures of the church, but he spoke according to the usage of the word in his own time.
60. Without want of consideration we say that the keys of the church, given by the merits of Christ, are that treasure.
61. For it is clear that the pope's power is of itself sufficient for the remission of penalties and cases reserved by himself.
62. The true treasure of the church is the most holy gospel of the glory and grace of God.
63. But this treasure is naturally most odious, for it makes the first to be last (Mt. 20:16).
64. On the other hand, the treasure of indulgences is naturally most acceptable, for it makes the last to be first.
65. Therefore the treasures of the gospel are nets with which one formerly fished for men of wealth.
66. The treasures of indulgences are nets with which one now fishes for the wealth of men.
67. The indulgences which the demagogues acclaim as the greatest graces are actually understood to be such only insofar as they promote gain.
68. They are nevertheless in truth the most insignificant graces when compared with the grace of God and the piety of the cross.
69. Bishops and curates are bound to admit the commissaries of papal indulgences with all reverence.
70. But they are much more bound to strain their eyes and ears lest these men preach their own dreams instead of what the pope has commissioned.
71. Let him who speaks against the truth concerning papal indulgences be anathema and accursed.
72. But let him who guards against the lust and license of the indulgence preachers be blessed.
73. Just as the pope justly thunders against those who by any means whatever contrive harm to the sale of indulgences.
74. Much more does he intend to thunder against those who use indulgences as a pretext to contrive harm to holy love and truth.
75. To consider papal indulgences so great that they could absolve a man even if he had done the impossible and had violated the mother of God is madness.
76. We say on the contrary that papal indulgences cannot remove the very least of venial sins as far as guilt is concerned.
77. To say that even St. Peter if he were now pope, could not grant greater graces is blasphemy against St. Peter and the pope.
78. We say on the contrary that even the present pope, or any pope whatsoever, has greater graces at his disposal, that is, the gospel, spiritual powers, gifts of healing, etc., as it is written. (1 Cor 12:28)
79. To say that the cross emblazoned with the papal coat of arms, and set up by the indulgence preachers is equal in worth to the cross of Christ is blasphemy.
80. The bishops, curates, and theologians who permit such talk to be spread among the people will have to answer for this.
81. This unbridled preaching of indulgences makes it difficult even for learned men to rescue the reverence which is due the pope from slander or from the shrewd questions of the laity.
82. Such as: ``Why does not the pope empty purgatory for the sake of holy love and the dire need of the souls that are there if he redeems an infinite number of souls for the sake of miserable money with which to build a church?'' The former reason would be most just; the latter is most trivial.
83. Again, ``Why are funeral and anniversary masses for the dead continued and why does he not return or permit the withdrawal of the endowments founded for them, since it is wrong to pray for the redeemed?''
84. Again, ``What is this new piety of God and the pope that for a consideration of money they permit a man who is impious and their enemy to buy out of purgatory the pious soul of a friend of God and do not rather, beca use of the need of that pious and beloved soul, free it for pure love's sake?''
85. Again, ``Why are the penitential canons, long since abrogated and dead in actual fact and through disuse, now satisfied by the granting of indulgences as though they were still alive and in force?''
86. Again, ``Why does not the pope, whose wealth is today greater than the wealth of the richest Crassus, build this one basilica of St. Peter with his own money rather than with the money of poor believers?''
87. Again, ``What does the pope remit or grant to those who by perfect contrition already have a right to full remission and blessings?''
88. Again, ``What greater blessing could come to the church than if the pope were to bestow these remissions and blessings on every believer a hundred times a day, as he now does but once?''
89. ``Since the pope seeks the salvation of souls rather than money by his indulgences, why does he suspend the indulgences and pardons previously granted when they have equal efficacy?''
90. To repress these very sharp arguments of the laity by force alone, and not to resolve them by giving reasons, is to expose the church and the pope to the ridicule of their enemies and to make Christians unhappy.
91. If, therefore, indulgences were preached according to the spirit and intention of the pope, all these doubts would be readily resolved. Indeed, they would not exist.
92. Away, then, with all those prophets who say to the people of Christ, ``Peace, peace,'' and there is no peace! (Jer 6:14)
93. Blessed be all those prophets who say to the people of Christ, ``Cross, cross,'' and there is no cross!
94. Christians should be exhorted to be diligent in following Christ, their Head, through penalties, death and hell.
95. And thus be confident of entering into heaven through many tribulations rather than through the false security of peace (Acts 14:22).

