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by Jeremy James

The Book of Deuteronomy contains a verse which some believers find challenging:

“Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive,

and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.”

(Deuteronomy 29:4)

The Israelites had spent forty years in the wilderness and were about to enter the

Promised Land. Some mistakenly take this verse to mean that the LORD withheld

from the Israelites the ability to understand His law and His truth until their sojourn

in the wilderness had come to an end. But this is not the case.

A similar challenge is found in the Book of Isaiah. When the prophet is commissioned

by God to speak to the children of Israel, He says:

“Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and

see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat,

and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with

their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their

heart, and convert, and be healed.” (Isaiah 6:9-10)

It might seem as though the prophet was being sent to perform a fruitless task, that by

his very words he would cause his listeners to hear something other than what he

intended. But that doesn’t make any sense.

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The words “Hear ye indeed” reveal what this passage is all about. In Hebrew they

literally mean, “In hearing, hear”. The LORD is sending the prophet to deliver a

message to a people who will hear what is said but will strenuously resist it. So, instead

of “in hearing, hear” Isaiah will encounter untold instances of “in hearing, don’t hear.”

This “don’t hear, won’t hear” attitude is a central theme of both the Old and the New

Testament. It is a way of describing the initial manifestation of pride and disobedience,

the solemn moment when the individual instinctively shuts down all receptivity to

truth. He may continue listening, but only because what he hears is entertaining in

some way. The LORD actually described it in those terms to Ezekiel:

“And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit

before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they

will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love,

but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And, lo, thou

art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant

voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy

words, but they do them not.” (Ezekiel 33:31-32)

There it is. They hear the words of the prophet, they are amused or intrigued by them,

but they obstinately refuse to obey them!

Our fallen condition

In our fallen condition we are incapable of hearing the truth unless God helps us, and

He will help us only if we ask. The natural man will never hear the truth and

understand what is said. He must want it first, and his longing, his hunger, must be

both sincere and passionate. It must be such that, when faced with his own

brokenness, he asks God to help him recognize truth when it enters his life.

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These passages of Scripture shine with a new light when we read them in this context.

God never places an obstacle before anyone. Rather, He gives ample evidence of His

existence, His sovereignty, and His mercy. It is then up to each person to take this

evidence and, having reflected upon it, to embark on a search for God Himself, the

Creator of heaven and earth:

“And ye shall seek me, and find me,

when ye shall search for me

with all your heart.”

(Jeremiah 29:13)

We must ask God to open our eyes

During the plagues of Egypt, the Exodus, and the forty years of wandering in the

desert, the children of Israel were given astonishing evidence of God’s existence,

omnipotence and mercy, but they were still unreceptive to the living truth which He

offered: “Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see,

and ears to hear, unto this day.” (Deuteronomy 29:4)

He hadn’t given them the ability to see and hear this truth because they had not yet

turned to Him with all their heart and asked for this essential spiritual gift. This was

certainly true of those whose “carcases” fell in the desert because they refused to enter

the Promised Land, but it was also true of their offspring. The latter had the courage

to enter the Promised Land after forty years, very probably because God had just given

them two colossal demonstrations of His military prowess. In the first they annihilated

the forces of Sihon, the king of Heshbon, and in the second, shortly afterwards, they

destroyed the armies of Og, the king of Bashan.

The parables of Jesus

Jesus spoke in parables in most, if not all, of his public discourses for much of his

ministry. He was asked why he did so. Here’s his reply:

“Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing

see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they

understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,

which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not

understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull

of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time

they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and

should understand with their heart, and should be

converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your

eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.”

- Matthew 13:13-16

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He is not saying that he wants to withhold the truth from anyone, as though some were

chosen by him to receive instruction in plain language while others, those he had

rejected, were given parables only. This is certainly not the case. He quotes Isaiah 6:9-

10 to show that the principle he is following was already enunciated by the prophets.

Jesus is telling his disciples that the only people who will understand what he is saying

– when he speaks in parables – are those who already hunger after truth. These are

the ones with ears to hear. The others will enjoy the parables and will receive a

blessing, but they won’t grasp the truth behind his words.

Could he not have spoken plainly to everyone? We know he did so at length in his

Sermon on the Mount. He used no parables and very little of what he said was set in

figurative language. Later in his ministry, however, he made extensive use of parables

in his public discourses. The critical turning point would appear to have come when

the Pharisees began to accuse him of performing his miracles by Beelzebub. Up to that

time Jesus would say, “he that is not against us is for us” (Luke 9:50). But the

Beelzebub accusation changed everything. Thereafter he said, “He that is not with me

is against me” (Matthew 12:30).

The Pharisees had committed a terrible sin. They had blasphemed the Holy Spirit:

“But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom

of God is come unto you.” (Matthew 12:28).

This moment marked a turning point in his ministry. The Pharisees had great

influence on the common people and their blasphemous accusation would have found

receptive ears. Those ears were no longer capable of hearing the true meaning of the

words that Jesus spoke. As the Savior said, “For this people's heart is waxed gross,

and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed...”

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The Apostle Paul

When the Apostle Paul was charged with the arduous task of addressing the religious

leaders of Judaism in Rome and proving to them from the Scriptures that Jesus was

the Messiah, he ran up against the same barrier. They knew the Scriptures inside out

and understood everything Paul had told them about Jesus, but their hearts too were

“waxed gross”:

“And when they agreed not among themselves, they

departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake

the Holy Ghost by Esaias [Isaiah] the prophet unto our

fathers, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye

shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall

see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed

gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes

have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and

hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and

should be converted, and I should heal them. Be it known

therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto

the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.” – Acts 28:25-28

We have looked at length at this phenomenon because it is a devastating spiritual

pathology. It is so dangerous and so toxic that, even when the incarnate Son of God

spoke words of truth, plainly and repeatedly, to people who had come out specially to

hear his words and see his miracles, those who were afflicted by this disease were as

deaf as a doorpost. Yes, they heard his words, but the truth which they imparted was

inaudible. They heard nothing.

In his parable of the sower, Jesus put these people in the very first category:

“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and

understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one,

and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.

This is he which received seed by the way side.”

(Matthew 13:19)

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“And these are they by the way side, where the word

is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh

immediately, and taketh away the word that was

sown in their hearts.” (Mark 4:15)

“Those by the way side are they that hear; then

cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of

their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.”

(Luke 8:12)

This is the core problem. The gospel is blocked by Satan himself!

Satan has this power

As Christians we understand that Satan has this power, but we may forget that it

extends to truth in a broader sense. He can block the unbeliever from hearing the

gospel, but he can also block him from hearing anything that might prompt him to

enquire after the gospel. It is the same power.

