Netanyahu: Israel Will Not Allow Iran to get Nuclear Weapons. Israel Will Stand Alone. [Update: Video & link]

There are certainly LOTS of political issues to discuss today.

1.  The government partial shut-down. 
2.  The predictable glitch-filled online start of Obamacare exchanges. 
3.  The appeasement prone phone call made by Obama to Iranian leader Rouhani. 

The American people find themselves surrounded by nefarious lions, and tigers, and bears...oh my!

As was predicted, the media of mass deception tries to put the entire blame on Republicans. No surprise there! However, when a poll reveals that only 10% of the American people think that Congress is doing a good job and 90% think they are not - remember this FACT:  That number INCLUDES THE DEMS IN THE SENATE!!!

Well, I don't want to talk about all of that anyway. There are plenty of blogs and posts being written and shared about the ongoing blame-wars and fights between the House and Senate, and between the legislative branch vs. the "no negotiations" creeps of the executive branch in the District of Corruption. 

What I want to focus on is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations today! Unfortunately, I was working online at the time and did not tune in while it was being broadcast live. I searched C-Span for a video of the speech but I could not find it. Perhaps it will be available later and I will post a link to the speech. Fortunately, several columns and posts have revealed the excellent points that Mr. Netanyahu made during his speech.

Update:  video found at sharia unveiled link:

sharia unveiled

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech at the UN General Assembly (Video)

 

 

 

Netanyahu: “Israel will not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons. If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.” Excerpts from the speech to the U.N.

joelcrosenberg at Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog - 1 hour ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finished addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York City just before 1:00pm eastern time. “Israel will not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons,” the PM said in what was one of the most important lines of the speech. “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone. Yet in standing alone Israel will know that we are defending many, many others.”

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God certainly has His mighty Hand in the affairs of men.  In a post I had written back in 2010, I mentioned how the Providence of God stepped in at a crucial time in history where Israel would need a very strong leader during the time of America's suffering under a weak one. 

 

Excerpt from 2010 post link:

I remember feeling very uneasy when the liberal leaders in Israel (Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert) were Prime Ministers. Their appeasement tactics and the ill-advised "Road map to Peace" (one of the things that I vehemently opposed about President George W. Bush's administration) unnerved me. I always felt that Israel was in danger (in reality - She's always in danger from the radical Islamists!) and that these two men would not have the will or wherewithal to attack Iran before Iminajihad's [Note:  a nick-name I gave to Ahmadinejad] nation gets to the final stage of developing nuclear weapons. Now, with Benjamin Netanyahu in office, I am relieved because I feel that he will take the necessary action needed to destroy Iran's nuclear development facilities.

I also felt that the Bush Administration would attack Iran before they would let them get to the final development stage for creating nuclear weapons. However, the ObaMARXIST, radical Islam terrorist sympathizing administration that we have now chills me to the bone. As the article links you have read above show, they are secretly acting in cahoots with the enemies of Israel who are intent on Her destruction!

This is end times stuff, gang!

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Joel Rosenberg has supplied some great excerpts from Netanyahu's speech today:

Excerpts of the speech (via Fox News):

• “Rouhani didn’t sound like Ahmadinejad, but when it comes to Iran’s nuclear weapons program, the only difference between them is this: Ahmadinejad was the wolf in wolf’s clothing. Rouhani is a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” Netanyahu said. “A wolf who thinks he can pull the wool over the eyes of the international community.” 
• “I wish I could believe Rouhani, but I don’t — because facts are stubborn things,” Netanyahu said, adding Iran’s “savage record” contradicts Rouhani’s “soothing rhetoric.” 

Excerpts of the speech (via New York Times):

• “They’ve all served that same unforgiving creed, that same unforgiving regime,” said Mr. Netanyahu, who regards Iran as Israel’s most potent enemy and its development of a nuclear weapon as an “existential threat.” He said “President Rouhani, like the presidents who came before him, is a loyal servant of the regime.”
• He said the international response to Iran’s entreaties for sanctions relief should be “distrust, dismantle and verify,” and he repeated his warnings that Israel reserved the right to preemptively strike Iran’s nuclear facilities if it deemed the Iranians were close to producing nuclear weapons

Excerpts of the speech (via Haaretz):

• If you want to cease Iran’s nuclear program, don’t let up the pressure. The greater the pressure, the greater the change. … Distrust, dismantle and verify.
• Rouhani promises constructive engagement with other countries, yet two years ago Iranian agents tried to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Washington D.C. and just two weeks ago an Iranian agent was arrested in Israel for trying to plot an attack against the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.
• Iran participates in Assad’s murder and massacre of civilians.
• Jewish history has taught us two things: Never give up hope, always remain vigilant.

Israel's Prime Minister is wise not to trust Rouhani's seemingly "soothing rhetoric."  Who can forget the FACT that the Iranians plan to annihilate the Jews?

In case you missed it when posted here back in 2011, we would be wise to heed both the sobering message in this post link, as well as the unmistakable proof that the Jewish people have contributed far more to this world than any Muslim persons! 

What's more, wherever Islamists reside, there is carnage and chaos; more proof of their intended jihadist ambitions.  Why in the world would ANY INTELLIGENT LEADER think that Iran has changed??  I certainly don't!  In fact, they will NEVER CHANGE because all that is written in their Islamic book reveals their evil intentions!  Rouhani is obviously using the Islamist doctrine of taqiyya to fool the world. Thank God that Benjamin Netanyahu used the analogy of "a wolf in sheep's clothing" when describing this terrorist leader of Iran!

