Prophet Dr. Arroyo B. Sanders's Posts - Black Preaching Network2024-03-28T17:54:52ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSandershttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/61493698?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://abcpreachers.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=0f92p3vjklx9w&xn_auth=noTHE CHURCH: ARE YOU SERVING GOD OR BAAL?tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-04-13:916966:BlogPost:12900362010-04-13T07:00:00.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
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The church of today has become a business instead of the Body of Christ which Jesus Christ Built and died for so many years ago. We have entered into a Covenant with the worldly system (Revelation refers to her as the whore of Babylon) and have removed Jesus from His rightful place over His Church! Apostles, Prophets, Pastors, etc. have sold their souls to the world for fame, fortune, money and material things. They rather compete against one another... who preach better, who has…
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The church of today has become a business instead of the Body of Christ which Jesus Christ Built and died for so many years ago. We have entered into a Covenant with the worldly system (Revelation refers to her as the whore of Babylon) and have removed Jesus from His rightful place over His Church! Apostles, Prophets, Pastors, etc. have sold their souls to the world for fame, fortune, money and material things. They rather compete against one another... who preach better, who has the most members, etc. They no longer go after the things of God but have made covenants with the world/ prince of this world/ satan, that devil. They have laid with the harlot called Babylon.<br/>
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Lets take this a little further shall we. In the book of Numbers in chapter 22, we find the story of a man called Balaam. Balaam was asked of the king of Moab, to curse the children of Israel in return the king promised to bless Balaam with riches, fame, etc. <br/>
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Now lets look at this covenant we have made with the government (system of Babylon/ commercial commerce). So the church becomes a corporation/incorporation with the government or enters into a covenant with the government in return the government grants the church certain benefits, such as tax exemption under the 501c3 system of commerce, and then in return the church sells her soul to the world and are confined to the rules and laws of the worldly system they have put in the place of God.<br/>
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Balaam agreed to curse the children of Israel even after God forbid him to do so. In doing so, Balaam signed his soul to be under the king of Moab for some riches, a name of fortune, a little fame, etc. and all he had to do to get all this was disobey God and follow the rule of a man name... Balak, the king of Moab.<br/>
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Today, churches have done the same thing. And in doing so, they have put themselves under the authority of a system that has nothing to do with the statues and laws of God. They have signed a covenant to obey and follow every and all rules and laws that the government has, have, or will set into play.<br/>
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HINT: The outcome of Balaam is when he couldn't curse the Children of Israel/ God, He instead set a stumbling block in their path. Numbers 25:1 -9; 31:15 -17( see also: II Peter 2:14-15; Jude1:11; Revelation 2:14)<br/>
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So lets look at a few definitions here:<br/>
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* Corporation: A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. All corporations, both for-profit and non-profit (501(c)(3), are an artificial, separate legal person or entity created by law and established by the state that is composed of individuals who exist in a body politic. A corporation is a collection of individuals united in one body by such a grant of privileges as secures succession of members without changing the identity of the body and constitutes the members for the time being an artificial person or legal being capable of transacting the corporate/company business like a natural person in commerce. Corporations are created for trading, selling, exchanging wholesale or retail merchandising either for-profit or non-profit (501(c)(3). Because of their legal recognition as business entities, are the embodiment of State-granted business franchises, merchandising and engaging in commerce according to the terms of their charter/Articles of Incorporation. <br/>
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* System: A group pf personnel, material equipment, and procedures which combine to accomplish a specific purpose.<br/>
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* Dictatorship: : a form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique. A government organization or group in which absolute power is so concentrated. It is a system of tyranny.<br/>
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* Tyranny: oppressive power ; especially : oppressive power exerted by government . A rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force. <br/>
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A system may provide freedom or slavery and freedom exists only under authority. A business operates under the authority of management to provide freedom to employees who operate within the boundaries of that authority. <br/>