Source: https://www.luther.de/en/95thesen.htm

Happy Reformation Day! Let us celebrate by placing our trust in God’s Word, which is true from the beginning to the end.  [Isaiah 64:6; Galatians 2:21; 2 Timothy 1:9; Luke 13:3]

*Excerpted and adapted full original message from Dr. John Whitcomb here 

​Vaccines Almost Eradicated Polio. Now A Disease Like It Is Back [thanks to flood of migrants].
10-17-18, Forbes -- The first major polio epidemic in the US occurred in Vermont back in1894, and by way of public parks and pools, the virus spread like wildfire. Today, in the same city where Jonas Salk cured one of the most deadly viruses in history, three children have fallen ill with the eerily similar affliction as polio ... Acute Flaccid Myelitis [AFM] is an infectious disease...

​Fox News Guest claims migrant caravan carries "leprosy," will ...
10-29-18, Newsweek -- Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent David Ward appeared on the Fox News cable network with host Charles Payne to discuss the caravan of foreign migrants headed through Mexico to USA's southern border he said: “Then public health, we have these individuals coming from all over the world that have some of the most extreme medical care in the world. And they're coming in with diseases such as smallpox and leprosy and TB that are going to infect our people in the United States.”

Matthew 24:4; Ephesians 5:5-7

10-30-18, * -- In reviewing the headlines and news stories of the past few days, deceit is in the air. As a prophetic people living in a prophetic time, we must be able to recognize deceit otherwise we can and will be deceived. There are certain techniques to deceit that are used everyday in the news:

• Lying outright
• mixing a little truth with a lie to get a better lie
• Using experts to propagate a lie
• accusing others of what the accuser is doing
• repeating the lie until it is believed

The news media deceitful attacks on President Trump and conservatives who disagree with the liberal agenda has increased. They use so called “unbiased experts” to comment. However, these commentators are committed liberals who are there to convince Americans that Pres Trump and conservatives are the cause of all the violence in America. Following are a few of the most outrageous comments:

• Political analyst John Heileman said “The president is obviously a racist… He obviously condones anti-Semitism, stokes up nationalist hatred.”
• Joe Scarborough said, “I can’t even call him president, this demagogue, this nationalist, he refused to even try to temper his crowds.” 
• CNN: Billionaire Democratic Party donor Tom Steyer said that Trump created the atmosphere of “routine, systematic lawlessness.”
• GQ Magazine’s Julia Ioffe said Trump had radicalized more people than ISIS.

However, real news goes unreported in mainstream media as in Chicago last weekend the liberal and gun controlled sanctuary city there where five killed and many wounded. [Sun Times reported it here]

The networks repeatedly quote Democrat Party leaders who say Pres Trump condones violence. All this, repeated hour after hour is to make people think they're reporting facts. The opposite is true as John Nolte of Breitbart reported of leftist violence against conservatives. There is little mainstream media coverage of the following events:

• 620+ incidents, 40 in October alone--including death threats, harassments, assaults, vandalism, the sending of a “ricin-like” substance to conservative officials [here] 
• the latest—four shots fired into the Volusia County, FL Republican Headquarters. [more here]

Who is inciting and perpetrating violence? Discernment is key for a prophetic people.

Proverbs 3:13; Matthew 24:3-8; Philippians 1:9; Hebrews 5:14; James 1:5

10-23-18, * -- The Hondurans in the caravan, the 7,000 people walking north to America I have many questions: 

1. where do they go to the bathroom? 
2. And eat and sleep and store their clothes? 
3. And how is it that after a week on the road they are clean and their hair and clothes are well kept? 
4. why do these people, supposedly fleeing intolerable conditions in their homeland, carry flags from their homeland and break into its national anthem when the TV cameras show up? [why are they 90% men?-Ed.]
5. Historically soldiers max march is 25 miles/day. Reports that a woman & child in this 'caravan' walked 500 miles in the past week; that's 71 mi/day - Really?
6. How have 7,000 people been fed and watered?
7. And how have they gone to the bathroom? If the average person across the world produces about a pound of solid waste a day, that means that these folks are somehow disposing of more than three tons of feces each day. That’s a heck of a lot of crap, even for a Central American roadway.
8. Provisioning such an army of people – the equivalent of 10 combat battalions in most of the world’s militaries – is a large task. Transporting and distributing the food and water necessary to keep those people moving is a massive chore. Why isn't the media reporting on this?
9. They don't look like they've been sleeping on the ground for the last week. How is any of this possible?