Also see:

VOA News.com: Netanyahu Slams Iran's Nuclear Ambitions in UN Speech  

 

 Excerpt:

Netanyahu is deeply concerned about eased tensions between Iran and the international community, saying Tehran is using talks to try to lessen the crippling sanctions and to buy more time to build a nuclear weapon.

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EXACTLY!!!


Hat tips to all links. 

The Lie That Homosexual "Marriage" Is Acceptable to God

During a wonderful walk on a beautiful day at the beach yesterday, my good friend and I got in a discussion about "gay" marriage, civil unions, and traditional one man and one woman marriage.  We both shared the fact that we know Christians - some who even appear to be very devout - who have fallen for the lie that homosexual marriage is acceptable.  Apparently, they choose to no longer acknowledge that homosexual marriage (and behavior) is unacceptable to God and goes against His laws.  God created marriage.  The definition has always been the union of one man and one woman.  Period! 

In fact, the reprobate idea of homosexual "marriage" is not new.  It is ancient!  Recall that Solomon tells us, "there is nothing new under the sun."

When Jesus was asked what the signs would be of his return, he stated:

Mat 24:37 “But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Luk 17:26 “And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:

Luk 17:28 “Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
 
Luk 17:29 “but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

Luk 17:30 “Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.


What did "the Days of Noah" and "the Days of Lot" have in common?  Besides unbelief, moral depravity, murder, evil, and general sinful behavior, they both had the sin of homosexuality in common.


My friend had not heard of the ancient Jewish writings that shared the fact that contracts of  "men marrying men" and "women marrying women" happened back before Noah and the flood.  It was one big reason why the flood occurred.  Therefore, I sent her an email with links to blog posts that shared this information.

 I wrote:

As always, I enjoyed our walk, talk and lunch together today!

I told you about the evidence given by Jewish Rabbis in the Babylonian Talmud, but there were also other writings that shared information about "men marrying men," and "women marrying women" in Noah's time.


The following  is a link to one of  the best Talk Wisdom blog posts about this topic  that I wrote back in 2011.  It includes additional information from The Midrash Rabbah Genesis - which  is a specific form of rabbinic literature of
ancient Judaism commentaries of the Hebrew Scriptures.

As In The Days of Noah Revisited [Note:  broken link corrected]

The following is a "search" at my blog with several posts about this topic all in a row:
 
Talk Wisdom Blog Search: Days of Noah [Note:  broken link corrected]

There are many additional links within the posts from other writers who have done extensive research on this topic.  Just thought I would share this with you since we were talking about it today!

~  Chris

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In addition to this, I revisited a post over at GCMWatch (Gay Christian Movement Watch) that displays the utter depravity of some gay behavior affirming churches.

GCMWatch: MCC Clerics Demonize Jesus

Note - There is a warning regarding the content included at the links within the post:

WARNING: Read this post only if you want irrefutable proof of the depth of depravity currently saturating the gay christian movement.

I have often mentioned that the term "gay" always precedes the term "Christian" in the movement as a whole;  as well as when it is written in the description of the churches and even the individuals who self-identify as such.  Why is that?

Jesus told us that "no one can serve two masters."

Mat 6:24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Luk 16:13 “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

The second sentence in these verses directly discusses the inability of servants of Christ serving both God and mammon (money).  However, it is not only money that people can choose to serve ahead of Christ - it can be ANY master.  And in the "gay Christian movement," the behavior of the individuals trumps Christ, God's Holy Word, God's Laws, and Christ's admonition to "leave your life of sin" (which he said to the woman caught in adultery).

Jhn 8:11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and[fn] sin no more.”
NU-Text and M-Text add from now on.


Notice that Christ did not condemn her (because those who were about to stone her had to drop their stones when Christ said, "if any of you are without sin, cast the first stone.")

Now, I have been accused at this blog of figuratively "throwing stones" at people who self-identify as gay.  Nothing could be further from the truth!  God wants ALL to come to salvation through Jesus Christ's sacrificial death at the cross for the forgiveness and remission of sins.  However, those who celebrate a sinful lifestyle right along with people who haven't repented of such sin, are allowing them to miss being reconciled back unto God.  Which is more egregious?

Let's take a physical example.  What if you knew of someone who was about to jump off the top of a tall building because someone convinced them "you will surely not die?"  What if your excuse was that you didn't want to offend their sensibilities on the subject?  Therefore,  you supported their decision to go ahead with the act.  Who in their right mind would call such a warning offensive?  It's the same when it comes to spiritual matters. 

The book of Jude tells us how difficult it can be to help pull someone "out of the fire" of sinful behavior, but it is the most compassionate thing to do despite the fact that many will curse you for attempting to do so!  Being uncomfortable in this world is the life of a true Christian.  Jesus told us, "in this life you [we] will have trouble.  But take heart!  For I [He] has overcome the world!"  He also told us that "He is not of this world."  So therefore, because we have made the commitment to belong to Him, we are not of this world either!  He told us that the unsaved will hate us, because they hated Him first!

All that we can do is share the TRUTH with the unsaved.  The Holy Spirit of God (through each human act of confession and repentance of sin and the request of each individual for forgiveness through Christ's sacrificial act of saving grace at the cross) will indwell the heart of a new believer and lead him/her to a new life in Christ!  The old sin-filled self gradually goes away (called sanctification) and the new life within the believer WANTS to sin no more and please God!