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As a agent of the government, you are required by law to carry out the order of the government regardless, for you have given yourself over to a new master to govern you and your soul. <br/>
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You think I am lying, read further:<br/>
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In 1954 Senator Lydon B. Johnson slipped an amendment on the end of the Ways and Means Bill approving funds for each agency of the government of this Act as to what they could spend in support to a political candidate. This Bill was passed without any public debate by Congress. <br/>
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The Act of Congress stated any corporation organized under this Act is an Agency of the United States. <br/>
This is the I.R.C. section 501(c)(3). <br/>
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It gives the IRS supreme access to the agencies of the 501(c)(3). I.R.C. section 501(c)(3) states that 50l corporations incorporated under this section are exempted from taxes. <br/>
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Any corporation organized under the 1954 Act of Congress are an Instrument (channel) of the United States if such corporation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, educational purposes………. <br/>
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What the I.R.C. is saying is that a 501(c)(3) is a business corporation which is an instrument of the government organized for religious purposes with a privilege of tax exemption to operate a non-profit business in commerce. <br/>
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If a church is incorporated with a 50l(c)(3) non-profit business franchise corporation, it is an instrument of the government for religious purposes and for doing business of religion.<br/>
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A Pastor I know asked the question, "Tell me how does the church run today without the state?"<br/>
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<b>WELL... IT RUNS BY GOD THROUGH FAITH DEPENDING ON HIM TO GIVE YOU THE<br/>
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO USE THAT SAME KNOWLEDGE WITH WISDOM IN<br/>
SEEKING HIM FIRST WHILE CASTING ALL YOUR CARES UPON HIM AND HE WILL ADD<br/>
UNTO YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO CARRY ON AND FAINT NOT, TO FINISH THE<br/>
RACE THAT HE HAS SET BEFORE YOU. <br/>
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DON'T YOU KNOW THAT ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH HIM!!!<br/>
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I NEVER READ THAT JESUS WENT TO THE ROMAN EMPEROR/ GOVERNORS FOR ANY<br/>
ASSISTANTS IN HIS 3 AND A HALF YEARS ON THIS EARTH. <br/>
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IS HE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE OUR EXAMPLE ON HOW WE WALK, TALK, AND LIVE?</b><br/><br/><br/>
Question: DID YOU KNOW THAT THE BIBLE TELLS US TO "STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED" AND THAT "PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE"<br/>
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Lets continue....<br/>
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The Babel of Genesis 11 is seen as having three systems: The religious system, the political system, and the commercial system. <br/>
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The religious system was one world religion. The term “before the Lord” means in open rebellion before Yahweh. The tower was an organized effort to bring people to a central location and to unite their allegiance. The people worshiped the sun, moon, and stars. Some worshiped idols, beast, and various spiritual gods. A temple at its apex would provide a center and an altar where man could offer their sacrifices and worship of their particular god(s). <br/>
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The political Babylon centered on the unity and was enforced by their great leader Nimrod, which means “let us rebel.” He began to be a “mighty hunter,” which is believed to mean that he was a hunter of man or an enslaver of man. The term “mighty one” to describe Nimrod is the same word used for giants in Genesis chapter six. History records that he said to them, “Depart from the judgment of the Yahweh and adhere to the judgment of Nimrod.” <br/>
Nimrod’s plan was to have a one-world government and one leader of all people through mass unity. As “all one people” they would have no need for God. Nimrod would be god unto the people. Lucifer had found a body he could live in and be worshiped. He became the perfect blueprint of the coming Antichrist. God saw man’s purpose and declared “nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.” The Lord confounded their language to squelch their rebellion so He would not have to destroy every living creature again and scattered them abroad. But the rebellion continued and is still continuing until the day of the Lord. <br/>
Hammurabi, the descendant of Nimrod, was the political ruler who chiefly established the greatness of Babylon, the world’s first metropolis. He accomplished what Nimrod was not able to succeed. He ruled the entire known world at that time know as Babylonia. By far the most remarkable of the Hammurabi records is code of laws, the earliest-known example of a ruler proclaiming publicly to this people an entire body of laws, arranged in orderly groups. The codes, which we call statutes today, then regulated in clear and definite strokes the organization of society. It was reserved for the genius of Hammurabi to make Babylon his metropolis and weld together his vast empire by a uniform system of law. <br/>
