A Swine Flu Pandemic?

WASHINGTON – If the Mexico swine flu becomes a global pandemic, the routines and comforts of daily life would vanish in the blink of an eye. Small towns and big cities alike would go into a protective crouch.

The worst case scenario, according to U.S. government planners: Two million dead. Hospitals overwhelmed. Schools closed. Swaths of empty seats at baseball stadiums and houses of worship. An economic recovery snuffed out.

We're nowhere close to that. But government leaders at all levels, and major employers, have spent nearly four years planning for the worst in a series of exercises. Their reports, as well as interviews with policymakers, paint a grim picture of what could happen if the swine flu gets severely out of control.

A full-scale pandemic — like the 1918 Spanish flu — would sicken 90 million Americans, or about 30 percent of the population. It could claim the lives of about 2 percent of those infected, about 2 million people, according to government experts.

To put that in perspective, the regular flu causes about 30,000 deaths each year.

"This may or may not be the killer flu," said Kim Elliott, deputy director of the Trust for America's Health, and independent public health group. "But it certainly does seem to have that potential, because it's a novel virus."

A pandemic moves with explosive speed and comes in successive waves. That's why planners start with the worst case.

If a pandemic strikes, the government estimates that nearly 10 million patients would have to be admitted to the hospital, and nearly 1.5 million would need intensive care. About 750,000 would need the help of mechanical ventilators to keep breathing.

No one would be immune from the consequences, even those who don't get sick, according to worst-case exercises run by local and national agencies.

Schools would be closed to try to block the spread of illness, for example, but school buses might be used to take flu victims to alternative clinics rather than overcrowded hospitals.

A 2006 report on the Washington region found both Maryland and Virginia would run out of hospital beds within two weeks of a moderate outbreak.

People who got sick would be isolated, and their relatives could be quarantined.

But even if families weren't required to stay home, many would do so to take care of sick relatives, or because they were afraid of getting sick themselves.

Hotels, restaurants and airlines would face loss of business as business travel and meetings would be replaced by teleconferences.

In the cities, commuters who do go to work might drive, bike or walk instead of using mass transit. On the subway, people would be asked to wear protective masks.

Movie buffs would avoid theaters and rent DVDs instead.

In 1918, authorities even called on churches to cancel services, to the chagrin of some pastors.
As entire societies turn inwardly, the global economy would take a direct hit.

Trust for America's Health estimated in 2007 that a severe pandemic would shrink U.S. output by about 5.5 percent.

"It could be a real blow to any type of recovery," said Elliott. "The whole idea of a just-in-time economy means we depend on each other globally."

But wait a minute. Catch your breath.

Even if the new swine flu from Mexico turns out to be especially aggressive, the worst consequences could be averted.

The nation has made strides in stockpiling antiviral medicines, speeding the production of vaccines and laying down basic public health guidelines.

The government got serious about worst-case planning during the 2005 bird flu scare, as the lessons of Hurricane Katrina loomed large.

"We have a playbook that was developed and is being followed," said Michael Leavitt, who as secretary of Health and Human Services oversaw pandemic planning for President George W. Bush. "It's a substantially better picture than what we faced three years ago."

There are gaps. Some states have not stockpiled their full allocation of antiviral medicines, critical in treating and preventing diseases during the early stages of a pandemic, before a vaccine has been developed.

And Elliott said the federal government has not fulfilled some elements of its own plan, such as purchasing preventive doses of antivirals that would be reserved for medical personnel and first responders. So far, antiviral medicines are proving effective against the Mexico flu.

Dr. Jeff Runge, former chief medical officer for Homeland Security, said it's clearly not a pandemic yet, but it's too early to tell. The next week or two will be critical.

Runge seemed confident. "We've come a long ways since we've been doing this pandemic flu planning," he said. End of quote

Already there has been a great deal written about the so-called Swine Flu, and I for one do not really know how this whole scenario is going to pan out.

Nonetheless, there still remains something incredibly suspect about this swine flu epidemic, and by the looks of things what has begun as a minor epidemic may develop into a pandemic?

However has anyone ever noticed that it seems to be affecting only a certain group of people and small children?

I am a conspiracy theorist but I certainly did not believe in the pre-tribulation theory of the rapture, up until this point that is, but it looks to me as if this may be a deliberately manufactured laboratory virus designed to rid the world of Christians.

Now I know how wild and fanciful that may seem but if you are a genuine Christian my advice to you would be to be very, very careful of the Swine Flu lest you meet with your premature demise.

Remember this the world is right on the verge of seeing the Antichrist come to power as the president of the EU after which he will confirm the treaty of Daniel chapter 9 Verse 27.

From the KJV: And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. And then a planned Third World War will begin

From the Cutting Edge Ministries website

Quote: Fear has begun to spread globally after North Korea's nuclear test, her missile test, and her threat to begin a war!

What was the Illuminati Plan? "THE SCRIPT HAS NOW BEEN WRITTEN"

"A hair-raising nuclear confrontation in Korea may, towards the end of the period, threaten man's very survival." (Peter Lemesurier, "The Armageddon Script", p. 223 End of quote

Will the Great Pyramid of Giza be capped soon?

These are the two symbols on the back of the American dollar note. They were designed by Freemasons and contains a mass of occultist symbolism that the profane (none-Masons and non-Christians) would not, nor could not understand.

Additionally, the following article has been resourced from the Omega Times, and had been written sometime ago by the late Barry R Smith.

Please note: For the complete picture on the great pyramid of Giza please refer to the reverse of the American dollar note, and the Barry R Smith article reproduced below.

The whole point in once again reproducing the article here is to draw attention to the fact of the Antichrist achieving his power base of the full time EU presidency in early 2010, and of the possibility of the Great Pyramid of Giza being capped with the eye of Satan at exactly the same time.

The upshot is at the time of the writing of this article is that the Great Pyramid of Giza had not as yet been capped with the eye of Satan, but that it may be by the end of, and at the beginning of next year once the Antichrist comes to power as the full time president of the Revised Roman Empire.

Furthermore, there may be a possibility that when the Antichrist does achieve his power base very early next year -- there may be a very strong probability that the actual ceremony may be held in the Great King’s Chamber of the pyramid?

As a consequence, the cap may be set in place on atop the pyramid at the same time, indicating that Satan’s main man is in power -- and that Satan has finally gained complete control of the globe?

This is of course will take place a very shortly time into the interim future, and at this stage all that we are able to do is to hypothesis to if this event will even actually take place, and when it does take place…

Although in reformatting the article I have made a few slight variations, the information remains basically the same, and is still applicable to today's newsworthy items relative to world events in the light of Bible prophecy, so now read on…

Quote: Barry R Smith, There have been many, many theories surrounding the origin, and the purposes of the ancient Pyramids of Egypt... Examples of these theories range from astronomic observatories, to places of cult worship. Extraterrestrial-related theories have also been put forward, with very little scientific evidence to support such claims.

Despite all of the claims, and books written on the subject over the centuries, the ancient pyramids of Egypt still remain one of the seven wonders of the world, with no real logical, efficient, conclusion drawn as to just how they were constructed, and by whom.

In spite of the gobbledygook surrounding the pyramids, the largest of the group, Giza, was designed by God, and built by persons unknown who had long ago left the area.

It was not designed, nor built, by the ancients of Egypt to entomb their deceased pharaohs so that they could pass on safely to the afterlife.

However, Giza was copied by the ancients, possibly utilizing the same method of construction as the largest of the group, to entomb the dead pharaohs. The resulting smaller pyramids were the burial places of the departed kings of queens of ancient Egypt.