Well, once again I have said my peace on this issue.  There will inevitably be people who will vehemently disagree and call me a bigot, hateful, homophobic...you name it...because they do not know the Living Word of God - Jesus Christ, or the written Word of God - the Bible.  Plus, it is likely that they have not accepted God's gift of salvation so that they can spend eternity with God in heaven.

One more link to share.  It was a post I did as a reaction to GCMWatch: MCC Clerics Demonize Jesus.

Talk Wisdom: The Spiritual Oblivion of the Reprobate Mind.

Excerpt:

The term "oblivion" is certainly a fascinating word. At the end of this post, I have included several of Dictionary.com's definitions of the word.

It is interesting to note the following fact, which is mentioned in the third source below:

It [the term, oblivion] has lost its original sense of "no longer aware or mindful," however, and now means simply "unaware" (1862). Properly should be used with to, not of.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

Sin and reprobation of the mind can lead to a state of spiritual oblivion that knows no bounds. This was my thought after reading about the absolute depravity of a person named Robert Goss who masquerades as a reverend. The idolatry, brokenness and demonic strongholds in this man's life are most evident in Pastor DL Foster's post called, MCC Clerics Demonize Jesus.
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Look at the NLT version of verse Jeremiah 25:7

"But you would not listen to me," says the Lord. "You made me furious by worshiping your idols, bringing on yourselves all the disasters you now suffer.

We know what this man's idol is. This man's thought life is so far from God it's astounding.

The Proverb verses tell us how important it is to keep God's commandments. The two brilliant statements from our Lord (in bold and italics here) can be attributed towards identifying Mr. Goss as a false convert. At the same time, the words absolutely destroy his reprobate-thinking theology:

Pro 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:


Pro 4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.


Pro 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.


Jhn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.


Jhn 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.


What does God's Word tell us about our thought life?

Phl 4:4   Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

Phl 4:5   Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

Phl 4:6   Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

Phl 4:7   and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Phl 4:8   Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things.

Philippians 4:4-8 NKJV

In conclusion, this illustrates just one reason why Jesus told us that he did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. If Jesus came to abolish the law, then we could live in any morally relativistic (or morally reprehensible way as the corruption of Mr. Goss shows us) way we so choose.

But we steadfastly know that Jesus came to fulfill the law, not abolish it. Therefore, His statement, "If you love me, keep my commandments" flies in the face of the gay Christian reprobate theologians who choose to be "no longer aware or mindful" of what God's Word teaches. Scripture will always condemn and expose false prophets, teachers, and theologians like Mr. Goss. And the depravity of their minds will continue to expose the spiritual oblivion that they choose to reside in.

Hat tip:

GCMWatch: MCC Clerics Demonize Jesus

Today is Tame Compared to What it Will Become

My blog post title today comes from an email that I received from Dr. David Jeremiah of Turning Point Ministries.  His words contain both warnings to the lost and good news for all who love the Lord Jesus Christ.

The incredible moral depravity, corruption and scandals, violence, terrorism and all the rest of the turmoil that we are  currently experiencing wasn't even imaginable thirteen years ago.  But what has come to fruition now has been "worked on" by the arbiters of evil for over 50 years - most of my lifetime.  Being of the "baby boomer" generation, I might possibly have a better vantage point (IMHO) regarding history (rather than individuals of the Generation X or Millennials) via the education I received about WWII and all that has happened up to and including this current day.  Public education is not the same as when I was in grades K-12!  Social indoctrination is paramount in the liberal mindset of most educators today.

Being a student of the Bible for over 22 years also helps to give me great insight, knowledge, and wisdom into the ancient past as recorded in God's Word.  It is the gift that keeps on giving because one has never "arrived" as a student of the Bible.  There is always much more to learn!

God's revealed Plan for man's salvation through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, is easy enough for a child to understand and comprehend.  But the more a Christian studies the Bible, the more is revealed through the guidance of the Holy Spirit to our minds and hearts.

The prophecies that Christ has already fulfilled is proof enough.  And we can have hope and confidence that He will fulfill all the rest as we speed closer and closer towards the culmination of history on this earth.  End times prophesy is being fulfilled right before our very own eyes!  We don't know everything - because only God knows all; however, we have enough through God's Living Word - Jesus Christ; and His written Word, the Scriptures, to inform us of what we need to know this side of heaven and what will happen in the end times all the way through to eternity.

To be honest, I don't know how people cope with all that is going on in this world without knowing Jesus Christ and the peace that surpasses all understanding that he gives believers! When we repent and ask Him into our individual hearts to be Lord and Savior of our lives the scales fall off of our eyes and truth that may have been previously veiled to us becomes crystal clear! 

When a person thinks that this fallen world is "all that there is" and death leads to nothingness, I wonder why they would even think that their lives have any meaning at all?  I know...it's a devastating thought and difficult question.  But really, what, may I ask, is ultimately the purpose of one's life if one believes that his/her body, soul, and spirit stays in the grave at death?

The so-called "victories" that secular humanists are celebrating that recently occurred via the U.S. Supreme Court decisions to strike down both DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) and California's Proposition 8 (marriage is the union of one man and one woman - which was passed by 7 million CA voters in 2008) is just more evidence of the moral depravity that has gripped this nation due to lawlessness, government corruption, activist judges, and judicial fiat.

I have shared what the Bible tells us regarding homosexual behavior and the aberrant idea of same-sex "marriage" in several former posts here at this blog.  The list* of additional links on this topic at the end of this post will help readers understand what God's Word has to say about these matters.  Remember, these are not my ideas - THEY ARE GOD'S IDEAS regarding this topic.