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His Babylonian Empire system consisted of the following characteristics: <br/>
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1.) Ability to contract, including deeds, conveyances, bonds, receipts and bank accounts.<br/>
2.) Interest on loans and ability to receive interest for money.<br/>
3.) Ability to trade and operate business through corporations.<br/>
4.) All religious worshipers organized by contract/corporation as branch of the Kingdom<br/>
5.) Government tax system.<br/>
6.) Individuals and businesses were taxed and the wealth is redistributed.<br/>
7.) Advanced legal system with courts that hear cases plead by individuals.<br/>
8.) Courts consist of one judge and twelve jurors.<br/>
9.) Cases can be appealed to a higher court where a group of judges hear the case.<br/>
10.) Legal decisions by judges are recorded and used to determine future cases.<br/>
11.) Individuals in cases are asked to give an oath by gods before entering their testimony.<br/>
12.) All pleas and testimonies are recorded.<br/>
13.) Once a decision is given it is enforced and record of the case is given to all involved.<br/>
14.) Great stress is laid on the production of written evidence.<br/>
15.) Lawsuits were common. <br/>
16.) Physicians and veterinary surgeons could be sued for bad work.<br/>
17.) Birth, marriage and death were registered by the Government.<br/>
18.) Marriage was considered a contract registered by the Government.<br/>
19.) Divorce was permitted; men were required to pay the ex-wife and children.<br/>
20.) Government could take any piece of land for a price, if needed.<br/>
21.) Government could demand men for the army for a limited number of years. Religious abjection’s are <br/>
recognized.<br/>
22.) Government regulates liquor traffic.<br/>
23.) Schools are run by the government.<br/>
24.) Labor is specialized.<br/>
25.) The position of women was free and dignified.<br/>
26.) Adoption was common and carried out in the courts.<br/>
27.) Government is centralized and “big.”<br/>
28.) The population of Babylonia was of many races. <br/>
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Everyone had an identification number (Social Security Number which you receive at birth is our identification number) ; the slaves were marked or branded with their identification number on the forearm of the arm or on their hand which could only be removed by a surgical operation (this is what is stated in Revelation as the mark of the beast. This has started in some states known as The Real ID Act). <br/>
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What other Nation that you are familiar with has the preceding characteristics? The United States of America! The present day Babylonian system that covers the whole world as we know it today. <br/>
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This is just a small blog of my studies. There is much more out there to learn. I am not telling you what you need to accept but the choice is yours. <br/>
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So my final question to you is... WILL YOU BE LIKE THE 3 HEBREW BOYS? (DANIEL 3:16 -18) OR WILL YOU BE LIKE BALAAM? (NUMBERS 22).<br/>
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IT'S TIME TO CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM WILL YOU SERVE... BAAL OR THE LORD! (I KINGS 18: 21)<br/>World's Longest Marriage...All I can say is WOW...What A Blessitag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-03-23:916966:BlogPost:12670052010-03-23T19:56:40.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
For the married and those who will be getting married, it's all good sound advice. Check it out!<br></br>
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<br></br> Meet Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher of North Carolina. They have been married 85 years (86 in May) and hold the Guinness World Record for the longest marriage of a living couple and get this…. Zelmyra is 101 years old and Herbert is 104.<br></br>
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The happily married couple teamed up with twitter this Valentine’s Day to answer some…
For the married and those who will be getting married, it's all good sound advice. Check it out!<br/>
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<br/> Meet Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher of North Carolina. They have been married 85 years (86 in May) and hold the Guinness World Record for the longest marriage of a living couple and get this…. Zelmyra is 101 years old and Herbert is 104.<br/>
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The happily married couple teamed up with twitter this Valentine’s Day to answer some relationship questions. Check out their take on finding love, getting through hard times and more. Good read.<br/>
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1. What made you realize that you could spend the rest of your lives together? Were you scared at all?<br/>
H & Z: With each day that passed, our relationship was more solid and secure. Divorce was NEVER an option - or even a thought.<br/>
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2. How did you know your spouse was the right one for you?<br/>
We grew up together & were best friends before we married. A friend is for life - our marriage has lasted a lifetime<br/>