The principal pyramid of the group was, and is, a Bible in stone that could not have possibly have been designed by anyone else other than the Supreme Being and creator of the universe - almighty God.

If a horizontal and vertical line were drawn directly through the centre of the great pyramid, the land mass in each quarter would equate to exactly the same measurement. Therefore, the great pyramid (Giza) is exactly in the centre of the earth.

There are exactly 144 stones used in its construction of the pyramid, and the height of the pyramid equates exactly to the total distance around the edifice.

The stones have been so accurately carved and fit together so well that it is impossible to fit even a ten cent piece between each block.

One of the major player’s behind the setting up of a Global New World Order, the Freemasons, have for centuries, held a fascination with pyramids, and in particular the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The dollar note contains two symbols: the one on the left represents the great pyramid of Giza, whilst the seal on the right represents not an American eagle -- but a phoenix.

When God destroyed the Tower of Babel, the phoenix was the mystical bird that arose out of the ashes, and today symbolizes the New World Order.

The great pyramid of Giza has long been a pagan type of temple for Satan worship. Aleister Crowley, Freemason and Chief Satanist of the 20th Century performed a satanic ritual in its Kings Chamber.

The Masonic leader also founded and controlled cults of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Mormons have also adored the Great Pyramid.

The Latin words on the seal of the dollar bill say 'Annuit Coeptis'. Translated this means 'Announcing the Birth Of' and 'Novus Ordo Seclorum' means New World Order'! Therefore, the Latin on the note interpreted says 'Announcing the birth of the New World Order'. The date in roman numerals on the seals is 1776. 1776 is the year the modern day Illuminati were formed. 1776 is also the year of American independence. The Latin 'E Pluribus Unum' is interpreted as 'One out of many' and is the foundation of the New World Order's plan to unify the world's governments, religions, and money systems into a single unified system of a One World Government and in doing so, control the whole globe and her people.

The capstone has not been placed atop the Pyramid. Therefore, the plan for a complete global takeover of all governments, religions, and money systems has not been completed.

Only when the New World Order has been fully established, and the world leader (the Antichrist) has been enthroned will the plan will be complete. Please see my introduction above. RJM

The Dexter wing on the phoenix has thirty two feathers. That number corresponds precisely with the ordinary degrees of Scottish Rite Freemasonry. The sinister wing has thirty-three feathers. The additional feather corresponds to the Thirty-Third Degree of the Scottish rite conferred on those that have alleged to have performed outstanding service in Freemasonry. There are nine tail feathers on the bird. Nine is the number of degrees in the Chapter, Council, and Commander of the York Rite of Freemasonry. Note well: the stars above the head of the phoenix form a hexagram. A hexagram is one of the most evil of all the witchcraft symbols.

Manly Palmer Hall was a member of the Illuminati, and 33rd Degree Freemason and called "the 20th century's greatest Masonic scholar and philosopher" by the Supreme Council of the 33rd Degree of Freemasonry's official monthly publication, the Scottish Rite Journal in the obituary section of August 1990.

The secret Teachings of All Ages is called Manly P. Hall's Magnum Opus and is an Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic, and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy. Manly also instructs the reader to bring a human sacrifice to Lucifer each year, which is pure Satanism.

In his book Manly states:
"European mysticism was not dead at the time the United States of America was founded. The hand of the mysteries controlled in the establishment of the new government for the signature of the mysteries may still be seen on the Great Seal of the United States of America. Careful analysis of the seal discloses a mass of occult and Masonic symbols chief among them, the so-called American eagle. ... The American eagle upon the Great Seal is but a conventionalized phoenix..."

"Not only were many of the founders of the United States government Masons, but they received aid from a secret and august body existing in Europe which helped them to establish this country for A PECULIAR AND PARTICULAR PURPOSE known only to the initiated few." (Manly P. Hall, the Secret Teachings of All Ages, pp. XC and XCI)

The European group Manly is referring to is also known as the Illuminati. The Illuminati founded America for a purpose known only to a few high up ranking Freemasons. End of quote.

Government lies to a blind Christianity

By Brian Hay
Posted www.omegatimes.com
February 2009
Internet censorship technology 'flawed' Dec 24, 2008. Stephen Conroy has distanced the Rudd government from a "flawed" internet censorship technology. The federal government has distanced itself from a report that found internet censorship technology under consideration is seriously flawed. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says the Internet Industry Association (IIA) report was commissioned and paid for by the former Howard government.

It was "not an analysis of the ALP's policy", he said. The report concluded schemes to block inappropriate content - such as child pornography - could slow the internet and result in over- and under-blocking of material. Senator Conroy denied Labor was trialing the technology in spite of the report's negative findings.

"The government is aware of technical concerns raised in the report, and that is why we are conducting a pilot, to put these claims to the test," Senator Conroy said in a statement. “The live pilot trial will provide evidence on the real world impacts of content filtering, including for providers and internet users."It will provide an invaluable opportunity for internet service providers to inform the government's approach." The trial is due to begin in mid-January.

The above part of an article reveals the government agencies attempt at controlling internet access. Here again we can guarantee the Christian crazies who trust all, and believe all then accept all, will stand up against our God given principles of freedom. Because they tell us we must not judge nor question and they will spew out their familiar foolish objection - if I have done nothing wrong, I have nothing to fear argument. That stupid and insane mentality does not even deserve an answer. The scripture demands of us that we become watchers over our cities and societies. It instructs us to stand guard over those who can not speak nor protect themselves and be watchmen on their behalf.

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banners openly. But the traitor move amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their garments, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared."

Readers know that one of my main gripes is concerning how Christian conservatives "Religious Right" are hoodwinked (by the way that term is derived from Freemasonry, it is one of their oaths of initiation to make men swear an oath of silence never to divulge or reveal their agenda). The church is very much influenced by freemasons who have infiltrated the church and thus generated this attitude of acceptance to all things.

They have so affected their people and in turn churches, so insidiously that now most churchgoers think it acceptable to be a Freemason and a Christian at the same time. That is anathema, a heretical teaching and unacceptable truth. It is impossible to be a genuine godly Christian and take the oaths of freemasonry.

Christians today do not even read their Bible, let alone live by it. Most squawk out these modern false contemporary church philosophies which are nothing but regurgitated hedonist and atheistic new age thinking. I have said for many years now and have also suffered under the stupidity of these humanistic people in that they refuse to accept that people who claim Christianity as their dogma could be anything other than Christian.

Take the idiocy of ones who heard Tony Blair, ex British Prime Minister and George Bush out going president of the USA and John Howard ex Prime Minister of Australia, and there are others, who said that “the God of Christianity is the same God as the God of Islam”.

That is not, can not and will not ever be true and those who say it, as well as those who then accept it, do not know the true person of Jesus Christ as the scripture portrays Him. They simply do not know the truth.

Jesus is the only way, there is no other way and to believe that there is another way is to deny the truth of the Bible. Revelation tells us that those who claim these things and deny the truth will have their part in the lake of fire - they are the unbelieving also. So the point I make is this, the three men mentioned above early in their role as leaders all claimed to be born again believers. And the religious world went wild with excitement. No one would allow any one else to question their faith (and I was personally attacked over this very issue many times in each of these countries by their so called Christian leaders for even suggesting it).

Yet these three constantly reiterated the above claim that Christ and Allah were the same. This is heresy and must be repudiated and refuted.

But it does not take a genius to follow closely the speeches, the quotations and the public addresses of these (and other) political leaders to realize very quickly these imposters are not Christian at all, not by any stretch of the imagination. They are however charlatans and antichrists, leading men astray. Yet not content with that, they act the part so well they become heretical authorities and teachers to the weak and spineless believers who worship the very ground upon which they walk, suggesting their knowledge and interpretation of truth is right simply because they are civil authoritarians. Well Caesar and Hitler tried all that, it is nothing new and it does not mean they have the truth. Yet foolish saints believe them.