There HAD TO BE AN IMPORTANT REASON why God led many writers of Scripture to include grave warnings about the abomination of "men lying with men," and "women lying with women" sexually.   God knew that such acts would "take them over" and bring them away from any sense for the need to repent of such sins; and thus He "gave them over" to their sinful behavior.



Rom 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,

Rom 1:21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Rom 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,

Rom 1:23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

Rom 1:24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,

Rom 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

Rom 1:26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.

Rom 1:27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;


Of course, homosexual behavior is not the only sin that destroys a person's chances for repentance when it goes un-confessed, so too are many other sins:


Rom 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,[fn] wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,

Rom 1:30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Rom 1:31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving,[fn] unmerciful;


Inevitably, those who think that homosexuality is "normal, natural, and desirable," would object to all that is written in this blog post.  In fact, they would most likely label me as a "bigot," "homophobic," "unloving," "hateful,"  etc. because they don't WANT to believe or understand what is written in the Scriptures. 

But consider this. 

All people instinctively know that murder is wrong...right?  [Well...except for the pro-abortion advocates and satanic criminals.]  If I had written this blog post warning about the danger of NOT CONFESSING AND REPENTING OF MURDER...perhaps I would not have the same epithets hurled at me. 

The difference is, one sin is elevated over and above [murder] the other [homosexual behavior] as being more heinous.  Or, in some minds, such sexual behavior is not even considered a sin.  However, I would tell them that God our Creator made us...and He made us male and female with purposeful sexual bonds designed to be in  a one man with one woman marriage.  He has given each of us certain abilities, gifts, and God-given purpose in our lives.  When we reject exactly how and why we were specifically made, then our lives often end up in grief, disaster, and turmoil.   The rules given [like the Ten Commandments and the list of aberrant behaviors to be avoided in  the book of Leviticus and elsewhere] are there to protect us from satan's [the thief] influence and keep us from disease, deformity and premature physical death as well as the ultimate eternal death [separation from God forever] of the soul. 

Such admonitions are there too as Jesus stated, "to give you [us] life and to have it more abundantly." 

Jhn 10:10

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

We have a choice to accept or reject such rules.  But rejection with the intention of impenitence  would mean separation from God FOREVER in eternity. 

 Is it worth it?? 

Only you can decide...

Paul completes Romans 1:

Rom 1:32

who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

Jhn 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.


For more information, please see this page: Becoming a Christian.


Now, on to Dr. David Jeremiah's powerful message.


God Bless,

~ Christine

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Dear Friend,

You turn on the television and see incredible moral depravity — not only on display, but celebrated. You read the news and find yet another incident of corruption and scandal, violence, and terrorism. You look at the world and witness astonishing turmoil, as new forms of evil are seemingly invented daily.

Yet imagine this: our world today is tame compared to what it will become.

Though it may seem that there are no restraints in our world, the Holy Spirit is actually acting as a restraining influence right now … holding back the dark, satanic tide of perversion and lawlessness.

But the world continues to beat against this dam — begging, practically demanding, to be given over completely to its own wickedness. As Paul writes to Timothy, "… but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth …" (2 Timothy 4:3-4, NKJV).

The end is fast approaching. During the Tribulation, God will remove the holy barriers He has set up in the world and essentially "give them what they've asked for."

It will be terrifying to live in those last days … Horrific devastation. Uninhibited violence. Massive earthquakes. Rampant immorality. Intense wildfire. Global chaos.

But I have good news for you — and for all who love the Lord:

We will not be here.

Followers of Christ will disappear from the face of the earth, instantly and without warning, in the Rapture. Those who are taken in this event will be spared the trauma of death and the impending disasters that will occur when the Tribulation breaks out.

But being spared from this danger will not be the main source of our joy in the Rapture —

— rather, finally being with the Savior we love so much will be the cause of our celebration. As the Bible describes it, Jesus will descend into the clouds, and all believers, living and dead, will suddenly meet Him in the air.

So, even though we see the world spiraling down on a path to self-destruction, we take comfort in Christ's own words: "Let not your heart be troubled … I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also" (John 14:1, 3, NKJV).

God bless you,

David Jeremiah

P.S.   Please remember to listen to this week's The Handwriting on the Wall radio broadcasts and watch the Living With Confidence in a Chaotic World Television broadcasts. And you can find even more answers to your questions on the Rapture, Tribulation and other Bible prophecies when you order a copy of The Handwriting on the Wall book. TURNING POINT WITH DR. DAVID JEREMIAH PO Box 3838, San Diego, CA 92163 1-877-998-0222 David Jeremiah's Website

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  Hat tip:  Dr. David Jeremiah of Turning Point Ministries



*Additional Reading:

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

The Times of the Signs - The Days of Lot

 

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Saturday, September 02, 2006

The Spiritual Significance of this Cultural Battle

 

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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Jesus said, "As In the Days of Noah."

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The "Days of Noah" Are Here

 

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Friday, January 16, 2009

Inaugural Malignant Narcissism

 

 

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Friday, August 06, 2010

The Homosexual Agenda is a Spiritual Problem

 

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Monday, June 27, 2011

"As In The Days Of Noah" Revisited [Update!]

 

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Thursday, January 05, 2012

Stand to Reason: What was the Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?

 

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

True Discernment: Jesus, The Days of Noah, and Same Sex Marriage [UPDATE!!]

Note:  This post contains a link to Obama's intentions of repealing DOMA.

 

Excerpt:

 

Obama claims to be Christian. But almost everything he does in his political life turns out to be the most startling, anti-Christian, anti-Bible, anti-Christ, anti-moral-values types of moves that are typical of those who hold to political expediency over true faith, convictions, and obedience to the God of the Bible.   Obama would go so far over the cliff that he has announced his intention of repealing The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)!