This army of foreign migrant invaders as a spontaneous ad hoc event, is implausible. It's the October surprise, it is the Blue Wave. And it is all nonsense.

The law of the United States does not allow a mass entry like this. The law does not declare the borders open. If America’s progressives and Democrat leaders/lawmakers want open borders and believe all the world’s people have a right to live in the United States – as they say they do – then they should adjust immigration law accordingly. But until then, if they are to keep their oaths of office, they must stand for the law and the border.

The liberal leftist Democrats must tell their surrogates to turn around and go home; because this caravan is nothing more than a bunch of political sh-t.

* ​Excerpted and adapted full original report here

Brazil elects anti-establishment President Jair Bolsonaro
10-29-18, Robert Spencer -- A refreshing dose of reality from a country that has for a long time supported the “Palestinian” jihad. Brazilians have elected their first ardently pro-Israel president. More here

10-28-18, Brazil's far-right congressman, Jair Bolsonaro, a champion of traditional Brazilian values, has won the country's election as president.​ He is being maligned and criticized by left wing liberals in Brazil. His strong nationalistic policies are being compared with the US President Donald Trump ...  More here

Brazil's Presidential Candidate Jair Bolsonaro knife attack
9-7-18, Rightwing frontrunner Bolsonaro recovering in hospital from what son says was 12cm wound - and could take weeks to recover [and he did].

One hundred one years ago, the British Government recognized the land of the Jews they called 'Palestine'. November 2, 1917 letter from Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community:

"Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet
His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country. I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
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Yours,
Arthur James Balfour"
​__________

Subsequently Lord Balfour also wrote:
"Zionism… is rooted in age-long traditions, in present needs, in future hopes, of far profounder import than the desires and prejudices of the 700,000 Arabs [aka Muslims] who now inhabit that ancient land".

In the Balfour Declaration there are three types of rights mentioned:

1. civil rights
2. religious rights
3. political status.

The Arabs [Muslims] would enjoy full civil rights – rights to property, life and pursuit of happiness – as well as religious rights, without having to pay any price for that – something basically non-existent in Islam; the 1917 Arabs had none; they were subjects of the Turkish Empire. In the Holy Land that was just a backwater province or sub-province in the various Islamic empires over the centuries since the Islamic invasions in the 7th century.

The main significance of the Balfour Declaration pertains to those who made the declaration and to the League of Nations who adopted the Balfour Declaration as international law. 

Currently in Israel Muslims [Arabs] are probably the only Arabs in the Middle East to enjoy full civil and religious rights, including freedom to speak against the state of Israel – something almost non-existent in the Middle East. In recent surveys majority of Arabs in Israel identify themselves as Israelis, whether it be as Israeli Arabs, Israeli Muslims, or just plain Israelis.

Happy Anniversary and raise a glass in honorable memory of Arthur Balfour! ​Source 

2 Corinthians 11:3, 14
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10-29-18, Henry Morris, III -- The magnificent book of Genesis1:1 sets the foundation for Scripture, revealing the “Roman numerals” upon which the rest of the Bible’s message is built. Apart from the actual events of the creation week, the fall of Adam and Eve, and the subsequent horrific growth of sin and the awful judgment of the Flood, the gospel message would make little sense.

Paul’s warning showcases the importance of Satan’s strategy to ensnare humanity in the same trap. The Devil’s tactics change with time and culture, but the strategy remains the same.