I am not sure why it is that people do not want to hear nor face the truth, but it is a fact they do not. They will overlook blatant displays of character deficiency and outbursts of obscenity and also allow the apostasy of these they espouse to impact their lives even to the detriment of their own souls. How and why, I am at a loss to understand this. John Howard lied so many times when in leadership it changed his image from being known as honest John to when he left office as dishonest John. Bush was so accustomed to lying and deceit he could not lie straight in bed and was known as the most foul mouthed man in the white house. I have video captions of his outrageous behavior that would not be acceptable in any asylum.

Then there is Blair, he also had to get out before he was pushed out because of untruth and deceit. That is not even scratching the surface of the scandals each of them was associated with at the end of their respective terms. But all of that is overlooked because they all said they were committed Christians. Well check out their positions now. Bush for instance is now neither recorded as saying on ABC’s Nightline that he does not believe the Bible is accurate nor is it the true word of God etc etc. He believes in evolution and that the Bible is a book of good stories. Read the articles for yourself. For some, I guess that will never happen as we do not want to hear or admit the truth any more.

So what of us in the near future? I personally do not believe we have one now as a result of this negligence and insanity on our part. Time alone will tell who is right. Read this article from an American preacher and judge for yourselves.

The all-time classic illustration of this foible is the way the Religious Right was (and is) so enamored with President George W. Bush. No matter what Bush did: no matter how egregiously unconstitutional, no matter how utterly stupid, no matter how blatantly evil his actions were, Christian conservatives (almost universally) either robotically accepted and approved what he did, or blindly looked the other way. It was maddening!

It was as if Christian conservatives lost all ability to reason; it was as if they lost all discernment and discretion. Because George W. Bush claimed to be a Christian, and because he was a Republican, he could do no wrong. To this very day, the only group of people who yet approves of Bush's Presidency is the Religious Right. Everyone else on the planet realizes that George W. Bush's Presidency will go down in history as one of the all-time worst.

Bush took a robust economy to a second Great Depression, took a free republic to a Police State, pushed executive power; trampled individual liberty; made a mockery of justice; and made America the laughingstock of the world. No matter. The Religious Right still love him. Why? Because he is a "Christian”. Since 2000, James Dobson and Pensacola Christian College (PCC), have had a love fest with George W. Bush. Life-size cardboard posters of Bush have stood in their bookstores. Bush ranks somewhere between Moses and the Almighty. And nothing Bush said or did seem to matter. I said all of that to call attention to a recent interview Cynthia McFadden had with President Bush on ABC's Nightline. During the interview, McFadden asked Bush if the Bible was literally true. Now, acceptance of the Bible's literalness is one of conservative Christianity's most sacred doctrines. There is not a professor at PCC (or any other conservative Christian college) that would keep his or her job, if he or she questioned the veracity of the Scriptures. Most conservative Christians would even go so far as to say that one cannot be a born-again Christian who does not believe that the Bible is the infallible Word of God. Well, what was George Bush's response to McFadden's question? He said, "You know. Probably not. . . . No, I'm not a literalist." Notice, Bush twice denied the veracity of the Scriptures. Now, Bush has no reason to "fudge" his answers, right? He has no more elections to face. No more, "He's got to say this to get elected," which was the flippant explanation given by the Religious Right to excuse Bush's numerous apostate positions during the past eight years.

So, George W. Bush clearly stated that he does not believe the Bible is God's Holy, inspired Word. Will Dobson and PCC still say that Bush is "one of us"? Bush told McFadden, "It is hard for me to justify or prove the mystery of the Almighty in my life. All I can just tell you is that I got back into religion and I quit drinking shortly thereafter . . . ." What kind of Christian testimony is this: "I got back into religion"? I doubt that this kind of testimony would grant membership in the Campus Church. Bush's statements will not diminish his god-like status with James Dobson and the rest of the Religious Right in America. For eight years, Christian conservatives have been selling their convictions, doctrines, and even their consciences to George W. Bush. I will even go so far as to say that, in many respects, millions of Christians have turned President Bush into an idol. Of course, none of this would have happened had Christians--and especially Christian pastors--not lost touch with truth. Will any rebuke their "Christian" Apostate President? No. When will Christians and pastors open their Bibles and history books? Will they admit the possibility of having been duped? All that seems to matter is that he or she professes to be a Christian, and frankly, this last election proved that even a Christian profession is not necessary.

Money Manipulations and Madness

By Brian Hay
Posted www.omegatimes.com
February 2009
With the advent of the recent stupidity on Wall St and its subsequent effect on the banking fraternity we can only stand back in absolute awe at the public’s totally false and misleading perception of how it works and what sustains it. I for one have been warning and grandstanding for many years now (but very much unheard and to a large extent ridiculed) concerning the deceptive and contrived manner of our capitalist banking practices and their associated legal quagmire put in place to hide and protect their every devious moves. I have been called communistic socialistic anti God and every other expletive as well, but no one has given me an alternative expose of what I know the truth to be. All these critics do is suggest I am uninformed or extreme in my viewpoint or alternatively call me a crank. But here we are and now all the chickens are coming home to roost and my detractors are running for cover to try and protect what little depleting wealth they have left. Little do they realize we have seen nothing yet compared to what is coming.

Barry Smith and others for many years were trying to warn the people, especially the church and the saints, that such a time as this was coming and coming with great propensity. Here we are and guess what? The foolish blinded church has and will be caught more severely than the unchurched because the Christian community does not have the ruthless resolve needed to deal with such foreboding ominous decisions taking place at present. The Banking cartel is a very elite and small group of German Jewish neoconservative individuals, whose self proclaimed mandate is to own and control the entire planet and all its wealth and resources including every man woman and child alive. They have had plans afoot for many generations now to totally and finally implement a system which would control and dictate their terms to every individual on earth. Their God, as the scripture states, is their belly - in other words they want it all. They want to consume everything and everyone according to their personal ideals, exploiting all others for their own evil intent.

What most folk do not realize is that they have been putting in place the legislation over many centuries now that will enhance their degenerate totalitarian schemes and as a result we, the public, now have absolutely no power over our own future as they have become so powerful we can no longer stop them. All we can do now is pray that God will intervene and hasten His coming as the Epistle of Peter instructs us to do and try and get the message of salvation out to as many as we can while we have time. I am saddened that we now have no option but to accept our lot and await the coming one to deliver us from this evil. I do not have all the answers but I certainly have a book and a Saviour that does have all the answers and it is He who will guide and direct my thoughts and actions in these days if I let Him and the same goes for us all. He will show us what we are to do when these ills come upon us, but you must be alert to them in order to be ably directed through them as they unfold. If you are not aware of the signs you will not be looking for them so you must get into His Word the Bible. Jesus instructed us so clearly that these times would come and that when they arrived we were to be alert and watching that these things would not come upon us and catch us unawares. I am at a loss to know why it is that God fearing folk and preachers alike refuse to acknowledge that these things maybe JUST MAYBE the actual signs and events Jesus foretold us of.