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3. Is there anything you would do differently after more than 80 years of marriage?<br/>
We wouldn’t change a thing. There’s no secret to our marriage, we just did what was needed for each other & our family.<br/>
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4. What is your advice to someone who is trying to keep the faith that Mr. Right is really out there?<br/>
Zelmyra: Mine was just around the corner! He is never too far away, so keep the faith - when you meet him, you’ll know.<br/>
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5. What was the best piece of marriage advice you ever received?<br/>
Respect, support & communicate with each other. Be faithful, honest & true. Love each other with ALL of your heart<br/>
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6. What are the most important attributes of a good spouse?<br/>
Zelmyra: A hard worker & good provider. The 1920s were hard, but Herbert wanted & provided the best for us. I married a good man!<br/>
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7. What is your best Valentine’s Day memory?<br/>
Zelmyra: I cook dinner EVERY day. Herbert left work early & surprised me – he cooked dinner for me! He is a VERY good cook!<br/>
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Herbert: I said that I was going to cook dinner for her & she could relax - the look on her face & clean plate made my day!<br/>
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8. You got married very young – how did u both manage to grow as individuals yet not grow apart as a couple?<br/>
“Everyone who plants a seed & harvests the crop celebrates together” We are individuals, but accomplish more together.<br/>
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9. What is your fondest memory of your 85-year marriage?<br/>
Our legacy: 5 children, 10 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild.<br/>
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10. Does communicating get easier with time? How do you keep your patience?<br/>
The children are grown, so we talk more now. We can enjoy our time on the porch or our rocking chairs - together.<br/>
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11. How did you cope when you had to be physically separated for long periods of time?<br/>
Herbert: We were apart for 2 months when Z was hospitalized with our 5th child. It was the most difficult time of my life. Zelmyra’s mother helped me with the house and the other children, otherwise I would have lost my mind.<br/>
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12. At the end of bad relationship day, what is the most important thing to remind yourselves?<br/>
Remember marriage is not a contest – never keep a score. God has put the two of you together on the same team to win<br/>
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13. Is fighting important?<br/>
NEVER physically! Agree that it’s okay to disagree, & fight for what really matters. Learn to bend - not break!<br/>
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14. What’s the one thing you have in common that transcends everything else?<br/>
We are both Christians & believe in God. Marriage is a commitment to the Lord. We pray with & for each other every day.<br/>
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They also closed out the Q&A with one last message: We wish we could answer more questions! Thanks for your support and interest in our story - we are overwhelmed. And we wish you a happy Valentine’s Day - may it be filled with love and joy. God bless you all, Herbert and Zelmyra.WAS 911 PREDICTED BEFORE IT HAPPEN IN PLAIN SITE? OR IS THIS JUST COINCIDENCE?tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-03-11:916966:BlogPost:12540202010-03-11T18:51:01.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
MOST THINGS JUST DON'T HAPPEN, THEY'RE PLANNED OUT VERY CAREFULLY! HOW ELSE CAN A PERSON GET PEOPLE TO GIVE UP THEIR RIGHTS AS A HUMAN BEING!<br></br><br></br>TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO CLIP BELOW: JUST CLICK ON THE LINK AND YOU BE THE JUDGE.<br></br><br></br><br></br><a href="http://www.blackpreachingnetwork.com/video/did-they-know-xfiles-and">http://www.blackpreachingnetwork.com/video/did-they-know-xfiles-and<br></br></a><br></br><br></br>DID YOU KNOW THAT IT IS A RULE IN THE ILLUMINATI THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT
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MOST THINGS JUST DON'T HAPPEN, THEY'RE PLANNED OUT VERY CAREFULLY! HOW ELSE CAN A PERSON GET PEOPLE TO GIVE UP THEIR RIGHTS AS A HUMAN BEING!<br/><br/>TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO CLIP BELOW: JUST CLICK ON THE LINK AND YOU BE THE JUDGE.<br/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.blackpreachingnetwork.com/video/did-they-know-xfiles-and">http://www.blackpreachingnetwork.com/video/did-they-know-xfiles-and<br/></a><br/><br/>DID YOU KNOW THAT IT IS A RULE IN THE ILLUMINATI THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT
ANYTHING THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO CARRY OUT IN PLAIN VIEW BEFORE THEY<br />
DO IT.<br/>
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IS IT COINCIDENCE THAT OUR MOVIES AND TV SHOWS SHOW THINGS AND THEN THEY HAPPEN IN REALITY YEARS LATER.<br/>
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WE HAVE BEEN BREED TO ACCEPT A LIE, THE REALITY IS THAT IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP PEOPLE!<br/>
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"THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND"<br/>