• First, Satan always attempts to make us doubt the Word of God (Genesis 3:1). If we question the accuracy, the meaning, the authenticity, the historicity, or any other shade of “all scripture” (2 Timothy 3:16), then we begin edging onto a slippery slope that will only lead to the next stage.
• Second, Satan always confronts the doubter with a denial of the Word of God (Genesis 3:4). When one begins to deny the authority, the capability, or the will of God to carry out His Word, the slide into the final phase is inevitable.
• Third, Satan ultimately heaps denigration on the Person of God Himself (Genesis 3:5). Once one embraces the thought that the Word of God is not trustworthy and that God either will not or cannot do what He says, it absolutely follows that God is either a liar, a hypocrite, or a capricious and whimsical ogre.

May God protect us from the “wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11). Source

10-29-18, * -- At the TREE OF LIFE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE in Pennsylvania, suspect Robert Bowers, 48, during his rampage yelling “all Jews must die” killed eleven and injured six, including four police officers. 

On Saturday, Oct 27, 2018, in response to the murders and those who were injured President Trump spoke out saying:
“This wicked act of mass murder is pure evil, This was an anti-Semitic act. You wouldn’t think this would be possible in this day and age. Our minds cannot comprehend the cruel hate and twisted malice that could cause a person to unleash such terrible violence, during a baby naming ceremony at a sacred house of worship on the holy day of Sabbath. Anti-Semitism and the widespread persecution of Jews represents one of the ugliest and darkest features in human history. Anti-Semitism must be condemned and confronted everywhere and anywhere it appears. I think they should stiffen up laws and should very much bring the death penalty to anybody who does a thing like this to innocent people.”

That was not exactly the case when, under Obama in 2009, U.S. Army psychiatrist Muslim Nidal Hasan. Who had been emailing Islamic terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki about the prospect of killing infidel Americans, and the “Soldier of Allah” [as he called himself] did everything but take out an ad on the Super Bowl to announce his jihadist intentions.

The U.S. security establishment was well aware of the communications, but did nothing to stop Hasan. And on November 5, 2009, at Ford Hood, Texas, as unarmed U.S. soldiers were getting their final medical checkups before deploying to Afghanistan. Hasan massacred 13 as he yelled “Allahu akbar.”

POTUS #44, formerly known as Barry Soetoro, did not use words such as “mass murder,” “wicked,” or “evil” for that attack. It took place at an Army base and as commander in chief surely he was briefed on the shooter, his battle cry and that he was shot in the act. Yet, following the attack Obama declined to comment on Muslim’s motive saying,  “We don’t know all the answers yet and I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts.”

Not until December 2015, in a comparison with the San Bernardino Islamic mass murder did POTUS 44 connect the attack with Islam or jihad and did not use the words “terror” or “terrorist.” 

In the wake of the current October 27, 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, imagine if:

• President Trump’s administration knew the killer Robert Bowers was planning an attack and did nothing to stop him.
• President Trump refused to speculate on the shooter’s motive, declining to denounce anti-Semitism and hatred. 
• President Trump had not mentioned “murder” at all and passed off the attack as “worship-place violence.”
• President Trump contrived to keep the survivors from getting the medical treatment they needed.

Well, that's what happened under Obama and there was no real outcry.

​Yet, the media, during Obama’s stint in the White House, saw over 280 murders like this – the media never accused Obama to be the cause like they are currently doing to #45 President Trump. Outrageous.

Media puts blame on Trump for Pittsburgh synagogue shooting | more here
10-29-18, WashExaminer -- According to many in the fake news media, President Trump's harsh campaign rhetoric ahead of next week's midterm elections is a factor that lead to the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre.
***
* Excerpted and adapted from Lloyd Billingsley original full article here
Sources: USA Today,  Time, GatewayPundit
New York Times Video [4 min] Obama Speaks Out ... here

10-28-18, * -- At the time of this report, it's estimated that approximately 500 United States Civilian American Militias have spread across the 2,000 mile long southern Border of the U.S.  They have already “staged” [prepared] in several locations; preparing to meet the incoming threat of thousands of illegal migrants - mostly military aged men - who are determined to illegally invade the United States.

The Americans are well armed, equipped and have communications between groups. They intend to stand post protecting the sovereignty of the United States of America;  comprised of former military who have experienced two or more tours in the Middle East and elsewhere. They no longer believe the Washington DC politicians; but are praying President Trump and his administration are different and will keep their word to protect the sovereignty of our Nation.  