What we are seeing in the financial arena is the final melt down of all the systems that we have been used to in commerce, so that they can integrate all systems together as one and then implement a totalitarian control over every individual on earth. All the legislation has been passed into and through the international judiciary, allowing the legal and justifiable laws of every sovereign nation on earth to be brought under this unilateral system - all commerce and industry, along with all trusts and foundations so that they can no longer operate outside the jurisdiction of international law. And all this has been done right under our very noses but no one seems to care. Each week new legislation is introduced building upon the old making it more and more difficult to operate a business in any degree of privacy or independence. It is all done to sound so good and beneficial to us but it is actually becoming more and more controlling and dictatorial. Just take for example the issue of terrorism. We are constantly told to be on guard, which literally suggests we trust no one. We must inevitably spy on one another and report on one another, monitoring even our own parents and loved ones, even children, because their behaviour may even be inappropriate. We are told and instructed daily now to be watching neighbors’ and reporting them to police if we see any thing suspicious.

As each new fraudulent operator of big business is exposed, after which they do their deals and they seem to walk free, we innocent end up not only paying their debts but suffer the imposition of more and more intolerable policing of the laws because of their dishonorable actions. What we do not realize is that each exposure of fraud is actually an opportunity for the authorities to implement their police state and as such much of the dishonesty does not come from the small man or the public, but from the big men at the top. The list goes on - politicians, lawyers, judges, police chiefs, government officials, departmental heads, and the like. Why is this? Simply, it creates the very opportunity for them to strengthen and implement their police state totalitarianism. So they welcome the crime in many cases as it affords them the very situation in which they can operate their life long plans. If you were to uncover the actual sources of it, you would probably find it is actually organized crime at the highest level.

Pedophilia is a classic example it is not so much the little man in the street that is behind all this sadistic practice, it is your top judges, your top lawyers and politicians, public officials and wealthy elite, as well as the unreal world of media personalities whose sense of values is so warped and distorted they are considered by most to be just plain weird. That is where ego’s are stroked and preened and money buys anything itwants.

Everyday someone in this nation is charged and fingered in crime and sick compromising actions that make the average mans hair curl. But we have become so accustomed to it now we don’t even bat an eyelid. We have become desensitized by the continual vile soap opera and series on TV and we seem to enjoy it all the more the more sadistic it becomes. The more vile television is, the more suggestive it becomes and the more bizarre and sinister its reality shows become the more we lap it up.

What do you think God thinks of it all? Do you not think He grieves over what He sees and what He hears? I tell you when God calls it a day and says enough imagine how men’s blood will cry out from the ground on which it has been spilt. The number of innocent lives cut short because of some greedy individual wanting assets and some one else’s chattels, or some depraved individual wanting sexual gratification to satisfy his own twisted pleasure or some deviate seeking to exploit someone else so as to benefit himself. What a race we have become - we are worse than animals, they do not even treat their kind like we do. No wonder the Bible tells us God will have to step in to mans’ affairs and cut them short because we would destroy everything of value if we had enough time and opportunity.

Christians who study Bible Prophecy are nuts?

I have found the following article at http://www.omegaletter.com/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=6269 – and after having experienced a situation recently where I had returned to a local church after a long absence of regular church attendance and fellowship, I found myself in a very similar situation to the one described below, now read on…

Quote: If you are a Christian, and you believe that Bible prophecy is being fulfilled in this generation, then you are probably the oddball in your church.In fact, scratch 'probably'. It is pretty much a dead-bang certainty that you are. It is fascinating to me that a person can be pro-choice, anti-Israel, pro-gay marriage, and be labelled a 'Christian progressive'. But if you believe that God not only knows the future, but recorded it for us in advance, well, then you're a nut. Most Christians are ok with the idea that God created the universe. Whether or not they accept it as a literal 'creation' or some kind of modified evolutionary scheme notwithstanding, few Christians would argue that creation is beyond God's power? For reasons nobody has ever been able to logically articulate to me, Christians have no problem agreeing that the First Advent of Jesus Christ was prophesied. But prophecies pointing to His Second Advent are merely symbolic and not to be taken literally. If YOU do, then you are a nut. There are some churches, on the other hand, that are wholly given over to the study of Bible prophecy for the last days. If you are a member of a church like that, not only are YOU a nut, but you probably belong to a cult. If you wanted to draw a cartoon in which you wanted one of the characters to be instantly recognized as being a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic, the most recognizable way would be to draw a guy with a long beard wearing a burnoose and brandishing a sign saying, "Repent! The end is near!" And that's just the way the subject is treated by other Christians. To the world, if you study Bible prophecy, you are probably not just crazy, but dangerous. If you believe Nostradamus knew the future, you're a harmless eccentric, if you believe the Mayans calculated The End of The World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI) you are an historian. If you believe St Malachy, you are a Catholic theologian. But if you believe that the God of the Universe has a Divine Plan that culminates with the judgment of mankind during the Tribulation Period, based entirely on a literal reading of His Word, then there's something wrong with you. The Mayan Indians, whose culture died out 1400 years ago, developed a complex calendar system that continues to fascinate scientists to this day. The Mayan Calendar divides the history of man into five distinct 'ages' and this present age is scheduled to end exactly at 11:11 am (Greenwich Mean Time), on 24 December, 2012. The Mayans believed that on that date and time, the world as we know it will end with the final destruction of mankind on the earth. Nostradamus is credited with having predicted the 9/11 attacks as kicking off the end of days. According to one celebrated 'quatrain' a King of Terror wearing a blue turban will attack 'the "Great City", etc., etc. Although his most famous quatrain makes reference to the 'King of Terror' "in the seventh month of 1999" and the 9/11 attacks took place in the 9th month of 2000, for Nostradamus fans, that was close enough. An 12th-century Irish priest recorded a prophecy in which he allegedly named the rest of the Popes in human history, from Celestine II (1143-1144) to the last pope at the end of the world. According to St. Malachy, there would be exactly 112 Popes. Malachy predicted the second last Pope would be called 'a Benedictine.' I wrote about St Malachy's 'Benedictine prophecy' in April, 2005, as the new Pope was being selected. Cardinal Ratzinger chose, as his papal name, "Pope Benedict the XVI". According to St Malachy, the Benedictine's reign will be short, (Ratzinger is in his 80's) and he will be succeeded by the last Pope, "Peter the Great." The various adherents of the Mayans, Nostradamus, St Malachy (and there are others) all share the same basic worldview that could be paraphrased thusly: let every man be true and God a liar. All the various secular 'prophets' prove is that Satan knows his time is short. There is a singular difference between secular prophecies and Bible prophecy that reveals the source of the information. Secular prophecies can only 'predict' events, not outcomes. Bible prophecy tells how they turn out. "I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done." (Isaiah 46:9b-10a) Satan is the universe's master deceiver. His ultimate goal is to be received as God. Only God is capable of prophecy. But Satan has a counterfeit plan of his own, and he has had six thousand years to develop it. Since he knows what he has planned, it is no trick to reveal the plan to some secular 'prophet'. Satan doesn't know how his plan will turn out, any more than any other created being, but he does know what he has in mind. From our dimension of time, it seems like prophecy. Remove the element of time, and what seem now to be prophecy would no more than the outline of a plan. Extra-Biblical prophecies, are part of that overall plan to counterfeit the miracles of God, so that, one day, " he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." (2nd Thessalonians 2:4) If one examines the extra-Biblical prophecies for the truth they contain, rather than looking for the sensational, what what learns is that it isn't just prophecy nuts who believe in Bible prophecy. Satan believes it, too, or he wouldn't be trying to counterfeit it. What it does establish is that even Satan has an idea of the time of the end -- and Satan thinks it will be sometime around 2012. We know that, of the day and hour, no man knoweth, but we are told we will know that it is 'near, even at the doors.' And from that time, Jesus tells us, "Verily I say unto thee, this generation shall not pass, until all these things be fulfilled." (Matthew 24:34) TEOTWAWKI on December 24, 2012? I don't think so. But soon? No doubt about it. End of Quote

Henri Spaak, (1899-1972) secretary of N.A.T.O. had said...