This is what we are seeing today.

Billions of people all over the earth are being blinded by Satan. His perverse ability to

hide the truth from our eyes, even when spoken by the lips of Jesus, is hard to

comprehend. Nevertheless, it will help to explain why so many today are indifferent to

the warning signs that point to a coming New World Order where the Sons of Belial

will rule with ruthless zeal.

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If we look again at the parable of the sower, we can see that Jesus himself divided

mankind into four categories. The first we have discussed. These are the people who

are wholly blinded by Satan and reject the gospel out of hand. The second comprises

those who hear the gospel and receive it “with joy” but later drift away when faced with

“tribulation or persecution” (Matthew 13:21). The third category is very similar to the

second, consisting of those who, ensnared by “the cares of this world, and the

deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things” (Mark 4:19), abandon the truth

of the gospel. The fourth category is that extraordinary creation we know as the

Church, whose members have no interest in what the world has to offer, who are

undeterred by trials and tribulation, and whose love of Christ is manifesting

continually in fruitful service.

Deep sleep

People in categories two and three have effectively rejected the gospel, but they are

unable to admit it to themselves. They may exhibit many of the outer signs of a true

believer, but they bear no fruit. Surrounded by others like themselves, they cannot see

that they are barren.

The church in the Laodicean age is full of trees which bear no fruit. It is like a great

forest where no wildlife can survive and no birds sing. An awful silence hangs over the

earth.

The spiritual idleness behind this is potentially very harmful. The Old Testament tells

us why:

“Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;

and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.”

(Proverbs 19:15)

A deep sleep! This is what we are witnessing today – a deep sleep! And it is grounded

in slothfulness, the opposite of fruitfulness.

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The Bible calls a slothful person a sluggard. Both words, slothfulness (Strong’s H6103)

and sluggard (H6102), have the same Hebrew root: ʿāṣēl

The sluggard is immune to counsel and sound advice. In fact, the Word of God tells us

that he thinks he knows everything:

“The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit

than seven men that can render a reason.”

(Proverbs 26:16)

A startling picture is now emerging, where the people who are most in need of sound

advice are the ones who are most likely to reject it. They scoff at those who did their

research and took the time to assemble the facts. Filled with pride, they have no

interest in conducting a rational examination of the evidence if the end result might

conflict with their own opinions.

This sounds so familiar to those of us who, for many years, have struggled to alert

professing Christians to the wiles of the Enemy and to his plan – which is now far

advanced – to subvert and destroy the church, to subjugate humanity, and to impose

his own ‘messiah’ on a traumatized world.

A church without fruit

A church without fruit is in a deep sleep. The sluggards have all the answers.

Impervious to reason, they are greatly irritated by those who attempt to throw a wet

blanket over their slumbering carcass. They construe as fabulous conjectures the dark

plans made by the Elite. The idea that a nefarious group of billionaires might be

conspiring against them is simply preposterous. “Have some sense!” they say, “This is

the real world.”

Alas, they are right. It is the real world – and they are hiding from it.

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The Word of God provokes them to answer a very challenging question:

“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?

and the scorners delight in their scorning,

and fools hate knowledge?”

(Proverbs 1:22)

Later we will look at some of the many examples of man’s insanity – the glaring signs

of sinfulness and rebellion – which the “simple ones” have refused to acknowledge.

Collectively, they are a stinging reprimand to anyone who cares to listen, or a wake-up

call, as loud as a thunder clap, for those who are in a deep sleep. Sadly these rousing

rebukes have made no impression to date on those who live in their simplicity.

For those who have hardened their necks and refuse to listen, the Word of God foretells

a sudden and dramatic end:

“He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,

shall suddenly be destroyed,

and that without remedy.”

(Proverbs 29:1)

Mankind can ignore, belittle or mock God’s Word for only so long. The Almighty has

incredible patience with our rebellious revelry, but there will come a time when He will

act, and when He does He will do so with frightening suddenness.

In His mercy He has given us a multitude of rebukes, reproofs and warnings, allowing

humanity ample opportunity to awaken from its “deep sleep”, and yet, when the

hammer falls, millions will wail and plead for clemency as though they couldn’t

possibly have known what lay ahead. They will hardly believe they are facing a

judgment “without remedy” –

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“Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with

wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he

shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it... And I will

punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their

iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to

cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.”

(Isaiah 13:9 & 11)

A Gallery of Lies

Our readers may be familiar with the episode in the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip where Charlie

Brown is deeply despondent and his ‘psychiatrist’, the scheming Lucy, suggests that he

kick away his worries by kicking a football. She offers to hold the football steady while

he runs at it. But he knows her too well. She is bound to pull it away just as he is about

to kick it, so he’ll fall flat on his back and look stupid. Having sweetly reassured him

that she would do as she said and hold the ball steady, he walks into position. As he

does so he convinces himself that this time – finally! – she’ll keep her word. He decides

to place his trust in her and runs furiously toward the ball. Then, just as he is about to

kick it, she did what she always did and pulled it away. After a pathetic somersault he

fell flat on his back.

This was a recurring theme in the 50-year comic strip. Charlie never seemed to learn.

Time after time she played him for a fool. She only had to come up with a new way to

win his trust and, despite the nagging feeling inside, he always believed her.

In a remarkable strip from October 1970 Lucy quotes from the Book of Isaiah. The

verse comes immediately after the passage we cited earlier. The prophet asked the

LORD, “How long?” and the LORD replied: “Until the cities be wasted without

inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate” (Isaiah 6:11)

[We reproduce the complete comic strip overleaf.]

Lucy makes a sharp observation, namely, that the prophet may have had difficulty

accepting the finality of the LORD’s judgment!

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How true this is, not only of those who are in a “deep sleep”, but of those in categories

two and three. The government keeps on lying, but it presents the lie in a new way every

time, and contrary to all reason the public continues to believe them! By doing this they

are literally placing their lives in jeopardy. They profess to be Christian and yet they

cannot bring themselves to accept the finality of the LORD’s judgment!

We were going to put some of these lies in the main body of this paper, but they have

an unbearable stench. As a compromise we have set them in a place apart – see the

gallery of lies in Appendix A.

“Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy

backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see

that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken

the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith

the Lord GOD of hosts.”

– Jeremiah 2:19

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CONCLUSION

How long will the scorners scorn and fools hate knowledge? How long will the simple

love simplicity? Despite the many signs which the LORD has given, they have great

difficulty accepting that their government is working for Satan, so they choose instead

to believe that their leaders and lawmakers are well-meaning duffers muddling

through: “They mean no harm!”

Wake up, people, wake up:

“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself:

but the simple pass on, and are punished.”