A portion of the communication transmitted between the US militias regarding the legal and constitutional right for militias to act follows:

1. Clause 15 - In 1792, the US Congress passed the "Calling Forth Act" [here] under the Militia clause, the power of the president to call up the militia and give orders when invasion "appeared imminent." 
2. The Supreme Court in 1827, in Martin v. Mott [here]; says the president has exclusive right to judge whether there was an exigent circumstance sufficient for calling up the militia.  Also, know that the Governors retain concurrent authority to call out their militia's to handle civil and "Military emergencies". 
   
3. Precedent is Houston vs. Moore in 1820 [here] and it has stood even today. 

 
Requirements and conditions for volunteers to lawfully quell & turn back invasion:

• In 1788, Federalist Papers: No volunteer should be expected to post the border without any means to protect themselves or the state; they should be armed to protect our sovereign land and defend themselves. “Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American… [T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.”, Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788 [here]
  
• Under Article I, Section 8, clause 14, Congress [here] has the authority to call up the National Guard or "the Militia" to execute the Laws of the Union, Suppress Insurrections, or Repel Invasions
  
• Under Article I, Section 10, Clause 4 [here], the state has a caveat of engaging in war if invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.  

In conclusion:
We are being invaded, therefore, our states have a duty and a constitutional right to declare war and defend accordingly. The people have a right to act or intercede when and if government refuses or is incapable of doing so.  This is not only an external invasion; this is internally sponsored act of war or a coup de tat against our people and government.
 
I still have great concerns if clashes occur or shots are fired by the masses inbound, or as in the Gaza Israel's clashes with Muslim / Arab enemies of their Jewish State - a variety of objects may be launched that can bring injury and even death.

​God's word admonishes His people to obey the ordinances world leaders - Romans 13:3-4. Pray for our leaders and our defenders, please.

​Source author unknown by me, however more here:

• https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/10/26/militia-groups-border-migrant-caravan/
• https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-border-militia-caravan-20181026-story.html
• https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2018-10-26/militia-groups-say-they-will-help-stop-caravan-at-the-border​​

If you've ever wondered what hell is like or if there's any scientific evidence of the existence of hell, this short video provide answers to these timeless questions; in it he has an idea where hell is ... THE SUN!

​Eighteen minute video here

Matt 10:28, 12:40-41; John 3:18-19; 2 Corinthians 5:17; James 4:7; ​Revelation 20:10, 14-15, 21:8

​No Such Thing as a 'MAGA Bomber' Or His Trusty 'TrumpMobile' | more here
10-27-18, CanadaFreePress -- NO bomber, only a would-be bomber, who in spite of all the media hype that surrounds him, never managed to hurt even a single fly.

• Cesar Sayoc’s facebook account, there was a video clearly showing the same white panel van on August 28, 2016, without the Trump stickers or vehicle wrap made famous by this week’s events. However, in August of 2016, the accused, Cesar Sayoc’s facebook timeline showed him in almost constant attendance of Trump rallies and events, snapping selfies, taking videos and loading down his page with pro Trump images - but nothing on the van. So ... he waited to turn his van into a "Donald Trump parade float" immediately prior to undertaking a D.C. sniper version of a psychological terror campaign??
• On 10-26-18, the vinyl decals not a hint of fading from the intense Florida sunshine; no vandalism considering that you can’t even wear a MAGA cap without triggering the Left to attack. 
• “Why then is this van so pristine?” More here

Psalm 89:14; Proverbs 1:22-28
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10-26-18, * -- Anyone desiring to know the characteristics of the eternal and almighty Lord God Himself only needs to study Psalm 89:1-52 that has a vivid description of His attributes and moral character. Throughout the Bible we learn God is of "justice and judgment"… "mercy and truth." (Rev. 6:15-17)
 
God's grace has been placed before His "justice and judgment." (Acts 17:24-26) In all of history the wages of sin have not changed. The Bible’s New Testament scripture of Romans 6:23 is highly applicable to the wickedness of America and the world. America has deteriorated into an immoral wicked mess; the judgment of God is coming.
 