Three important areas of eschatology are those concerning the Antichrist Satan, and the nation of Israel and the Jewish people. Indeed, the three are invariably linked in the end-times panorama?

Bilderberger Henri Spaak, secretary of N.A.T.O. 1957-1961 and planner of the E.E.C. (European Economic Community - EU) had said, many years ago that:

Quote: - We do not want another committee. We have too many already. What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the allegiance of all people and to lift us out of the economic morass into which we are sinking. Send us such a man and whether he be God or devil, we will receive him. End of quote.

Such a leader, the Bible teaches, will appear, and unfortunately for mankind, he shall indeed be satanically inspired. That is exactly what is happening now as the world is currently sinks into a recession/depression the likes of which the world may never have witnessed before and any efforts by the US government only seem to be make matters worse?

It is happening right now, with Sarkozy being the political side of the New World Order and Blair being the religious side of the New World Order what an ideal time to set up a New World Order and an economic government of Europe as Nicholas Sarkozy and Tony Blair are concurrently doing?

As Spaak had made the aforementioned statement so many years ago it seems like this whole scenario has been deliberately planned for decades before to bring down the current system and bring forth the Antichrist as the saviour of mankind and is further evidence that Sarkozy or Blair may be the Beast, with the emphasis here still on maybe.

The New World Order of the Global Elitists

The men that are behind the New World Order, (global elitists as they are commonly known as) are not necessarily evil as so many portray them as being.

It is just that they think it is the best way for the world to go. The New World Order equates to taking away the complete freedom and liberties of what they perceive as being the mass of cannon fodder that inhabits the planet.

The problem is that those behind the NWO are not Bible readers and they cannot see what the outcome of it all is going to be as it gives rise to you know who as he seeks the complete destruction of mankind.

As far as conspiracy websites relating to the New World Order this one is up there with the best.

However there was nothing there that really got me excited at all except for this quotation

Quote, Old thinkernews.com: The technological revolution that will re-shape humanity and our world is well underway. Cacophonies of crises, both real and manufactured, are being heralded as birth pangs of a new global order. Some analysts say that we can no more fathom the political, technological, and social world that will emerge as "...chimpanzees in the forest can comprehend what goes on among humans in a nearby village." End of Quote.

This article is also memorable from the Shofar Ministries website and needs repeating as I have done here. In the very least it is a good endorsement for the author of this article

You’re in trouble, big trouble. But there is good news.By Jerry Golden
If we Look around the world today and trying to come with some sort of rational conclusion on what is happening with the global economics and politics. It’s easy to blame this one or that one, but the truth is you are being manipulated by the CFR controlled media and the New World Order (Illuminate). Only a couple of years ago if someone said that he or she would be considered a conspiracy theory nut, but today it is being said by some very reputable people who are on top of what is happening. Some time ago there was a movie called “The tail wagging the dog” or something like that. It has occurred to me that we are witnessing that same event in reality. Every time we hear of the Trillions of dollars being printed by the US mint to bailout those who seemingly got you into the mess, the question should be asked how can they keep printing more and more trillions of dollars, what is backing it up, we know it is not gold and we know it is somehow being printed out of thin air, being done by the largest debtor country in the world, the USA. How long does anyone believe this can continue before it all comes falling down? It is said around the world that when the USA sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold.

Well folks the USA is not only sneezing but it’s seriously ill and the rest of the world is crumbling as a result. I know that what I’m saying is in general terms but you see I am not an economist or for that matter anyone that should be paid any attention, but I have eyes to see and ears to hear and daily in my prayers I feel an urgency to be about the Father’s business and not to be overly concerned about the world condition for the fact is there is absolutely nothing I or anyone can do about it. Because the bottom line is God’s Prophetic Word is coming to pass right before eyes, and God can use whoever He chooses and however He chooses. But for those who have been chosen for end time ministries in regards to the Apple of His Eye need to put their hands to the plow and keep their eyes on Yeshua and be led by the Ruach Hakoddesh (Holy Spirit).

When we take our eyes off the things of this world and place them squarely on God we find there is no confusion in our minds or spirit, that is not to say we should not be concerned about what is happening or not prepare, for we should but if our motivation is placed in the right place for Believer in Yeshua the storm and problems around us has little to no effect in how we feel inside and the peace of God will prevail.I am constantly asked how we will be able to sail boats across the Eastern Mediterranean Sea under war conditions with Jewish refugees, the answer is simply, God said we can and we will. It is also interesting to know that God prepares certain Believers for ministries not fully understood by everyone, but then we are all members of the same Body, Jew or Gentile bond or free. If God has called you to a ministry that others don’t understand, it is only for you to please God not men. You’ve heard that to understand where we are in prophecy we simply need to look at God’s Time piece “ Israel ”. Well if you look closely today you will see there are also terrible things happening here. It’s not only our hostile Arab neighbors but the corruption and political strife within the country. While the world’s media is reporting all the Arab lies about the recent war in Gaza , for example the exaggerated numbers of causalities caused by the IDF, the real problem here is much like the one in the USA , the liberal “Left Wing” parties want to destroy any resemblance of a Jewish State. As you have heard or read, the (Liberal) Kadima Party won the election by one seat. A seat represents one Member of the Knesset (MK) of which there are 120. So in order for someone to control the Knesset and form a Government they most have at least 61 seats. What has happened is the Right Wing led by Likud lost by one seat but won in terms of being able to form a coalition of more than 61 seats. The problem is a new mostly Russian Party called “Israel Beiteinu” led by Avigdor Liberman won 15 seats making him the so-called “King-Maker”. Neither Likud nor Kadima can form a stable Government without Liberman joining their coalition that is unless Likud and Kadima bury the hatchet and join together to form the coalition, who knows it could happen. Now we wait for President Peres to decide who he will ask to form the new Government, he should be making that decision with in days. Then the one he chooses will have a month or so to see if they can bring more than the needed 61 MK’s to the table. If not then Peres will have to ask someone else to try to form a Government. So you see this thing is far from being over and in the mean time Iran is preparing nuclear bombs to destroy Israel with, while doing all they can to re-arm Hamas and Hezbollah with the needed weapons to once again fight Israel . Daily we are sitting here watching the mounting instability all around us increase. You see it is very easy to take your eyes off of God’s calling for those who haven’t made a firm decision to be lead by the Ruach Hakoddesh (Holy Spirit). While so many are overly concerned about their finances and where to invest or what kind of currency to hold, they are being misled by the prince of this world. When they should be on their faces before a Holy God and asking “What would you have me do”. While denominational Churches are leading their congregation down a road to hell teaching false doctrine that not only does not prepare them but makes the Word of God of little to no importance. It’s time for every Believer to make the firm decision who their God is money, power, influence with others or other idles they have precious little time to get on their face before God and set things right in their soul. Those Pastors who refuse to preach what they know to be Biblical Truth for fear of offending their Denominational Leaders will have a very heavy price to pay.Once again I am asking everyone reading this to come before God asking what you would have me do. If your finances are hurting, thank God for what you do have and be about blessing others with a smile that only comes from knowing Yeshua Hamashiach (Jesus the Messiah). If you have finances and you’re concerned about the fall of the dollar or any another fear, invest while you’re still able in God’s Kingdom, for any other investment will perish in time. I don’t need to tell those who have been with this ministry for the past few years that we desperately need to purchase the larger boat, I can only ask you to pray.Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for our son Joel and all the IDF soldiers. Pray for this Ministry and your part in it. Shalom, jerry goldenNOTE: CHECK OUT OUR NEW SITE AT www.goldenisraelreport.com End of quote

Global Warming or New Ice Age?