Proverbs 22:3 and 27:12

________________________

Jeremy James

Ireland

April 24, 2022

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APPENDIX A

A Gallery of Lies – in random order

The keeper of the gallery at the Guggenheim was unable to decide which lies were the

worst. When viewed in a clear light they were all terrifying. So he arranged them in

random order and placed them in dimly-lit rooms, alongside rows of fluffy toys,

distracting nudes, and amusing cartoons.

Our lone visitor entered the first room and read the lie printed in large type under each

picture:

prayer has no place in our schools;

men can become women and women can become men;

sodomy is normal;

evolution is a scientific fact;

carbon dioxide is a threat to life;

the massive online pornography industry cannot be shut down;

killing unborn children is normal;

a huge part of our industrial base can be safely off-shored to China;

a flu-like illness justifies the lockdown of society;

the national debt can grow indefinitely;

private banks can own and operate the Federal Reserve;

our churches can be closed by government directive;

healthy people can be forcibly inoculated;

the government can spray our skies with unknown substances;

Marxists, Jesuits and Freemasons can control our government;

private property can be confiscated by the state;

our military can be safely injected with an unknown substance;

the FDA and the CDC can be controlled by private enterprise;

the President can declare war without consulting Congress;

the President can make his own laws through Executive Orders;

our southern borders can operate like an open door;

Islamic men can be resettled within the US in vast numbers;

the country’s infrastructure can be allowed to decay;

the country’s electricity grid can remain unprotected;

China can control some of our main ports;

the sexualization of children is normal and healthy;

much of our sovereignty can be handed to the UN;

the WHO can decide our medical policy;

charitable foundations can wield power without oversight;

GMOs can be created and substituted for healthy food;

the medical profession can be based on the exploitation of illness;

children can be taken from their natural parents without due process;

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recourse to basic legal redress can be unaffordable;

the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in a public place;

the government can use taxpayer money to shape public opinion;

the military can spend trillions on ‘black ops’;

Satanism can be recognized as a ‘religion’ in the military;

the elderly can be forced to die alone in a ‘pandemic’;

six media corporations can decide what the public can know;

gender dysphoria can be promoted by the state;

the pharmaceutical industry can be exempt from liability;

real wages can remain stagnant for fifty years;

pedophilia is a psychological orientation;

our extensive oil reserves can be neglected;

corn [food] can be used to produce automotive ethanol;

opioids can be dispensed without regulatory controls;

educational curricula can be significantly dumbed down;

a large proportion of college courses should produce no benefit;

Chabad Lubavitch can influence Executive decisions;

fluoride can be put in our drinking water;

UN troops can operate on American soil;

it’s safe to inject oneself with an untested experimental substance;

Big Tech can control free speech and censor the flow of information;

Executive Orders can exist which effectively abolish Congress;

the government can conduct extensive surveillance on the public;

agencies like the NSA and the CIA are entitled to have extensive covert powers;

the Council on Foreign Relations can decide foreign and domestic policy;

the government can replace cash with digital currency...

At this point our lone visitor fainted for the fourth time. When he recovered he had to

be carried into the street where he was seen to retch pathetically in the gutter for half

an hour. When he finally got home he said nothing to his wife.

“Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy

backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see

that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken

the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith

the Lord GOD of hosts.”

– Jeremiah 2:19

Patrimônio líquido de Yang Huiyan 2022: 9,4 bilhões de dólares (Forbes)

Não é nenhum segredo que Yang Huiyan é uma das pessoas mais ricas da China. O que pode ser surpreendente, no entanto, é o quanto ela vale. De acordo com estimativas recentes, Yang Huiyan tem um patrimônio líquido impressionante de US $ 9,4 bilhões .

Então, como ela adquiriu uma riqueza tão imensa? Muito disso pode ser rastreado até seu pai, Yeung Kwok Keung, que é o fundador e presidente da Country Garden Holdings, uma importante incorporadora imobiliária na China. Antes do lançamento no mercado de ações da Country Garden em 2007, Yeung presenteou sua filha com 70% das ações da empresa. Nesse mesmo ano, ela foi nomeada a pessoa mais rica da China, com um patrimônio líquido de US$ 16,2 bilhões.

Embora sua fortuna tenha sido afetada nos últimos anos devido à volatilidade econômica na China, 2012 foi um ano movimentado para a Country Garden. A empresa estava trabalhando em 110 projetos em sua sede na província de Guangdong, e 17 novos hotéis foram adicionados ao seu portfólio (elevando o número total de hotéis de propriedade ou operados pelo Country Garden para 29). Phoenix, a principal marca de hotéis da empresa, também continuou a se expandir.

Olhando para o futuro, será interessante ver se Yang Huiyan pode manter seu status como uma das pessoas mais ricas da China. Dada sua participação significativa na Country Garden Holdings e o crescimento contínuo da empresa, parece provável que ela consiga manter seu lugar na lista nos próximos anos.

Detalhes do patrimônio líquido : Yang Huiyan é o proprietário de uma participação de 57% na incorporadora imobiliária Country Garden Holdings. A empresa foi fundada pelo pai de Yang em 1992 e está localizada em Foshan, China. Em 2015, registrou receita de US$ 18 bilhões.

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A fortuna do proprietário da Country Garden, Yang Huiyan, encolheu de US$ 24 bilhões no início deste ano para US$ 9,4 bilhões agora. A desaceleração do mercado imobiliário e a forte queda nas ações das empresas imobiliárias são as razões pelas quais o patrimônio líquido de Yang Huiyan encolheu drasticamente.

A queda dos preços das casas, a baixa disposição das pessoas em comprar casas e a crise de inadimplência das empresas imobiliárias colocaram as empresas em uma situação difícil. Durante este período, a suspensão de empréstimos coletivos de prédios inacabados em vários locais tornou mais proeminente o problema de escassez de fundos para empreendimentos habitacionais e também dificultará os empreendimentos habitacionais. A suspensão coletiva de empréstimos para prédios inacabados tornou as pessoas menos confiantes nas empresas de habitação, menos dispostas a comprar uma casa, e os bancos terão mais cuidado na emissão de empréstimos à habitação, o que afetará as vendas de imóveis comerciais. No início desta semana, a agência internacional de classificação S&P Global Ratings estimou que as vendas de imóveis comerciais na China este ano cairão um terço em relação ao ano anterior.

Agora, o valor de mercado da Country Garden é menos da metade do que era no início do ano, e o patrimônio líquido do proprietário, Yang Huiyan, encolheu mais da metade. Mas um camelo morto é maior que um cavalo. Yang Huiyan continua sendo a mulher mais rica da China e da Ásia, de acordo com o Bloomberg Billionaires Index, embora valha apenas US$ 100 milhões a mais do que a segunda mulher mais rica da Ásia.