If the American people continue on their current course of wickedness, there’s no way the USA will survive. God hates sin, and after giving mankind 2,000 years of "mercy and truth," now He is going to bring "justice and judgment." As never before, America has suffered all types of ‘natural’ disasters as well as human caused violence and bombings. (Hosea 8:7; Galatians 6:7-8)

God is a God of love, but He’s not a wimp! (2 Peter 3:9) He’s a God of justice & righteousness. Yet He loved mankind enough that He revealed His mercy and love by His gift of dying at Calvary to pay the sin debt of the whole lost world. (John 3:16)
 
When the Messiah & King, Jesus Christ comes back to earth, in preparation for His Kingdom of righteousness and peace, He’s going to purge the earth of every person who refuses to submit to His righteous rulership. All defiant Christ rejectors will be destroyed [killed] and will not live to enter the Lord's righteous Kingdom. (Psalm 2:8-10; Rev. 2:27; 12:5; 19:15)
 
The Lord Jesus is coming to rapture His believing, redeemed people to glory and I believe soon. I lift my voice to cry out to America as the Bible’s Old Testament prophet Amos once did to Israel:
"O America, prepare to meet thy God!" Amos 4:12

If you do not have the assurance of eternal security with the Lord Jesus; repent of your sin and seek Him as your own personal Savior right now while you still have opportunity. (Romans 10:8-10; Ephesians 2:8-10; 2 Peter 1:10-11)
 
*Excerpted and adapted from Pastor F. M. Riley email message francismriley34@gmail.com

10-26-18, Just prior to an important mid-term election of Nov 6, 2018, that appears to be favoring the GOP to increase its numbers in the House and Senate, some non functioning 'pipe bombs' were mailed to prominent Democrats. In five days, a strong Trump supporter is charged with the crime and arrested; Cesar Sayoc; his vehicle is a van emblazoned with pro Trump anti Democrat images/stickers. 

FBI Director Christopher Wray said devices "are not hoax devices they contain energetic materials meaning the right combination of heat, shock or friction could have set them off packed into PVC pipes and could have been dangerous."

None of them had blasting caps or exploded and no one was hurt. I don't know if this is a contrived hoax by the leftists or if this man Cesar Sayoc is an innocent dupe ... but this just doesn't sit well with me - it has too many similarities to the 2012 Benghazi travesty when Basseley was blamed for the attacks in Libya.

Question raised by Paul Joseph Watson:
"There was no timer; the perp didn't know when they would be delivered so why?" 
Six minute video here
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Mail bombing suspect Cesar Sayoc charged with 5 federal crimes
10-26-18, MyDaytonDailyNews -- The suspect, identified as Cesar Sayoc, 56, was arrested in Florida ... if convicted he could face as many as 58 years in prison.​ FBI Dir Chris Wray said none exploded, but 'could have been dangerous ... lab determining if they were functional.' More here
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Who is Cesar Altieri Sayoc? What we know about the suspected |more here.
10-26-18, Cesar Altieri Sayoc is accused of sending pipe bombs in the mail to prominent Democrats and Trump critics. His attorney, Daniel Aaronson, said I'm a Democrat and if Cesar had such feelings about some of my favorites ... we would have had a conversation. And it never happened. 

October 26, 1861 - On This Day

​The inaugural ride of the postal service known as the 'PONY EXPRESS' began on April 3, 1860 leaving St. Joseph, Missouri at 7:15 p.m. with the boom of a cannon. Eleven days later, at about midnight, the mail arrived in San Francisco California to cheering crowds, fireworks and a band playing.

The Pony Express was in business for merely eighteen months ending October of 26, 1861 when a key section of the first transcontinental telegraph line was completed between Western Missouri and Salt Lake City, Utah. This network allowed instantaneous communication between Washington D.C. or New York City and San Francisco California. However, mail delivery continued, but on trains and speedy communication delivered by the telegram.

The Pony Express mail was carried in padlocked pouches called cantinas stitched onto a broad piece of leather that was draped over the saddle, the rider sitting atop it, his weight holding it in place. Only authorized persons had the keys to the locked cantinas. The route was nearly 2,000 miles overland from Missouri to California. It had about 190 stations (mostly in Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada). It required about 10 days to cover with each rider generally riding 75 to 100 miles. The service, mainly used by newspapers and businesses, was remarkably efficient; reportedly during its 18 months, only one bag of mail was lost. However, it was very expensive annually costing the government more than $700,000 while returning little more than $200,000 in postage. 