Quote: The 'Old' Consensus? [Excerpts]Did NASA scientist James Hansen, the global warming alarmist in chief, once believe we were headed for . . . an ice age? An old Washington Post story indicates he did.On July 9, 1971, the Post published a story headlined "U.S. Scientist Sees New Ice Age Coming." It told of a prediction by NASA and Columbia University scientist S.I. Rasool. The culprit: man's use of fossil fuels.The Post reported that Rasool, writing in Science, argued that in "the next 50 years" fine dust that humans discharge into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel will screen out so much of the sun's rays that the Earth's average temperature could fall by six degrees.Sustained emissions over five to 10 years, Rasool claimed, "could be sufficient to trigger an ice age."Aiding Rasool's research, the Post reported, was a "computer program developed by Dr. James Hansen," who was, according to his resume, a Columbia University research associate at the time.So what about those greenhouse gases that man pumps into the skies?

Weren't they worried about them causing a greenhouse effect that would heat the planet, as Hansen, Al Gore and a host of others so fervently believe today?"They found no need to worry about the carbon dioxide fuel-burning puts in the atmosphere," the Post said in the story, which was spotted last week by Washington resident John Lockwood, who was doing research at the Library of Congress and alerted the Washington Times to his finding.Hansen has some explaining to do. The public deserves to know how he was converted from an apparent believer in a coming ice age who had no worries about greenhouse gas emissions to a global warming fear monger.This is a man, as Lockwood noted in his message to the Times' John McCaslin, who has called those sceptical of his global warming theory "court jesters." We wonder: What choice words did he have for those who were sceptical of the ice age theory in 1971?People can change their positions based on new information or by taking a closer or more open-minded look at what is already known. There's nothing wrong with a reversal or modification of views as long as it is arrived at honestly.But what about political hypocrisy? It's clear that Hansen is as much a political animal as he is a scientist. Did he switch from one approaching cataclysm to another because he thought it would be easier to sell to the public? Was it a career advancement move or an honest change of heart on science, based on empirical evidence?If Hansen wants to change positions again, the time is now. With NASA having recently revised historical temperature data that Hansen himself compiled, the door has been opened for him to embrace the ice age projections of the early 1970s.Could be he's feeling a little chill in the air again.("The 'Old' Consensus?", "Investor's Business Daily," 9/21/2007.) End of QuoteGlobal Warming. In view of the political, and more importantly, religious elements that drive this movement, this is an area needing watchfulness. Further, revelations that James Hansen received $720,000 in 2006 from leftist George Soros might be an indication that scientific consensus has a price.

A letter to an editor
Regarding the recent onslaught of publicity surrounding the ëglobal treaty', greenhouse gasses and the subject of global warming in general. Personally, I'm quite tired of pseudo-scientist enviro-zealots going completely overboard on a subject who has no scientific relevance at all - their assumptions regarding the theory of global warming do not remotely resemble science, whatsoever
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I've read a great deal on the subject of global warming in the past few years. In fact, I started out with a very open mind on the subject, but quickly realized that this ëtheory' was nothing more than an absurd myth. It is absolutely incredible that an argument still exists on the subject - obviously it provides a great deal of job security for thousands of individuals. I'm certain that it would be much cheaper to place these well meaning dolts on unemployment rather than continue this ludicrous investigation.

While I acknowledge that ground level temperatures on earth have risen about 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past hundred and forty years, I also realize that cities have sprung up and grown dramatically in that same period. What materials are these cities comprised? Let's see....trillions and trillions of tons of brick, mortar, stone, block, tar, concrete, asphalt, etc.

I do have a degree in mechanical engineering and I passed my heat transfer requirement with flying colours.....but I really don't need those credentials to understand that these cities are massive ëheat sinks' which have grown at an amazing rate over this period of time. I can watch the weather report every night and see that the temperatures in Baltimore and Washington, DC are often 4 - 7 degrees warmer than they are at my farm in Walkersville, MD. I often see differences as much as 10 degrees (or more) at night, when these massive heat sinks are dissipating the heat that they collected all day.

It's truly amazing that most global warming fanatics are too obtuse to realize this phenomenon, especially when they preach that the most noticeable increases in temperature are at night. There is one other crucial titbit of information that supports the idea that warming is a ground level phenomenon caused by urban sprawl - we've used satellite data for approximately twenty years to study atmospheric temperatures....and they have shown a slight decrease in global temperatures....remarkable, isn't it?

I've enclosed two charts which were provided in a recent Washington Post article - it is readily apparent that temperature fluctuations on this planet are a very normal occurrence....without our influence. Scientists (and pseudo scientists) are looking at data from the last 140 years - this is merely a blip in time and many individuals are jumping to ridiculous conclusions, including a couple of well known individuals located on Pennsylvania Avenue.

There is little doubt that in three hundred years we will look back at this atrocious episode in the same manner that we currently view the Salem witch trials of the 1600's. The fallacy of global warming is driven by a mob mentality, which lacks any semblance of scientific evidence - in fact, the scientific evidence that exists completely undermines this stupid theory. The arguments of the global warming faction are mind boggling - as each of their predictions fails to materialize, they are only momentarily swayed and revise their predictions accordingly. They are also great manipulators of the news of natural events after they occur. The zealots point at normal events and declare that most of these occurrences are obviously the result of global warming - warm weather, cold weather, hurricanes, hail, flooding, high tide, low tide, turbulent weather, calm weather, the sun rising in the east, the sun setting in the west, inflation, death and taxes - you name it, global warming is the culprit. Ironically, while these zealots are dying to tell everyone ëI told you so', they are continually stymied by bad predictions and repeatedly rely upon the occurrence of normal events to prove their counterfeit theory.

Meanwhile, the press has promulgated the myth since apocalypse makes compelling news, while evidence disproving global warming results in a very slow news day. The nay-Sayers are automatically shunned and branded as conspirators siding with the evil oil empire. I can honestly say that the only kick-back I receive from the oil industry is 6 cents a gallon at the gas pump on Thrifty Thursdays.

In conclusion, I'd like to make one very important point. I'm very pro-environmentÖ. But I'm also anti-stupidity. Global warming is a very stupid non-scientific myth. It's time for someone to stand up and say, "the King has no clothes." No, wait a minute, who are we kidding here? It's time for someone to stand up and say, "the King has no clothesÖ. And he's quite ugly too." Let's stop funding $2.1 billion annually on a fairy tale, and for God's sake, do not legislate the eradication, reduction, moderation, elimination, termination, dissolution, or regulation of anything based on something THAT DOES NOT EXIST!

The New Age Movement

The New Age Movement (NAM) is both a religious and a social movement. In fact, Western culture is currently experiencing a phenomenal, spiritual, ideological, and sociological shift. It is a religious world view that is alien and hostile to Christianity. It's a multi-focused, multi-faceted synthesis, in varying degrees, of the Far Eastern, mystical religions, mainly Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Western Occultism, adapted to and influenced by Western, materialistic culture. It sometimes appears in secularized forms.

Prominent expressions of the NAM were carried on into more modern times in Europe and America by Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), transcendentalists like Thoreau, Emerson, and Wordsworth (early 1800s), and Theosophy introduced by Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891) (The New Age Rage, pp. 22-24). The decade of the sixties witnessed a revival of Eastern mysticism as traditional values were being challenged. Zen, Carlos Castañada, the Beatles, Transcendental Meditation, and yoga all became popular.