 

 

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Last, but certainly not least is the following  post that helps readers discern the signs of the times:

 

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Discerning the Signs of the Times

 

A Message To Remember

Hat tip:

Reccie Wright Cleary from TEA Party Community

Today I watched Apocalypse II: Revelation on the Daystar network. It was made back in 1999 and I haven't seen it in over 10 years, so it was good to watch it again.

From Wikipedia:

Apocalypse II: Revelation is a 1999 Christian/thriller and sequel to Apocalypse by Cloud Ten Pictures.

Three months have passed since the events of the previous film. Franco Macalousso (Nick Mancuso) has convinced many of those left behind that he is the true Messiah. But is he?
Counter-terrorism expert Thorold Stone (Jeff Fahey) tries to put the pieces of his life together. His wife and daughter were among the millions who vanished in the Rapture. In the course of his investigation of an underground resistance movement, he uncovers a conspiracy that leads to the heart of the new world order. Stone throws in his lot with this group of rebel Christians, which includes journalist Helen Hannah (Leigh Lewis), a computer engineer working for One Nation Earth (Tony Nappo), and a beautiful blind cynic (Carol Alt). The "Haters" find themselves in a race against time as the World Government distributes Virtual Reality headsets to every single person on Earth, to be activated on the Messiah's "Day of Wonders".

The rest of the description at the Wikipedia link (re:  the plot) has a lot of spoilers in it, so I recommend viewing the movie first.

My favorite movie in this series has always been Judgment. But Apocalypse II: Revelation ranks as a close second favorite.

The O.N.E. (One Nation Earth) theme is eerily similar to what we are experiencing during the BHO years of government surveillance, lies, deceit, crimes, and rampant corruption.  The obvious persecution against Christians is like no other time in American history.   We are the last group that is now labeled as "deserving" of hatred, suppression, lies being spewed against us, and frowned upon to enjoy the freedom to share the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ in the public arena without ridicule.   Like in the film, Christians these days are often referred to as "haters" [i.e. by radical homosexual activists, Islamists, atheists, skeptics, Hollywood - you name it!] and the rabid hatred against us and the  attempts to suppress the name of Jesus Christ from the public square has been more and more evident over the last two decades.

The so-called "Arab Spring" has led to tens of thousands of deaths - both Muslims and Christians - because ObamaFRAUD and his ilk thought it would be a good idea to remove the dictators of those countries and attempt to replace them with radical Islamists like the Muslim Brotherhood. Now our government clowns are arming the rebels who are actually Muslim terrorists!   The slaughter of Christians who were previously protected in these Arab lands has ratcheted up and churches are being burned for no other reason than for hatred against Christ and those who believe in Him.

Back to the movie.

What is very interesting to see in this film is how the so-called O.N.E. "messiah" - Franco Macaluso - utilizes signs and miracles (healing a man in a wheelchair and a blind woman in the film) in order to fool those who were left behind (after the Rapture of believers from the earth prior to the Great Tribulation years) into giving up their souls to satan and taking the "mark of the beast."

People who do not know the Bible will be easily fooled by the antichrist, the beast, and the false prophet - one big unholy trinity designed to take the souls of those who heretofore have rejected Christ as Lord and Savior.

Ten years ago, I thought that the end times were still very far off. I even thought that we really weren't experiencing the "birth pangs" that Jesus warned us about as signs pointing towards the coming of the end of the age. But now, with this lawless, tyrannical, corruption filled ObaMARXIST BADministration, I see the "birth pangs" becoming a reality right before my very own eyes.

The fact that so many Americans were fooled into voting for ObamaFRAUD a second time speaks volumes about how easily many Americans will also be fooled by the coming antichrist. Maybe all of the scandals connected to Obama [those known, as well as those not so well known yet] and the current "1984" type Big Brother government snooping and surveillance; plus the attempts to take away our Constitution rights of free speech, our liberty, our freedom of association, our freedom of the press (except for the government controlled patsies), and the grab of our gun rights will awaken more Americans to smell the tyranny! The added sins of omission through the lack of any prosecution for wrong doing by government officials and workers, as well as the lack of justice from those who swore to uphold the Constitution should chill the hearts and souls of every American!  Could we possibly be so lucky as to see BHO not finish his second term in office?

No matter how bad it gets, we can take consolation in this:  God is ultimately in control and Jesus Christ wins in the end. We just need to hold onto His promises as we watch, work, and wait for His return for His own (born-again believers) when we will be caught up and will meet the Lord in the air and thus, will be with the Lord forever!

Have a blessed Sunday!

~ Christine

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God Holds Us Up

The more scandals and crises that come out which continue to swirl around this BADministration, the more I realize that God is actively holding us up through His mercy and grace.  The rampant sin that is occurring here in the United States of America, and around the world has ratcheted up ever since BHO became the fraudulent pResident. 

We are definitely in the throes of  the "birth pangs" that Jesus Christ told us would occur the closer we get to the end times.

While walking with my TEA Party friend Donna yesterday, we discussed many things, including whether or not BHO was really as "intelligent" as the media of mass deception wants the public to think.  In the comment section of my last post, I pointed out that one of O's classmates at Columbia attended a class reunion recently, and NO ONE at the reunion recalls EVER seeing BHO on campus.  This particular classmate (Wayne Allen Root) had the same major and attended during the same years as BHO (supposedly) attended.  [See:  Obama Release Your Records: Obama Classmate - No One At Columbia Class Reunion Ever Saw Obama AKA Soetoro.]  Yet he NEVER SAW HIM on campus.  Neither did any of the other classmates at the reunion.  BHO has quite the unusual face that most would admit would be highly recognizable.  But no one remembers seeing him on campus.  Isn't that odd?