A segunda mulher mais rica da Ásia também é chinesa. Ela é Fan Hongwei, proprietária da Hengli Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

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Mulher deixa o emprego depois que apenas 1 de 70 colegas de trabalho comparecem ao seu casamento

 Uma jovem chinesa supostamente deixou seu emprego de cinco anos depois de ficar desapontada que apenas um dos setenta colegas de trabalho que ela convidou para seu casamento realmente compareceu.

A agência de notícias chinesa ETtoday recentemente apresentou a história incomum de uma jovem que foi às mídias sociais para reclamar de ter sido humilhada por seus colegas de trabalho no dia mais feliz de sua vida. A mulher desconhecida teria trabalhado para a mesma empresa por cinco anos e sentiu que tinha um bom relacionamento com seus colegas de trabalho. Ela havia participado dos casamentos de um terço de seus 70 colegas, então, quando decidiu se casar, estava convencida de que a maioria deles gostaria de estar lá em seu grande dia…

Foto: Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash

A mulher tinha tanta certeza do apoio de seus colegas de trabalho que decidiu convidar todos para o casamento, temendo que aqueles que ela não convidasse se sentissem excluídos. Não está claro se o convidado foi obrigado a notificar os recém-casados ​​de sua presença no casamento, mas uma coisa é certa, a noiva esperava que eles estivessem lá. Ela tinha seis mesas reservadas para eles, mas dos 70 lugares, apenas um estava realmente ocupado.

O único colega de trabalho a comparecer ao casamento da mulher foi aparentemente seu aprendiz, que provavelmente se sentiu obrigado a estar lá. A noiva escreveu no Weibo que se sentiu humilhada na frente de todos os convidados, especialmente da família do marido e que não podia deixar de manter a cabeça baixa o dia inteiro.

Foto: Ivan Aleksic/Unsplash

Após o casamento, a mulher teria se demitido porque não podia continuar trabalhando com as pessoas que a humilharam no dia do casamento.

A história se tornou viral na China, dividindo os internautas em dois campos, um que concordou com a mulher desprezada e sua decisão de deixar a empresa, e outro que a culpou por definir suas expectativas muito altas.

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Este pássaro é capaz de andar sôbre as águas

Usando seus pés grandes e passos rápidos, os mergulhões de Western e Clark podem correr até 20 metros na água, tornando-os o único pássaro e o animal mais pesado da Terra capaz de fazê-lo.

Se você excluir Jesus Cristo, cuja façanha bíblica de andar sobre a água é literalmente considerada um milagre do Novo Testamento, apenas um punhado de criaturas é conhecido por ser capaz de andar ou correr sobre a água. A maioria deles são pequenos insetos, mas há também um pequeno basilisco apelidado de lagarto Jesus Cristo por razões muito óbvias, mas o maior de todos eles são duas espécies de aves – o mergulhões ocidentais e de Clark. Eles podem correr na água por até 7 segundos e distâncias de cerca de 20 minutos como parte de um impressionante ritual de acasalamento.

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Ao contrário das aranhas e mosquitos que dependem de suas estruturas extremamente leves para aderir à superfície da água, os mergulhões de Western e Clark contam com outras vantagens únicas para correr na água. Essas aves geralmente pesam entre um quilo e meio e quatro quilos, tornando-os consideravelmente mais pesados ​​do que outros animais capazes de andar sobre a água. Na verdade, eles são os animais mais pesados ​​capazes desse feito notável .

Durante anos, a capacidade dos grebes de Western e Clark de permanecerem à tona por distâncias consideráveis ​​enquanto corriam na água iludiu os especialistas. Então, em 2015, uma equipe de cientistas americanos analisou imagens gravadas com câmeras de alta velocidade para tentar entender como os pássaros moviam os pés. Eles descobriram que os grebes dependiam de seus pés grandes e passos extremamente rápidos para realizar seu pequeno milagre.

 

Espécimes dessas duas espécies de pássaros usam suas patas largas e lobadas para bater na superfície da água, o que gera cerca de metade da força necessária para neutralizar seu peso. A maneira como eles levantam os pés da água – para o lado – também ajuda a reduzir o atrito. Mas isso por si só não é suficiente. Os grebes também são capazes de mover seus pés a uma velocidade muito alta, dando até 20 passos por segundo.

Curiosamente, tanto os mergulhões de Western quanto de Clark só realizam sua corrida de água, também conhecida como 'correr', durante seus rituais de acasalamento, o que significa que os cientistas não podem simplesmente levar espécimes para um laboratório e fazê-los replicar o ritual. Como o ruching até agora só foi analisado na natureza, usando imagens de vídeo, algum mistério ainda permanece em torno da maneira como os grebes usam seus pés debaixo d'água.

 

Embora 7 segundos de corrida na água possam não parecer muito longos, na verdade é extremamente impressionante para um pássaro tão grande e pesado como o grebe, e alguns cientistas referem-se à sua capacidade como uma espécie de 'mágica'.

Uma vez considerados a mesma espécie, os mergulhões de Western e Clark são quase idênticos e as características únicas de cada um são tão sutis que apenas observadores experientes podem diferenciá-los.

 