The New Age Movement consists of an incredibly huge and well organized network consisting of thousands of groups, trusts, foundations, clubs, lodges, and religious groups whose goal and purpose is to prepare the world to enter the coming "Age Of Aquarius." A small sampling of only a few of the organizations involved would include: Amnesty International, Zero Population Growth, California New Age Caucus, New World Alliance, World Goodwill, The Church Universal and Triumphant, The Theosophical Society, the Forum, Planetary Initiative for the World We Choose, the Club of Rome, Church Universal & Triumphant, Christian Science, and the Unity School of Christianity. This list, by no means all inclusive, demonstrates the diversity of organizations operating in economic, political, and religious spheres of influence. The New Age movement is not a unified, traditional cult system of beliefs and practices, even though its roots derive from Eastern religions and the occult. It has no official leader, headquarters, nor membership list, but instead is a network of groups working toward specific goals. One of its main goals is to bring to the forefront a one-world leader who is called "The Christ" or "Maitreya." Nevertheless, it is estimated that there are millions of worldwide followers of various New Age practices and/or holders of one or more of the major beliefs of the New Age.

The NAM has gained significant influence, affecting almost every area of the culture -- sociology, psychology, medicine, the government, ecology, science, arts, education, the business community, the media, entertainment, sports, and even the church. The movement expresses itself in widely divergent and various mutated forms, from the blatantly obvious to the subtle. It is expressed in organized religious forms such as Christian Science, Unity, and even forms of Witchcraft. Yet, it shows up in secular forms as well, in various human potential seminars, and much in between, i.e., transcendental meditation, some alternative holistic health practices, and certain curriculum in public (and private) schools. The book Networking lists over 1,200 organizations, centers, cooperatives, groups, communities, and networks in fields ranging from health care and spiritual growth, through politics, economics, and ecology, to education, communications, personal growth, and intercultural relations. There is hardly any area of human interest that does not have some people somewhere exploring it from a New Age point of view. Due to the lack of a central organization and the diversity of emphasis adhered to by the various New Age groups, there are literally hundreds of publications. Some popular publications and journals are New Age Journal, Body Mind Spirit, Yoga Journal, Gnosis, East West, Noetic Sciences, and Omega.The major goal of the New Age Movement is to bring peace to the world upon entering the Age of Aquarius. This will be accomplished primarily through the leadership of "the Christ" (also known as "Lord Maitreya"), who will supposedly come to teach us to live at peace with each other. Some of the other stated goals of the movement are to establish a World Food Authority, World Water Authority, World Economic Order, and an entirely New World Order. It should be noted here that one of the requirements for a person to enter the New Age is that he or she will have to take what is known as a "Luciferic Initiation," a kind of pledge of allegiance to the Christ of the New Age and to the New World Order. The primary goals of the movement then, are to prepare the world to receive the Christ and to enter the Age of Aquarius, thus establishing the New World Order.The New Age Movement professes a broad-minded openness to all religions, but its basic underlying philosophy represents a carefully calculated undermining of Judeo-Christian beliefs with various combinations of gnosticism and occultism. [Gnosticism is an ancient world-view stating that Divine essence is the only true or highest reality, and that the unconscious Self of man is actually this essence. It is through intuitional discovery, "visionary experience or initiation into secret doctrine" (not the plenary revelation of propositional truth in the Bible), that man becomes conscious of this true Self (Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 10, 1968, p. 506; New Bible Dictionary, J.D. Douglas, ed., pp. 473-474).] It bears a remarkable resemblance to the apostate world religion that H.G. Wells claimed as his own and predicted would one day take over the world. It also fits the description of "The Plan" for establishing the new world government that is described in various psychic communications from alleged E.T.'s and ascended masters. There is one more connection: the New Age Movement fits the description of the Antichrist's religion -- a rejection of the Judeo-Christian God and the declaration that Self is God. (Source: The Seduction of Christianity.) Douglas R. Groothuis, author of Unmasking the New Age and Confronting the New Age, identifies six distinctives of New Age thinking: (1) all is one; (2) all is God; (3) humanity is God; (4) a change in consciousness; (5) all religions are one; and (6) cosmic evolutionary optimism. Norman Geisler details 14 primary "doctrines" of New Age religions: (1) an impersonal god (force); (2) an eternal universe; (3) an illusory nature of matter; (4) a cyclical nature of life; (5) the necessity of reincarnations; (6) the evolution of man into Godhood; (7) continuing revelations from beings beyond the world; (8) the identity of man with God; (9) the need for meditation (or other consciousness-changing techniques); (10) occult practices (astrology, mediums, etc.); (11) vegetarianism and holistic health; (12) pacifism (or anti-war activities); (13) one world (global) order; and (14) syncretism (unity of all religions). [HJB] The New Age also encompasses a wide array of notions: spiritualism, astrology, bioenergy, Chi energy, chakras, nirvana, Christ-consciousness, Native American Spirituality, Prajna, out-of-body/near-death experiences, reincarnation, and the occult disciplines, as well as unorthodox psychotherapeutic techniques and pseudoscientific applications of the "healing powers" of crystals and pyramids. Some commonly used New Age terms are: guided imagery, reincarnation; positive thinking; human potential; holistic; holographic; synergistic; unity; oneness; transformation; awakening; networking; communal sharing; one-world/globalism/new world order (i.e., one language, one government, one currency, one religion); cosmic consciousness; etc. (See New Age Dictionary below.)

It is important for Christians to recognize even the most disguised forms of the New Age Movement. Some New Age practices are: rebirthing; inner healing; biofeedback; yoga; I Ching; reflexology; black and white magic; fire-walking; trance-channeling; therapeutic touch; transpersonal psychology; witchcraft; parapsychology; Magick; Tai Chi; Shamanism; hypnotherapy; acupuncture/acupressure; TM; martial arts; Zen; Relaxation; Erhard Seminar Training (est); Silva Method (formerly Silva Mind Control); visualization; etc. Some prominent New Agers are: Alice Bailey, Alvin Toffler, Dr. Barbara Ray, Benjamin Creme, Levi Dowling, George Trevelyan, Fritjof Capra, Abraham Maslow, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Ruth Montgomery, Shirley MacLaine, J.Z. Knight, Marilyn Ferguson, David Spangler, Jeremy Rifkin, Norman Cousins, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, John Denver, George Lucas, and Norman Lear. Many New Agers attach great importance to artifacts, relics, and sacred objects, all of which can be profitably offered for sale: Tibetan bells, exotic herbal teas, Viking runes, solar energizers, colored candles for "chromotherapy," and a plethora of occult books, pamphlets, instructions, and tape recordings. Crystals are the favorite New Age object. These are not only thought to have mysterious healing powers, but are considered programmable, like a computer, if one just concentrates hard enough. Other New Age objects would include the rainbow; butterfly; pyramid; triangle; eye in triangle/pyramid; unicorn; Pegasus (winged-horse); swastika; yin-yang; goathead on pentagram; concentric circles; rays of light; crescent moon; etc. New Age music is a term applied to the works of various composers and musicians who strive to create soothing audio environments rather than follow song structures. Born of an interest in spirituality and healing in the late 1970s, it is often used as an aid in meditation. The defining features of New Age music are harmonic consonance, contemplative melodies, nonlinear song forms, and uplifting themes. New Age performers may use traditional ethnic, acoustic, electric, or electronic instruments, or even sounds from nature. New Age music is meditative, almost invariably instrumental style with roots in Oriental, jazz, and classical music; often derivative, New Age compositions can sound like minimalist music or like lush evocations of the natural environment. Prominent New Age musicians include electronic-music pioneer Brian Eno, multi-instrumentalist Kitaro; solo-piano artist George Winston, vocalist Liz Story; harpist Andreas Vollenweider, and electric violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. Athletes are using guided imagery. Graduate schools of business are invoking Zen, yoga, and tarot cards in teaching courses on creativity in business (e.g., Stanford Graduate School of Business). Stock market gurus employ Fibonacci numbers and "wave theory" in their forecasting, both based upon astrology. Even some churches teach that the best way to get to know God is to visualize Christ, ignoring that visualization is a powerful occult device. (Visualizing an entity, even God or Christ, ultimately puts one in touch with a masquerading demon.)