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THE WORD OF GOD STATES THAT WE ARE DESTROYED FROM LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, SO<br />
STOP LETTING OTHER PEOPLE GIVE YOU KNOWLEDGE, AND START STUDYING AND<br />
GETTING FOR YOURSELF. HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY TEACH, SAY.<br/>
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I WILL BE POSTED MORE ON THIS SUBJECT BUT FOR NOW ENJOY! <br/>UPDATEStag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-02-13:916966:BlogPost:12192622010-02-13T16:50:10.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
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THE COVERING BASED ON BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES ONLY AND NOT MAN MADE, WORLDLY TRADITIONS!<br />
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WE ARE LOOKING TO FELLOWSHIP WITH PEOPLE AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART!<br />
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THE COVERING BASED ON BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES ONLY AND NOT MAN MADE, WORLDLY TRADITIONS!<br />
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WE ARE LOOKING TO FELLOWSHIP WITH PEOPLE AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART!<br />
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CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AND CONTACT US TO WALK IN LOVE AND UNITY!!!<br />
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<b><i>Rather you are a Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher, Bishop/Elder, Deacon, etc. You shall be held accountable for what you teach, say, and do to and among God's Church!!!</i></b><br />
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The Bible says, "How can the blind lead the blind..." Now all though, it was talking about an entire different situation. You have to think How can the blind lead the blind. They both don't know where they are going but can you hold them responsible for there actions if they don't know. No, you…
<b><i>Rather you are a Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher, Bishop/Elder, Deacon, etc. You shall be held accountable for what you teach, say, and do to and among God's Church!!!</i></b><br />
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The Bible says, "How can the blind lead the blind..." Now all though, it was talking about an entire different situation. You have to think How can the blind lead the blind. They both don't know where they are going but can you hold them responsible for there actions if they don't know. No, you can't!<br />
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However, the ones that know right from wrong, now there is the problem! The Lord gave me a message entitled, " Where's the Standard" In this message, the Lord was asking what happen to the standard He sat for His church! Where are the true leaders that will stand for Holiness!<br />
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What are you saying preacher? Well how long will the people not hold their leaders to accountability of not only their actions but their teachings as well. How can you just believe anything a man/woman says without study for yourself to see if they line up with the Word of God. The so-called church have been delivering the wrong message for so long until people have begun to believe a lie. No accountability!<br />
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I have heard preachers teach from the pulpit:<br />
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1. Sabbath day is Sunday<br />
2. Jesus rose on a Sunday<br />
3. Jesus birthday is on December 25<br />
4. We are suppose to celebrate Jesus Birth as christmas<br />
5. The woman at the well was a whore<br />
6. Jonah ran from God because he was scared<br />
7. We are suppose to celebrate easter<br />
8. We don't have to obey the Commandments of God because Jesus did away with them.<br />
9. get rich, get money, prosper prosper prosper that's what it's about...<br />
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Plain and simple, we preach lies from the pulpit of God.<br />
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Just to name a few things but there is plenty more where that came from. The people today that are sat as leaders preach there own agenda instead of God's truth, His Word! We have incorporated the world's mess into the church and called it holy. We have incorporated the world's terminology into the church and called it holy. We have incorporated the world's notion of just getting rich... material blessings. Anything to make a dollar, even if they know it's wrong!!! It started with Emperor Constantine and the Roman Catholic Church, now the church of today have picked up the baton... where does it end!<br />
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<b>YOU CANNOT MIXED IDOL WORSHIP, HEATHEN CUSTOMS, OR WORLDLY FADS WITH GOD'S HOLINESS AND THINK THAT GOD UNDERSTANDS!!!!!!!</b><br />
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Scripture tells us:<br />
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"... I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness..." John 8:12<br />
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"Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, <b>saying How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise</b>. Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for <b>every abomination</b> to the Lord, which <b>He hateth</b>, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters, they have burnt in the fire to their gods. <b>What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.</b>" Deuteronomy 12:30-32<br />