I mentioned to Donna that I have always suspected that BHO was just a puppet groomed by communists (i.e. Bill Ayers, George Soros etc.)  and that his "handlers" were actually in charge.  The people [or individual person(s)] puppeteering BHO could range from Soros, to the Bilderberg group, to The Illuminati group, to many other commie/Islamo-fascist groups (like the Muslim Brotherhood), all the way down to individuals like Valerie(evil) Jarrett or even -  as Western Journalism recently reported - John Brennan.

No matter what, the direction that our country is being led down into is a smelly sewer pipe of deception, lies, destruction, targeting of patriots, profiling of ordinary Americans who don't agree with BHO and his ilk.   The list of sleazy cover-ups is getting longer each week and the illegal, unconstitutional, purposeful targeting going on are making a majority of Americans terribly uneasy and downright frightened.

As I listened to the testimonies of the conservative individuals who were targeted (more like profiled) by the IRS during the hearings the other day, I could certainly relate to their fears regarding this horrible government. Since BHO often criticized the TEA Party Patriots (calling them many derogatory names like "tea-baggers"), there is no doubt in my mind that the directive to go after them via the IRS and other government agencies came directly from BHO; which puts quite the chill down my spine.

In fact,  way back in 2009, I participated in my first TEA Party rally (with my friend Donna) because we wanted to warn all of America about BHO and his ilk,  and how awful ObamaSCARE HELLcare would be if it ever passed in Congress.   The crimes have certainly piled up way higher and faster than any of us could have ever imagined!

[Take a moment to view the photos at the above link and see the signs made by participants.]

Well, we are now seeing all such fears come to fruition and even some Democrats now think it is terribly flawed legislation. The question remains just how can WE THE PEOPLE get rid of it?

Back to BHO and how "intelligent" he really is. I said to Donna yesterday, "When BHO called the Navy Corpsmen ...Navy "Corpse men" three times via his teleprompter, I knew that his intellectual capacity was severely limited."  Reading from a teleprompter is one thing, but mispronouncing Navy Corpsmen in such an awful way seemed absolutely ludicrous.  Donna said something back to me that I never even thought of.  She said, "perhaps he mispronounced it purposely - in order to mock them." 

Wow!  Could you imagine if that was the truth?  I can.  BHO has shown his disdain and careless attitude for the military and their families on more than one occasion and those who are paying any kind of attention know this to be true.  The entire Benghazi Cover-up and the downed helicopter filled with SEAL Team Six members are just two examples.

Despite all of the turmoil going on in this world, Christians know Who holds the future.  The redemption available for us via Christ's death, resurrection to life, and ascension into heaven to sit at the right hand of God the Father demonstrates two important things.  God chose to withhold the punishment that we most certainly deserved and replaced it with mercy; and God chose to give us the grace we don't deserve because of what Christ did for us on the Cross at Calvary.

There will come a time here on earth when Christ will come for His own at the Rapture and whisk us either out of our graves, or, if we are still alive, from the earth to meet Him in the air.  We will then enjoy the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in heaven while the earth is going through seven years of Tribulation.  Right before the enemies of Israel gang up on that State and attack Her, Jesus will return on a white horse with His own who are dressed in fine linen.  Without any arms, Christ will speak words that will defeat the enemies of Israel - only by the words coming from His Holy Mouth.

All the evil that man has tried to do on earth will fall to dust and blow away.  Christ will usher in the Millennial Kingdom on earth and rule; and believers will experience what God wanted for man all along way back in the Garden of Eden.  What a glorious time it will be!

Dear readers, my hope and prayer is that you will choose to answer Christ's question correctly when He asks, "Who do you say that I am?"  

For help with the most important decision of you life, please see THIS PAGE.

God Bless,

 ~ Christine


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According to PJM - More Benghazi Whistleblowers With Info Devastating to Obama and Clinton

First, prayers go out to all of those who have lost loved ones and have been deeply affected by the awful tornadoes in Oklahoma.

Bible Prophecy is becoming more and more a reality with each passing year regarding all that is happening in the world the closer we get to the end times. (See Matthew 24)


Jesus has a plethora of messages to us in Matthew 24. However, the following portion of the prophecy has been ratcheted up over the past 5 years:

  Mat 24:9 "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

  Mat 24:10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,

  Mat 24:11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.

  Mat 24:12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,

  Mat 24:13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Yes!  God's ultimate plan for us will continue despite all of the attempts to thwart it.  As Christians, it is our DUTY to watch, WORK, and wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ on the clouds of heaven!  Part of that work is to warn others of the evil that is keeping them from being reconciled back unto God through Christ's sacrificial death on the cross at Calvary, His subsequent Resurrection from the dead, and ultimate Ascension into heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father.

The Bible (NIV version) also informs us:



Mar 4:22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.

  Mar 4:23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear."


And, please take heed of  this (NKJV):


  Luk 8:11 "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

  Luk 8:12 "Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

  Luk 8:13 "But the ones on the rock [are those] who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.

  Luk 8:14 "Now the ones [that] fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

  Luk 8:15 "But the ones [that] fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep [it] and bear fruit with patience.

  Luk 8:16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts [it] under a bed, but sets [it] on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light.