In summary, the term "New Age" is an informal term derived from astrology, which indicates that this earth, if not the cosmos, is on the verge of an evolutionary transition from the Piscean Age (rationality) to the Aquarian Age of spirituality, bliss, and harmony of all things. Even though it is undergoing a significant revival, the "New Age" is hardly new. In fact, it is very old. A better term would be the "Old Occult."

Keeping in mind that the myriads of New Age groups are quite eclectic, drawing from several religious traditions mentioned earlier, the following is a general description of the more prominent unifying themes of the NAM. i.e., the highlights of what New Agers believe concerning their source of authority, God, Christ, sin and salvation, good and evil, Satan, and future life:1. Source of Authority. New Agers claim no external source of authority -- only an internal one ("the god within"). They believe the individual is the standard of truth, saying that "truth as an objective reality simply does not exist" (Shirley MacLaine, It's All in the Playing) (cf. 2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:21; Matt. 5:18). [HJB]2. God. New Agers confuse the Creator with His creation and think that God is part of creation, not separate from it. They borrow from Eastern religions the belief in monism -- that "all is One" -- only one essence in the universe, everyone and everything being a part of that essence. Everything is a different form of that essence (energy, consciousness, power, love, force). But the belief in monism is really Hinduistic pantheism (all is God). New Agers view God as an impersonal life force, consciousness, or energy (M. Ferguson, Aquarian Conspiracy, p. 382; S. Gawain, Living In the Light, pp. 7-8) (e.g., the "Star Wars Force"), rather than a Person. They believe that every person and thing is "intertwined" with God (evolving spiritually to the state of "the Christ" being), and use Luke 17:21 ("the kingdom of God is within you") to support this idea (despite the fact that "within you" in this passage means "in your midst"). They claim every human has a divine spark within him because of being part of the divine essence. The state of God is called by various terms among different New Age groups, i.e., God-consciousness, Universal Love, Self-Realization, the I AM, Higher Self, Brahman, Nirvana, etc. New Agers are obviously part of a religion of idolatry and self-worship. [HJB]3. Jesus Christ. A major idea in New Age thinking is that of the "Christ Consciousness." In other words, Christ is an office rather than an individual, such as Jesus, whom Christians know to be THE CHRIST. This idea of "Christ Consciousness" asserts that Jesus was not the only Christ, but that He equipped Himself to receive the "Christ Consciousness" (i.e., He was a great "spiritual master" who attained Christ Consciousness), as supposedly also did Buddha, Krishna, and Mohammed. [This is an old occult Gnostic teaching which stems from the ancient Babylonian mystery religions. New Agers also reinvent the historical Jesus by claiming that he spent 18 years in India (during His "silent years") absorbing Hinduism and the teachings of Buddha.] New Agers believe that Jesus received the Christ Consciousness at His baptism, and that it left Him at His crucifixion.4. Sin and Salvation. There is no place for the concept of sin in the New Age. There can be no sin because there is no transcendent God to rebel against. There are no rules or absolute moral imperatives. New Agers have a "New Thought" view of sin, which knows nothing of a representative man (Adam) by whose sin all men sinned. Nor does New Thought teach that there is any original sin, but that man's true essence is divine and perfect. Indeed, it finds nothing which is of the nature of sin. Instead, it speaks of "troublesome desires" which appear to be natural human impulses which direct men from consciousness to their identity with God, and, therefore, are troublesome but hardly sinful. Since New Agers believe that each person is god, thereby having endless potential for self-improvement, sin is denied as the Bible defines it (man being inherently sinful and utterly depraved -- Rom. 5:12). Sin is merely ignorance of one's "inner divinity." Because sin does not exist, there is no need for repentance or forgiveness, and Jesus did not die for our sins. They think that any perceived lack that man might have is merely a lack of enlightenment, thereby eliminating the need of salvation or a Savior. [In fact, salvation is not even an issue for New Agers. The soul is part of the universe and never dies. It is reborn or reincarnated in different physical bodies in a succession of future lives. The good or bad "karma" earned in the present lifetime determines one's subsequent incarnation. Humans should seek to progress to higher states of consciousness and higher planes of existence. There are many different paths to the goal of spiritual perfection. No one path is the only correct path. The assumed cycle of reincarnation and karma presupposes a salvation by works, contrary to the principle of salvation by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ (Eph. 2:8-9).]

5. Man's Destiny. The salvation of the world depends upon human beings. When enough people harmonize their positive energy and turn their thoughts to peace, the world will be cleansed or negative elements and New Age ideals will be realized in an era of spiritual enlightenment. Since man is intrinsically divine and perfect, his only real problem is ignorance of that fact. Man has a perception of finiteness which is, in reality, an illusion (Ken Keyes, Jr., Handbook to Higher Consciousness, pp. 125-29). Salvation in the New Age is for man to become enlightened through experiential knowledge (gnosis). New Age groups offer various occultic techniques to enable individuals, and ultimately the world, to evolve into this oneness (unitive) consciousness (James Redfield, The Celestine Prophecy: An Experimental Guide, pp. 243-60). These techniques may include altered states of consciousness (often transcendental meditation), yoga, crystals, channeling (spirit guides), psychics, past-life therapy, acupuncture, etc.6. Good and Evil. Mimicking the Eastern religions, New Agers distort the distinction between good and evil. They believe that because "all is One," ultimately there is neither good nor evil. They think that a person can transcend his consciousness and go beyond the bounds of moral distinctions, so that even murder sometimes becomes an acceptable way of serving one's gods (e.g., Charles Manson). [HJB] 7. Satan. The traditional view of Lucifer as the devil or Satan is clearly absent in New Age literature. Rather, he is described as a mighty being of light and the "Ruler of Humanity," as Alice Bailey, foundational apostle and leading writer of the New Age Movement, puts it. As to the history and achievements of Lucifer, Benjamin Creme, a leading lecturer and proponent of the New Age, says, "Lucifer came from the planet Venus 18.5 million years ago; he's the director of our planetary evolution, he is the sacrificial lamb, and the prodigal son. Lucifer made an incredible sacrifice, a supreme sacrifice for our planet."8. Future Life (Reincarnation). New Agers believe in the ancient [Hindu] Eastern religious concept of reincarnation -- that through a long process of rebirths, man can eventually reach spiritual perfection (cf. Heb. 9:27). New Agers often place animal rights above human rights, because many New Agers believe animals are reincarnated souls. They also teach the Hindu principle of "karma" -- that what a person sows in this life, he will reap in the next life in his reincarnated state. This belief in reincarnation has led to believing in the power of "spirit guides" or "channels" -- those who allow spirits from another dimension to speak through their bodies. [HJB] These entities always seem to repeat the three-fold error: (1) There is no death, (2) man is god, (3) knowledge of self is salvation and power (Brooks Alexander, Spiritual Counterfeits Project). New Agers misrepresent church history, the doctrines of Christianity, and often twist Scripture to support the idea that original Christianity taught reincarnation. They wrongly argue that the early church suppressed the doctrine and censored its teaching (Kenneth Ring, Heading Toward Omega, p. 158).