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Can it get any plainer?<br />
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When Christ returns will He only find a church that's out for money, cars, houses, and worldly fads? Or will He find a bride without wrinkle, that's ready for the call? Woe unto all of them, the blood is on your hands!<br />
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Now what does the scripture say about the world and its fame and fortune that comes from the WORLD? Let's see! (All scriptures are from the KJV.)<br />
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"He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and <b>the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches</b>, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful." Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:19<br />
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"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul." Matthew 16:26; Luke 9: 25<br />
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"Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but <b>woe to that man by whom the offense cometh</b>!" Matthew 18:7<br />
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"Even the Spirit of truth; <b>whom the world cannot receive</b>, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you." John 14:17<br />
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"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but <b>because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you</b>..." John 15:18-24 (read the rest of it).<br />
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Other scriptures for your reading: John 17:9-16; John 8:41-47.<br />
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I gave a preacher, a so called apostle, the Word according to the Bible and he stated to me, "Is that all you can do is quote scriptures?"<br />
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WHAT?<br />
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Are we not suppose to live by the Word of God? Is it not our detailed instruction manual on how to live for Christ?<br />
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"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, <b>but by every word</b> that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4; Deuteronomy 8:3<br />
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It is time out for mess, It is time out for our own agenda, It is time out for leaving souls uncovered and untaught! Wake up people and hold your leaders accountable for what they teach and how they live with the whole/entire Word of God!<br />
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WOE UNTO THEM THAT CAUSES THE BRETHREN TO ERR IN THE FAITH!<br />
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(Woe is the prophetic condemnation to death)Important Reading: The Milk we drinktag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-11-07:916966:BlogPost:10862802009-11-07T05:44:37.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
Rat Poison<br />
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By Robert Cohen Executive Director<br />
<br />
It's The Law - Rat Poison Must Be Added to Milk<br />
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In 1932, Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations required that<br />
400 units of rat poison be added to every quart of milk sold<br />
in America.<br />
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• Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3): One of the most dangerous rat poisons out there is a Vitamin D3-based rodenticide. This type basically increases calcium blood levels so high that it causes a secondary kidney failure. With this type of rat poison, only a tiny amount…
Rat Poison<br />
<br />
By Robert Cohen Executive Director<br />
<br />
It's The Law - Rat Poison Must Be Added to Milk<br />
<br />
In 1932, Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations required that<br />
400 units of rat poison be added to every quart of milk sold<br />
in America.<br />
<br />
• Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3): One of the most dangerous rat poisons out there is a Vitamin D3-based rodenticide. This type basically increases calcium blood levels so high that it causes a secondary kidney failure. With this type of rat poison, only a tiny amount needs to be ingested before it causes a problem, and long-term, expensive treatment is usually necessary. This is the type to avoid in your garage, as it has no antidote!<br />
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I receive over 2,000 letters each day, but one letter (from<br />
Dr. John Unruh Unruh@aol.com), written in jest, contained a<br />
remarkable fact.<br />
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"Dear Robert, I do not know how you find this stuff but you<br />
continue to pile on the evidence as to why milk equals rat<br />
poison. Keep up the good work."<br />
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Dear Dr. Unruh,<br />
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Your "rat-poison" metaphor is quite close to the truth.<br />
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A brochure produced by the Ministry of Environment in<br />
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, reveals the rat-posion<br />
link:<br />
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"SAFE AND SENSIBLE PEST CONTROL"<br />