The rider changed horses from four to seven times every 10 to 15 miles. Home stations were established along the route about every 75 miles. The exact placement was determined by the terrain and, where possible, by the availability of an already established facility, such as a fort or a stagecoach stop. Like relay stations, home stations had horse stalls and a corral. When the rider arrived at a home station, he removed the mochila from his horse and threw it over the saddle of the fresh horse, and the new rider would leap into the saddle and be off. For the first few weeks of the service, riders carried a rifle as well as a pistol. However, it soon became apparent that rifles were too heavy and awkward to be practical, so the riders stopped carrying them. Some riders carried horns to signal the relay station of their approach. ​During its 18 months of operation:

• the Pony Express made a total of 308 complete runs
  
• covering a distance of about 616,000 miles (equivalent to circling Earth more than 30 times)
  
• delivered 34,753 letters
  

The primary failure of the Pony Express had been its inability to make a profit. Its founders’ ability to assemble and operate this remarkable service under especially challenging circumstances was a tribute to their courage and ingenuity.

​Ultimately, the Pony Express filled an urgent need of its time and played an important role in the development and history of the United States by keeping California and much of the West connected with the rest of the country and the news of the nation as it was hurtling into war. ​More here and here

​Day after Democrat Fanatic Attacked GOP Baseball Players, Pelosi blasted 'sanctimonious Republicans'
Jun 15, 2017 · House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said after the Democrat nut attacked Republicans playing baseball: "So this sick individual does something despicable and it was horrible what he did, hateful. But for them to all of a sudden be sanctimonious.."  More here

DEMOCRATS NOT CIVIL UNLESS THEY'RE IN POWER, that what she said!
During a CNN interview on Oct 9, 2018, Mrs Clinton said: "If we are fortunate enough to win back the House and or the Senate, that's when civility can start again." More here

2 Corinthians 2:14

10-24-18, Archives of Oswald Chambers* -- The proper perspective of servants of God must be to vigorously maintain His perspective and it must be done little by little everyday. We are here for only one purpose — to be captives marching in the procession of Christ’s triumphs. We are not on display in God’s showcase— we are here to exhibit only one thing— the “captivity [of our lives] to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5).

How small all the other perspectives are!

In essence, the Apostle Paul said, “I am in the procession of a Conqueror, and it doesn’t matter what the difficulties are, for I am always led in triumph.”  Romans 8:31-32, 38-39

Paul’s secret joy was that God took him as a blatant rebel against Jesus Christ, and made him a captive— and that became his purpose. It was Paul’s joy to be a captive of the Lord; he had no other interest in heaven or on earth. It's a shameful thing for a Christian to talk about getting the victory ... we should belong so completely to the Victor, that it is always His victory and “we are more than conquerors through Him…” (Romans 8:37; 2 Corinthians 2:15).  

Is this idea being worked out practically in us? ​*Source ​

10-25-18, IsraelNatlNews -- The Jewish state of Israel's Education Minister Naftali Bennett calls for the government to ramp up demolitions of terrorist's homes. Home demolitions are punishments for the terrorists who brutally murder innocent Israelis and others, but this is mainly a deterrence for future terrorists. Bennett said, "it's a disgrace that 102 homes belonging to terrorists have not yet been destroyed and that the families of terrorists receive an allowance is a disgrace." He was referring to the monthly payouts the Palestinian Authority gives to the families of terrorists [here] who have killed Israelis. 

The policy is meant to have a psychological effect for a would-be attacker whose family would be left homeless, some suggest house demolitions are also designed to offset the economic benefits of committing an attack. 

House demolitions date back to a 1945 British Mandate emergency regulation in pre-state Palestine that allowed the British military to confiscate and destroy any home used to discharge a weapon, or any home used by a person who violated military law. More here

​Elizabeth Warren's DNA Test Included 0% Actual Native Amer Indian...
Oct 15, 2018 · Warren's DNA test, even if accurate, would put her genome at somewhere between 0.1 percent and 1.56 percent Native American, meaning she could be no more Native American than the average "European-American," or even less so.