Addressing Intemperate Remarks about the PreTribulation Rapture

by Jeremy James 

The Adversary has different ways to attack the Word of God and it behoves believers to know what they are. Those who study His Word daily and take it to heart will learn to recognize what the sceptics are up to and act accordingly. Normally it is the attitude of these people that we recognize first. Unless they are experienced deceivers, they will generally behave as though they are scouting for a weakness or seeking a line of attack. However, three times in recent weeks I came across instances where commentators whom I thought were completely sincere said something which resounded like a thunder clap. There was no lead in, no sign that something was brewing. These individuals are generally fair and balanced in their approach, respectful of Scripture, and even-handed when discussing opinions that don’t match their own. Nevertheless they each announced, as though from nowhere, that the doctrine of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture was “Satanic”. 2 None of them attempted to present any scriptural evidence to support their opinion – which, by the way, was expressed with real passion. Nor did they issue their condemnation as part of a general review of false teaching in the church today. There seemed to be only one errant position on their mind, only one that deserved to be labelled “Satanic.” All three defined it as a heresy dreamt up by two Jesuits in the 18th century or part of a subversive plot involving C I Scofield in the early 20th century. That seemed to be their sole justification. One would have expected them to describe the great harm that this alleged heresy has caused, but they made no reference to that. Presumably their respective audiences were meant to nod their heads in silent agreement, as though the calumny was too well known to warrant further discussion. The bile and rancour of these outbursts was surprising. Even though they were premeditated they seemed to serve no purpose. Normally articulate, these people reverted momentarily to the level of a loudmouth who gets a buzz from chanting slogans and goading his audience. As we stated in a previous paper, the Enemy hates the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, so outbursts like these may become more common. A rainbow of mercy The Pre-Tribulation Rapture is like the rainbow, radiant with God’s mercy. Just as Satan mocks the rainbow, linking it blasphemously to all kinds of sexual perversion, he also likes to mock the “Blessed Hope” (Titus 2:13). The idea that Christ would return without warning for his bride is, to him, a gut-wrenching catastrophe. Just when he is about to spring his trap and capture the whole of mankind in his Antichrist deception, Lord Jesus comes from heaven, from the right hand of the Father, and carries his bride far from this troubled world. Believers everywhere will hear his voice and the trumpet of the Archangel, but everyone else will hear nothing. In an instant they are gone. This astonishing act of mercy really ought to awaken the sleeping and rebellious dwellers upon the earth, but seemingly it won’t. All kinds of confusing reasons will be given to explain the sudden disappearance of so many people. 3 The Babylonian lie The fallen angels who channeled the New Age plan to Alice Bailey, whose works now constitute the core teaching of Theosophy, were quite open about the removal from the earth of a certain class of people at the end of the age. They knew the Rapture would occur just as the Bible foretold and they needed an alternative way to explain it. Since it encompassed only those who were faithful to the LORD God of the Old Testament, Bailey called them “Jews”. This was her derogatory term for anyone who refused to take the Luciferian initiation offered by the Antichrist: “You have often been told how, at the close of this solar system, a certain percentage of the human family will fail to make the grade and will then be held in pralaya, or in solution, until the time for the manifestation of the next and third solar system comes around.” – The Externalization of the Hierarchy, p.41 She added: “When that happens, the problem will be rapidly solved and one of the major difficulties will disappear off the face of the earth.” So who will “disappear off the face of the earth”? The church, of course. This is the portion “of the human family” which failed “to make the grade.” The Ascended Masters – the deified gurus of Theosophy – had to remove them from the earth before the Antichrist could begin his ministry and lead humanity into the New Age. Had they been allowed to remain they would have constituted a “major difficulty” and jeopardized the serene mystical process of Cosmic Transformation. Even though they have their answers ready, the architects of The Great Reset are not keen that believers put their trust in the Blessed Hope. It is not called by that name for nothing! Someone who has that hope has certainty. He is secure in Jesus and unshakeable in his faith. The Enemy hates this since it greatly reduces the impact of his disabling End Time weapon – universal fear and trepidation. He intends to use fear on a scale never seen before, to cripple the masses and drive them like a stampeding herd into the beguiling arms of the Antichrist. 4 The closer we get to that critical period in history, the more dangerous are those who are not shaken by the ever-expanding campaign of terror. Just as the entire effect is spoiled if just one person in a theatre chuckles during a tense and frightening scene, the dark theatrical performance that the Enemy has prepared will lose a lot of its force if a small group of people refuse to buckle. They will continue to remind the world that Satan breaks his teeth when he tries to chew on God’s Word. They will trust in the promises that God made and will repeat again and again the commitment that Jesus made to the church at Philadelphia: "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." (Revelation 3:10) Those who condemn the doctrine of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture as “Satanic” should look carefully at what God has said – lest they break their teeth. The Blessed Hope was revealed for a reason and we take a lot upon ourselves when we treat it lightly. Perhaps the critics think the church is weakened by this doctrine? If so, they have no respect for the promise that Jesus made to the church at Philadelphia. In their view everyone should go through the Tribulation, but in making this claim they are showing an arrogant disregard for what the Bible teaches about Calvary, God’s Wrath, the nature of the Church, and much else besides. How to avoid the worst mistakes Since we have covered this doctrine in detail in previous papers, we will not go over it again here. However, we would like to draw attention to a set of verses which, by themselves, obliterate the case made by the sceptics. Perhaps they won’t induce a diehard sceptic to change his position, but they may help other believers, who are less sure about the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, to avoid making the same mistakes. We’ll start with one of the most beautiful doctrines in the Bible, the day of Jesus Christ. 5 The Day of Jesus Christ This doctrine is not properly understood because of scandalous corruptions in several modern translations of God’s Word. The corruption in this instance is very subtle but also very damaging. The Textus Receptus, which was used as the exclusive source for the translation of the KJV, includes the following Greek words in 1 Corinthians 5:5: ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ The last word is Ἰησοῦ - iēsous or Jesus. The full verse in the KJV reads: “To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” (1 Corinthians 5:5) [KJV] Incredibly the word “Jesus” is omitted from several modern translations, including the New International Version (NIV), the English Standard Version (ESV), the Christian Standard Bible (CSB), the New English Translation (NET), and the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) – see box below: “hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.” [NIV] “you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.” [ESV] “hand that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.” [CSB] “turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.” [NET] “turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.” [HCSB] Why did the translators do this? Was it because they didn’t understand the passage or because they were engaged in a deliberate deception? Many Christians will think the difference is slight, when in fact it is enormous. The false translations are referring to “the day of the LORD”, while the KJV is referring to “the day of the Lord Jesus”. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME! 6 The day of the LORD is the day of God’s wrath upon a sinful and rebellious world. The day of the Lord Jesus, on the other hand, is the day Jesus comes for his church. The first “day” is a period of time, seven years. The second is a specific day. They do not and cannot overlap. We know this because they are described as distinct events, each having its own time or “day” in the LORD’s calendar. For this reason alone the day of the Lord Jesus cannot fall in the period known as the day of the LORD. We also know that Jesus returns with his saints during the day of the LORD. THEREFORE the Rapture (Harpazo) must take place before the day of the LORD commences. The following words appear in 2 Thessalonians 2:2 of the Textus Receptus, the original Greek text used by the translators of the KJV: ἐνέστηκεν ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ Χριστοῦ The last word is Χριστοῦ - Christos or Christ. The full verse in the KJV reads: “That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.” (2 Thessalonians 2:2) [KJV] Once again the modern translators did their cunning work and replaced “Christ” with the word “Lord”, thereby changing the meaning from the day of Jesus Christ to the day of the LORD. The duplicity shown by these alleged experts is shocking. The versions include the New International Version (NIV), the English Standard Version (ESV), the Christian Standard Bible (CSB), the New English Translation (NET), the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the Revised Standard Version (RSV), the American Standard Version (ASV), and the New Living Translation [NLT] – see box below: 7 “not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us – whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter – asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.” [NIV] “not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.” [ESV] “not to be easily upset or troubled, either by a prophecy or by a message or by a letter supposedly from us, alleging that the day of the Lord has come.” [CSB] “not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.” [NET] “that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.” [NASB] “not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.” [RSV] “to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;” [ASV] “not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has come.” [HCSB] “Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun...” [NLT] 8 The Day of the LORD We’ll now look briefly at some verses that show the stark difference between the day of the LORD and the day of Jesus Christ: “Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.” (Amos 5:18) As Amos tells us, the day of the LORD is not something anyone should look forward to! It is a day of darkness, and not light. He then adds the following: “Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?” (Amos 5:20) Again he stresses the depth of spiritual darkness that will characterize the day of the LORD. He confirms also that there will be “no brightness” in it. Is not the Rapture of the church an occasion of spiritual “brightness” and “light”? Of course it is! – therefore it cannot occur during the day of the LORD. Isaiah refers in stark terms to the day of the LORD, a time of calamity and destruction from the hand of God, when all men shall howl. Lest anyone miss the horrifying significance of this, he describes it in more detail a few verses later: “Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.” (Isaiah 13:6) 9 “Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.” (Isaiah 13:9) Ezekiel tells us that the day of the LORD is uniquely “the time of the heathen”. The “heathen” are those who have rejected the Gospel. If this is the case, then the church CANNOT be involved: “For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.” (Ezekiel 30:3) God in His Mercy repeats this singular truth in the short book of Obadiah: “For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.” (Obadiah 1:15) We must pay attention to what the Word of God is telling us! The Tribulation is the day of the LORD, a time when the heathen – those who have rejected the Gospel – will be judged severely by God. As they have done, so will it be done unto them. The Age of Grace has ended and the church is no longer on the earth, leaving behind it a great spiritual darkness. The heathen will be obliged to face the consequences of their rebellion, their arrogant refusal to accept the salvation offered by Jesus – “for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) 10 Jesus paid our sin debt on Calvary and he paid it in full. As believers, we are no longer under condemnation. The wrath of God will come upon the earth in the seven-year Tribulation, the great day of the LORD. It will be concerned exclusively with those who are still under condemnation, who in their pride are determined to find salvation by some other means. The church cannot be here on earth while His “fierce anger” is poured out. “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” – John 14:3 This is the time that John the Baptist was referring to when he chided the Pharisees and the Sadducees for coming out into the wilderness to hear his message: “O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” (Matthew 3:7). In contrast, the Apostle Paul tells us that believers will be rescued (or delivered) by Jesus from the wrath to come, and that they are waiting patiently for this precious moment: “And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.” (1 Thessalonians 1:10) To know that we will be delivered or rescued from the wrath to come is a joy and a blessed hope. It is a special day indeed, the day of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul liked to remind believers of the joy he experienced when he thought of the many souls – known to him personally here on earth – who would stand with him in the presence of our Lord on that special day: 11 “As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.” (2 Corinthians 1:14) “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:” (Philippians 1:6) “That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;” (Philippians 1:10) “Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.” (Philippians 2:16) CONCLUSION There is so much more we could say. Our earlier papers cover the subject in detail, setting out and expounding the numerous passages in God’s Word that point very clearly to a Pre-Tribulation Rapture. Do believers “deserve” to be rescued in this way? Not at all! As the Psalmist said, “...verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity...” (Psalm 39:5) We have done nothing to merit salvation. Neither have we done anything to merit the Blessed Hope. Christ earned this great blessing for us on Calvary. He paid the price. He paid our sin debt in full and freed us from the power of Satan. Everyone else on earth, whether they know it or not, are governed by Satan and subject to the Satanic world system. As we have already seen, the Bible refers to them as “them that dwell upon the earth”: "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." (Revelation 3:10) The original Greek word for "dwell" in the phrase "dwell upon the earth" has a deeper meaning than its English counterpart. The more usual Greek word is oikeo, which means simply ‘to dwell’, while the word used by John in the book of Revelation is katoikeo, which means to dwell permanently. It is used, for example, to describe the fullness of the Godhead that dwells in Christ Jesus (Colossians 2:9). Therefore "them that dwell upon the earth" are those who see the earth as their true home. As such they are citizens of the earth by choice. 12 It is deeply troubling to think that most of the population of the earth today are in this category. In the Age of Grace the Holy Spirit shed abundantly His wonderful mercy, reaching out to all who sincerely longed for Truth. Nevertheless, a huge proportion did not have any real love for the Truth and failed to heed His call. They are those who “received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” (2 Thessalonians 2:10). God could justly close the door right now, but He intends instead to offer all who dwell upon the earth one last opportunity to accept His Son. The suffering of the Tribulation, “the hour of temptation”, will spur many of these rebellious souls to repent, to set aside their pride and humbly accept the priceless gift of salvation. Incredibly, in His Mercy – before this great door closes – He will send forth tens of thousands of witnesses to preach the Gospel over the entire earth and issue a final warning to mankind. 