  Luk 8:17 "For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor [anything] hidden that will not be known and come to light.

  Luk 8:18 "Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him [more] will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him."


Keeping such Scripture in mind, we now proceed with this post.


All of the distractions being thrown out there in Obama Confusionland, thankfully, aren't working to stop the ongoing deeper investigation into the Benghazi Cover-Up.  The following link provides exclusive information:

PJM EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Diplomats Report New Benghazi Whistleblowers with Info Devastating to Clinton and Obama



Obama Lie Du Jour: 'I'm Not Familiar' with Whistleblowers Being Threatened [Hat tip:  Commieblasters].

Copy of PJM Exclusive post:

More whistleblowers will emerge shortly in the escalating Benghazi scandal, according to two former U.S. diplomats who spoke with PJ Media Monday afternoon.

These whistleblowers, colleagues of the former diplomats, are currently securing legal counsel because they work in areas not fully protected by the Whistleblower law.

According to the diplomats, what these whistleblowers will say will be at least as explosive as what we have already learned about the scandal, including details about what really transpired in Benghazi that are potentially devastating to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

The former diplomats inform PJM the new revelations concentrate in two areas — what Ambassador Chris Stevens was actually doing in Benghazi and the pressure put on General Carter Ham, then in command of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and therefore responsible for Libya, not to act to protect jeopardized U.S. personnel
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Stevens’ mission in Benghazi, they will say, was to buy back Stinger missiles from al-Qaeda groups issued to them by the State Department, not by the CIA. Such a mission would usually be a CIA effort, but the intelligence agency had opposed the idea because of the high risk involved in arming “insurgents” with powerful weapons that endanger civilian aircraft.

Hillary Clinton still wanted to proceed because, in part, as one of the diplomats said, she wanted “to overthrow Gaddafi on the cheap.”

This left Stevens in the position of having to clean up the scandalous enterprise when it became clear that the “insurgents” actually were al-Qaeda – indeed, in the view of one of the diplomats, the same group that attacked the consulate and ended up killing Stevens.

The former diplomat who spoke with PJ Media regarded the whole enterprise as totally amateurish and likened it to the Mike Nichols film Charlie Wilson’s War about a clueless congressman who supplies Stingers to the Afghan guerrillas. “It’s as if Hillary and the others just watched that movie and said ‘Hey, let’s do that!’” the diplomat said.

He added that he and his colleagues think the leaking of General David Petraeus’ affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell was timed to silence the former CIA chief on these matters.

Regarding General Ham, military contacts of the diplomats tell them that AFRICOM had Special Ops “assets in place that could have come to the aid of the Benghazi consulate immediately (not in six hours).”

Ham was told by the White House not to send the aid to the trapped men, but Ham decided to disobey and did so anyway, whereupon the White House “called his deputy and had the deputy threaten to relieve Ham of his command.”

The White House motivation in all this is as yet unclear, but it is known that Ham retired quietly in April 2013 as head of AFRICOM.

PJ Media recognizes this is largely hearsay, but the two diplomats sounded quite credible. One of them was in a position of responsibility in a dangerous area of Iraq in 2004.

We will report more as we learn it.

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Update:  My friend Donna sent the following information to me via email.  Hat tip:  http://raymmax.wordpress.com/  [Note:  It is a private blog site and permission needs to be granted by owner in order to see it.]

This is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary that was working in the region of Benghazi. These two poems highlighted in yellow seem to be his poetic statement of what happened. In the first one he mentions a very low frequency which some have speculated that maybe the military was communicating with the White House in something like Morse Code. The Queens Henchmen sounds a lot like Hillary, don’t you think?

It is very interesting……..

Benghazi-disciplined diplomat a prolific poet

Raymond Maxwell -- one of the four State Department officials disciplined over security lapses that led to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year -- is also a prolific poet. And he's been publishing provocative verses since he was put on administrative leave December 18.

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Maghreb Region Raymond Maxwell during a visit to Algiers, in a photo taken sometime between November 2-5, 2011.

/ U.S. Embassy Algiers

Some of the poetry represents scathing commentary on the post-Benghazi fallout and implies that he feels like he's been made a scapegoat. In "Trapped in a purgatory of their own deceit," Maxwell writes in part: "The web of lies they weave / gets tighter and tighter / in its deceit / until it bottoms out - / at a very low frequency - / and implodes...Yet all the while, / the more they talk, / the more they lie, / and the deeper down the hole they go... Just wait.../ just wait and feed them the rope."

It's a bold and almost shocking verse from the 20-year foreign-service worker who was the well-respected deputy assistant secretary for Maghreb Affairs in the Near East Bureau and former Chief of Staff to the Ambassador in Baghdad. Fluent in Portuguese, Maxwell is also an ex-Navy "mustanger," which means he leapt from enlisted ranks to commissioned officer.

An African-American, Maxwell makes use of lynching imagery in his poem entitled "Invitation," a commentary about being put on administrative leave December 18th after the State Department's Accountability Review Board (ARB) criticized pre-attack security in Libya.

U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in terrorist attacks at U.S. missions in Benghazi. Poor security was faulted by the ARB review board. Former U.S. ambassador Thomas Pickering, who led the review, was quoted in the final, unclassified report as saying blame was fixed "at the assistant secretary level...where the decision-making in fact takes place, where...the rubber hits the road." The ARB, in essence, was seen to have cleared higher-ranking State Department officials, including then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, of direct fault on the issue of inadequate security.

It's unclear as to exactly what Maxwell and the other disciplined managers allegedly did wrong or how they were chosen for discipline. Three are on paid administrative leave. When asked for more details, the State Department did not respond prior to publication of this report.