Jeremy James Ireland April 2, 2022

The Old World Order is About to Slide into Chaos

by Jeremy James 

It doesn’t take much imagination to see that Europe is rapidly slipping into a major energy crisis, with all that this entails. On the other hand, it takes a lot of imagination to believe it will somehow sort itself out. It won’t. This crisis has been carefully planned, where a significant proportion of the energy needed to fuel the largest economy in Europe depends entirely on the good will of just one country. Russia can cause chaos in Germany by simply shutting down the Nord Stream pipelines. Past premiers, Schröder and Merkel, among others, were instrumental in getting Germany ensnared in this way. The leading German industrialists – who control companies like Volkswagen, Siemens, Bosch, Audi, BMW, Bayer etc – said nothing at any time about this insane situation because they are part of this great betrayal. The energy crisis will afflict the whole of Europe, driving tens of thousands of companies out of business. Consider the Netherlands, for example. Their elaborate food production facilities, which operate under glass, make extensive use of affordable energy to heat and irrigate their crops. The escalating costs will either put them out of business or force them to charge such high prices for their produce that consumers will take to the streets. 2 The coming social unrest We are about to witness serious social unrest across Europe. Middle-class families will struggle to pay their heating and electricity bills, in addition to the severe hike in the price of food and standard household items. We are not looking at just one country in this dreadful bind, but an entire continent. A great many elderly people, living off a fixed income, will be made to endure freezing conditions in their own homes. Many will be forced to relocate to heated community centers to avoid freezing to death. Those who are unable to do so will need emergency intervention. The hospital services will be overloaded and huge numbers of residents will die in care homes across Europe. It should be obvious, for those who care to look, that Europe is under attack. There is a well-known dictum: Prepare for the next war, not the last one. The nature of war has changed. The public find it hard to imagine a war without guns and direct person-to-person aggression. For example, if one country poisons another by stealth, is that war? Of course it is, but the victims may not live long enough to learn how an undeclared enemy had attacked and destroyed them. The weapons in modern warfare are not necessarily made of steel. If a country is brought to the brink of economic ruin by the international banking cartel, then that country has come under attack. If a country is overrun by “refugees” and “migrants”, it too is under economic attack. That assault may later translate into a direct internal attack as the newcomers coalesce into strident ethnic groups which oppose or seek advantage over the indigenous population. An unelected cabal known as the EU Commission is steering the whole of Europe into a terrible storm. 3 The weapons being directed against Europe The main non-military weapons being directed against Europe are discussed below. These have been used for decades to slowly crush Europe in the style of an African python. The constriction has been slow and few seem to have seen it happening, but the serpentine asphyxiation of all these nations has been worked out in detail. The very institutions that we believed were ‘protecting’ Europe were actually complicit in this insidious strategy. 1. The infiltration of governments The first weapon is the installation of governments via the ‘democratic’ process which, unknown to the public, are actually working for world communism, the international banking system, the multinational corporations, or in accordance with another agenda hostile to the interests of the host country. Most European countries appear to have been infiltrated in this way. This means they are steering their respective nations into the maw of the New World Order. 2. Debt slavery The second weapon is the massive level of national debt which most countries in Europe have allowed to accumulate. In a time of long-run prosperity and steady growth in the world economy, there was no reason for this. All of these countries should have been running a surplus. The ‘globalists’ have long used debt slavery as a means to weaken nations and impose conditions which advance the NWO agenda. 3. Stealth invasion 3. The opening of Europe to a vast influx of “refugees” from the Middle East and North Africa. This has been permitted even in the absence of any apparent economic or humanitarian purpose. In a great many instances these immigrants are an economic drain on the national economy. Furthermore, the criteria for admission appear to be nominal and designed to facilitate easy entry. In additi0n to this, very large numbers of migrants are gaining entry illegally. We are asked to believe they are paying hefty sums to middle-men to convey them to Europe when we know most of them are being assisted by a few dozen NGOs funded by the ‘globalists’. There is little evidence that the governments of Europe are making a concerted effort to prevent these massive waves of illegal immigration. For example, inflatable dinghies are landing on the east and south coasts of England on a daily basis, each carrying a dozen or more illegal immigrants, most of whom are fit young men of military age. 4 Severe damage has been done to the social fabric of Sweden by legal, government approved immigration. Large Islamic enclaves have developed and the national crime rate has soared. A sizeable proportion of the population of France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands is now Islamic. The risk that this poses to the future stability of these nations hardly needs to be cited. An ever-growing non-integrating ethnic group, with a strong antipathy to Christianity and Christian values, is certain to pose a future threat to national security if and when appropriate methods of incitement are used. These enclaves are powder kegs with a short fuse. Islamic Malmo, 2022. Malmo is one of Sweden’s largest cities. 4. Energy restrictions The fourth weapon directed at Europe is the gradual suppression of energy diversity through the bogus science of ‘global warming’. Germany has shut down her nuclear power generators to reduce the risk to the environment – which makes no sense whatever. It has also significantly reduced its dependence on oil and switched to natural gas, which is allegedly more environmentally friendly. This was done in the knowledge that its future energy needs would be greatly reliant on the availability of natural gas from its main supplier, Russia. Large sums of money have also been paid to build wind-powered generators, unreliable and inefficient devices which cannot possibly supply all of the energy lost by the ongoing reduction in oil consumption. Carbon targets and quotas, which are based on outrageously dishonest scientific models, are being used deceitfully to impose severe restrictions on power generation and industrial output. The real-world impact of these bogus targets will cause great hardship. For example, the Dutch government is trying to persuade one third of the nation’s farmers to cease production by 2030 in order to reduce nitrogen emissions. The resulting loss of agricultural produce – our food!! – would seem to be of little concern. The perverse willingness of the Dutch government to make demands of this kind is proof that the ‘globalists’ are prepared to use extreme intimidation and threats of imprisonment to enforce draconian restrictions and, by this means, cripple industrial and agricultural output. 5 Inefficient and unreliable wind turbines in a German town. These ridiculous structures are very costly to erect and maintain. 5. Inflationary pricing strategies The fifth weapon is closely related to #4. Poor energy diversity means prices can rise suddenly if supply is interrupted, and they can rise prodigiously if it is greatly reduced. The closure of the LPG pipelines by Russia is essentially an attack on Germany and other European countries. The price of virtually everything will be affected. Inflation will take off and severe social hardship is inevitable. The cost of producing fertilizer will also increase substantially, resulting in greatly inflated food prices. Even by traditional standards what Russia has done is an act of war. European countries may have brought this upon themselves by imposing economic sanctions on Russia – in response to its invasion of the Ukraine – but, for families struggling to survive, the outcome is the same. As a globalist catspaw, the EU Commission has betrayed the citizens of Europe. 6. The stealth introduction of foreign militia The sixth weapon in this war will only be discernible to those who see how the other five weapons are being deployed. Once one realizes that Europe is under attack from within, it becomes clear that popular resistance or push-back must be expected at some stage. Already we are seeing massive protests by Dutch farmers, as well as large protest rallies in many European cities. Increasing popular unrest will result in direct conflict between protestors and law enforcement. As more and more citizens conclude that their governments have betrayed them, the social contract will break down. Many disaffected citizens, especially those on lower incomes, will loot retail outlets in retaliation. Some will vent their anger by attacking and burning buildings which they identify with the ruling elite. Politicians and other establishment figures may face real threats to their physical safety. When this happens curfews will be imposed and, quite possibly, martial law. 6 The above is a screenshot from a short pre-recorded video of the Queen which was broadcast at her Jubilee and shown on a giant screen to the huge audience outside Buckingham Palace. She is depicted in an animated sketch with Paddington Bear. The two are having tea together and the bear says: “Perhaps you would like a marmalade sandwich? I always keep one for emergencies.” “So do I,” she replies, as she proudly takes a sandwich from her purse: “I keep mine in here.” The Elite are saying to the world: ‘We control your daily bread.’ This blasphemous boast is directed against the prayer given to us by Jesus: “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread...” 7 The Elite know they cannot be absolutely certain that their own security forces – police and military – will protect them. Many of the rank and file will have witnessed scenes which lead them to believe that the government lied to the people with criminal intent. The authorities cannot risk having to deal with a breakaway group of this kind. In order to avoid this happening, disaffected elements within the security forces will need to be removed quickly and, if necessary, brutally. The only way to do this is to use armed enforcers who have no patriotic allegiance to the country – in short, foreigners with military training, men who will have no qualms about arresting and, if necessary, executing whomever the government directs. The usual way to do this is to formally request foreign assistance after the trouble has started, for example by calling on the UN to intervene. But this would leave an appreciable time gap between the start of unrest and the arrival of foreign aid. So how will the governments of Europe meet this threat? We believe many countries have counter-insurgency troops in place already. They could have crossed the border in the guise of ‘migrants’ and been assigned to cities and towns across the country. As we noted above, a large proportion of these ‘migrants’ and ‘refugees’ are fit young men, many of whom may already have received military training in their country of origin. Illegal migrants, mostly fit young men, approach the English coastline in 2022. They seem confident that the authorities will not do much to prevent them from entering the UK. 8 Take the case of Ireland. In the period 2020-2021, about 150,000 immigrants gained legal entry into our country (There are believed to be many more who arrived illegally). It would have been a simple matter to conceal an undercover militia of 15,000 men among that number. Under ‘normal’ circumstances, we would be justified in dismissing this possibility as absurd. But these are not normal circumstances. What is happening in Europe at the moment is anything but normal. Ireland is in the ‘war zone’ and is scheduled to fall beneath the wheels of international Communism, just like the rest of Europe. - two personal observations Two personal observations may help to put this in perspective. A few weeks ago I went to the local cove for a swim. The beach was packed with noisy families enjoying the spell of fine weather. As I got ready to leave I noticed three well-built men sitting apart from the crowd. They were clearly eastern European. I watched them for about twenty minutes to see if I could shake off the suspicion that they were off-duty military personnel. Their demeanor and general behavior only reinforced my initial assessment. Perhaps I was mistaken. After all, what would foreign military personnel be doing on Irish soil? Only later did the penny drop. When I related this episode to a wide-awake Christian friend, he said he had been told by a contact in the Gardai (the Irish police) that, unknown to the Irish public, UN troops were being trained in Irish policing procedures by the Gardai. He didn’t know how many UN troops were in the country for this purpose but, even if the contingent is small, it is proof that something very strange is happening within our borders, with the approval of the Irish government. The same would seem to be happening in the UK. Boatloads of fit young men arrive in the UK every day, most of whom appear to be from Eastern Europe or the Middle East. A small number are ‘detained’ by immigration officers at Dover and sent back to France or – if you would believe it – Rwanda, but the vast majority merge quietly into the population. A great many more arrive by night along the east coast, uncounted and undetected. This has been happening continuously for several years under the tightly shut eyes of the UK government. They keep coming. 9 - the situation in the UK It is estimated that there are around one million illegal immigrants in the UK, comprising men, women and children. If only 5 percent of these are part of an undercover militia, they still amount to a force of 50,000 men. The total number of police officers in the UK is 135,000, down from 170,000 ten years ago. So, while the hidden threat is growing, the number of police officers is falling. Furthermore, given that a large percentage of police officers in the UK are Freemasons, including virtually every officer of senior rank, the possibility that a meaningful number might question the authority of the government is very remote. Hidden in plain sight. The Freemasons control the British police force. 7. Fiat currency and paper assets The seventh weapon is fiat currency, the deliberate proliferation of banknotes (and paper assets) which are underpinned by nothing. This weapon is being used on a grand scale all over the world, not just Europe. At a time of their choosing, the Elite will press the button and cause the entire financial system to implode (See our paper #323). They may do this under the cover of a major ‘natural’ disaster – such as a tsunami hitting London or New York. In reality the ‘natural’ disaster would be caused by manmade submarine explosions. Why has there been so much talk in the media about asteroids and the awful possibility that one of them might shortly collide with the earth? This has been going on for over twenty years, with more and more baleful reports of “near misses” which could have had catastrophic consequences for life on earth. If the impact occurred in the Atlantic ocean, it is alleged, it could launch a devastating tsunami at both the US and European coastlines. The public is being gradually conditioned to believe this deceitful, idiotic nonsense. The propaganda is supplemented by powerful images and emotional scenes in movies and television programs which purport to depict an asteroid impact. 10 This photo, which was released by NASA in 2018, purports to show an asteroid named ‘Bennu’ taken by the OSIRIS-REx ‘spacecraft’. These peculiar names are blatantly Masonic. The ‘Bennu’ in Egyptian mythology was a divine bird closely associated with the sun, dawn, and the pagan gods Ra and Osiris. Like most (if not all) NASA photos, it is a forgery, a mock-up produced in a studio using graphic-design software. Asteroids are a hoax, yet another mythical entity in the arsenal of poison arrows devised by Satan and his earthly servants. Just as a hunter has a quiver full of arrows, these wicked deceivers have a quiver full of lies: “Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.” – Psalm 64 CONCLUSION A great barrier to understanding what is happening today is the belief that wars take place only between countries. This isn’t true. In fact, when two countries enter into conflict, it is often because a third country or outside agency has used lies and intrigue to stir up tension between them; then, having done so, it provides both sides with the arms and matériel needed to conduct the war. This third party is generally working with the international banking system, without which the funds needed to finance the war would not be available. The enemy that is attacking Europe is not a country but a cartel, a consortium of ultrarich families which for generations have been working together to mold the world according to their will. Each war reshapes the political landscape in some way according to their wishes, and at the same time enables the cartel to extract enormous profits and capital gains from one or both of the countries embroiled in the conflict. The City of London, the center of world finance, would appear to have a role in virtually all of these wars. 11 The cartel wants to impose on Europe – as well as the US and Canada – the same system of social and economic control that it has already successfully imposed on China. One may ask, how could the small group of families which control China have managed to enslave 1,400 million people in this way? We can see from this that huge political power can be exercised by just a few players in a hierarchical system. As the Word of God states: “Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.” (James 3:4) 12 EU Commission The Queen’s video was also giving a warning to mankind: ‘Do you have a store of food set aside in case of an emergency?’ 13 Time is very, very short. Before long we may not be able to communicate like this. The Enemy is racing ahead. As Christians, we need to remember the wonderful grace and mercy of our Heavenly Father. We may not understand why such distress must come upon the earth, but we must trust our Father. Known unto Him were all things from the foundation of the world. We must pray for one another and encourage those near to us in every way we can. They will be bewildered beyond measure and unable to grasp what is happening. Our patience, our composure, and our trust in Jesus will mean a lot to them at this critical hour. In closing I would like to thank all of those readers who prayed for my protection over the past 12 years or so. It meant a great deal to me. These prayers were a great blessing when the going got rough. With love in the precious Name of Jesus. _____________ 

Jeremy James Ireland September 9, 2022

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