Maxwell declined an interview, saying his poetry best expresses what he has to say.

Raymond Maxwell: Former Deputy Asst Secretary Removed Over Benghazi Pens a Poem

In December 2012, the NYT reported [see: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/us/politics/3-state-dept-officials-resign-following-benghazi-report.html?_r=1&] that four State Department officials were removed from their posts after an independent panel criticized the “grossly inadequate” security at a diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that was attacked on Sept. 11, leading to the deaths of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. According to the report, the four officials “have been placed on administrative leave pending further action” citing the State Department’s spokeswoman as source.

The same report included a quote from Thomas R. Pickering, a former ambassador (and former #3 at the State Department) who led the independent review who said this: “We fixed it at the assistant secretary level, which is, in our view, the appropriate place to look, where the decision-making in fact takes place, where, if you like, the rubber hits the road.”

One of those four officials is Raymond Maxwell; he is also one of the three Deputy Assistant Secretaries who were thrown under the bus in the Benghazi fallout. He was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Maghreb (North Africa) Affairs at the Bureau of Near East Affairs from 2011-2012. He advised the Assistant Secretary on the Maghreb and oversaw development, coordination and implementation of USG policy in the region. Previous to that, he was the Director of the Office of Regional and Multilateral Affairs (RMA) also at the Bureau of Near East Affairs from 2009-2011. More here [http://raymmax.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/invitation/].

Mr. Maxwell is also a poet with hopes of becoming “a music and poetry librarian in his next life.” This past April, we became aware that he participated in the National Poetry Writing Month [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Poetry_Writing_Month] , an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the entire month (see his blog http://raymmax.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/invitation/). We think one of his poems, “Invitation“is particularly striking. How can we not appreciate the dark humor of BYOB … “because of the continuing resolution?” Certainly, the poem is blunt and aims to shock but it also makes us think that as as long as one is the boss of words, one is not totally helpless. We received permission from Mr. Maxwell to republish the poem in this blog.

Invitation [http://raymmax.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/invitation/]

– Posted on April 1, 2013

© Raymond Maxwell

The Queen’s Henchmen
request the pleasure of your company
at a Lynching – to be held
at 23rd and C Streets NW
on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
just past sunset.

Dress: Formal, Masks and Hoods -
the four being lynched
must never know the identities
of their executioners, or what/
whose sin required their sacrifice.

A blood sacrifice –
to divert the hounds -
to appease the gods -
to cleanse our filth and
satisfy our guilty consciences.

Arrive promptly at sunset –
injustice will be swift.
there will be no trial,
no review of evidence,
no due process, and no
accountability.

Dress warmly -
a chilling effect will instantly
envelop Foggy Bottom.
Extrajudicial.
Total impunity.
A kangaroo court in
a banana republic.

B.Y.O.B.
Refreshments will not be served
because of the continuing resolution.

And the ones being lynched?
Who cares? They are pawns in a game.
Our game. All suckers, all fools,
all knaves who volunteered to serve -
Us. And the truth? The truth?
What difference at this point does it make?

In the event of inclement weather,
or the Queen’s incapacitation,
her Henchmen will carry out this lynching -
as ordered, as planned.

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Thanks to Raymond Maxwell for allowing us to republish Invitation in this blog.
 

Hat Tip: Diplo Pundit.com

Update: Apparently, Raymond Maxwell's blog has been removed. Was he threatened by the current corrupt ObaMARXIST BADministration? I wouldn't doubt it!!!

raymmax.wordpress.com is no longer available. The authors have deleted this site.

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The Blaze has an article about Raymond Maxwell:

The Blaze: Beat-Up Poet? One of the Men Punished Over Benghazi Security Failures Fights Back with…Scathing Verse

Copy of post:

Raymond Maxwell is one of the four State Department officials who was disciplined due to security lapses leading to the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya, last year.

But after he was placed on paid administrative leave last Dec. 18, CBS News says that rather than sulk in silence and shame, Maxwell has been publishing poetry about his ordeal–often scathing verse–that can’t be making officials in Washington, D.C. applaud (or snap their fingers, whatever the case may be).

 

CBS News calls attention to his “Trapped in a purgatory of their own deceit.”

Here Maxwell writes in part:

 

“The web of lies they weave / gets tighter and tighter / in its deceit / until it bottoms out – / at a very low frequency – / and implodes…Yet all the while, / the more they talk, / the more they lie, / and the deeper down the hole they go… Just wait…/ just wait and feed them the rope.”

CBS News opines:

It’s a bold and almost shocking verse from the 20-year foreign-service worker who was the well-respected deputy assistant secretary for Maghreb Affairs in the Near East Bureau and former Chief of Staff to the Ambassador in Baghdad. Fluent in Portuguese, Maxwell is also an ex-Navy “mustanger,” which means he leapt from enlisted ranks to commissioned officer.

Maxwell uses lynching imagery in his “Invitation,” CBS News notes:

“The Queen’s Henchmen / request the pleasure of your company / at a Lynching – / to be held / at 23rd and C Streets NW [State Dept. building] / on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 / just past sunset. / Dress: Formal, Masks and Hoods- / the four being lynched / must never know the identities/ of their executioners, or what/ whose sin required their sacrifice./ A blood sacrifice- / to divert the hounds- / to appease the gods- / to cleanse our filth and /satisfy our guilty consciences…

You can check out more of Maxwell’s poetry on his blog. [blog has been deleted]

 

(H/T: Diplopundit)