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The brochure represents a series of "safe and sensible" pest<br />
control measures, according to the Canadian Health Minister.<br />
Canadian health officials believe that Vitamin D-3 is the<br />
most effective and ecologically sound method of dealing with<br />
rat and mouse infestation.<br />
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Information on milk cartons reveal that two ingredients fill<br />
the container: Milk and Vitamin D-3. Vitamin D-3 is used to<br />
kill rats! Why is it added to milk for our children to drink<br />
in the name of good health?<br />
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According to the Canadian brochure, products containing<br />
Vitamin D-3 (calciferol) kill by vitamin overdose after 3-4<br />
days. The Vitamin D-3 actually mobilizes excessive amounts<br />
of calcium from an animal's bones.<br />
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And you thought that Vitamin D-3 in milk helped to absorb<br />
calcium. Another dairy industry myth!<br />
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Don't try this at home. When the animal dies within your<br />
walls, its putrefying body will add the most unpleasant<br />
bouquet to your environment. The offensive smell may last<br />
for months.<br />
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Many methods of mice and rat control are discussed. I prefer<br />
the most foolproof of methods: Don't let them eat your food.<br />
Store all foods in refrigerators or tamper-proof containers.<br />
With no food supply, mice and rats go elsewhere to dine.<br />
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How soon we forget! Children are taught in first grade that<br />
Vitamin D is the "sunshine vitamin." Vitamin D is a steroid<br />
hormone and is synthesized in one's body after skin is<br />
exposed to sunlight. Once the body has made enough, it will<br />
produce no more. Too much Vitamin D can be toxic and result<br />
in bone loss.<br />
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In 1963, the journal Pediatrics (Volume 31) revealed:<br />
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"Consuming as little as 45 micrograms of Vitamin D-3 in<br />
young children has resulted in signs of overdose." (one<br />
gallon of milk contains 1600 IU, or 40 micrograms).<br />
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A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine<br />
(Volume 326, 1992) revealed that of 42 milk samples, only<br />
12% were within the expected range of Vitamin D content.<br />
Testing of 10 samples of infant formula revealed seven with<br />
more that twice the Vitamin D content reported on the label,<br />
one of which had more than four times the label amount.<br />
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Dairy Education Board<br />
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receive it (automatically)!Who are the people in the land of Yisra'el Known as Jews?tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-09-16:916966:BlogPost:9972592009-09-16T21:16:30.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
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<object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fFRl5zdZ6Zg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fFRl5zdZ6Zg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>About Me,By Metag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-08-21:916966:BlogPost:9423452009-08-21T05:15:41.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
I don't walk on egg shells and don't live in glass houses. My life is an open book and I tell my misfortunes and misses before the enemy every has the chance to. I don't point fingers, I don't call people out by name unless GOD tells me to, and I take my punishment well... deserved and undeserved!<br />
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I don't carry beef or hold grudges against any one.<br />
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Jesus didn't come to bring peace but a sword! What am I saying? Everything said or done in Christ will not always rub people the right way when…
I don't walk on egg shells and don't live in glass houses. My life is an open book and I tell my misfortunes and misses before the enemy every has the chance to. I don't point fingers, I don't call people out by name unless GOD tells me to, and I take my punishment well... deserved and undeserved!<br />
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I don't carry beef or hold grudges against any one.<br />
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Jesus didn't come to bring peace but a sword! What am I saying? Everything said or done in Christ will not always rub people the right way when dealing with sin/falling at the wayside. I am a straight forward person. I give it straight forward and receive it the same way!<br />
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I follow who God puts in my path to follow as long as they follow Christ! Now who they follow... that's between them and God.<br />
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I sat under leadership for a long time because I knew at the time I wasn't ready or living nothing! I still submit unto leadership from my spiritual mother, my covering, and anyone that God has put in my life in that capacity. I have ate and slept rebuke and correction for seven and half years from my overseers, (both spiritual and physical, deserved and undeserved) and will have to continue to do just that. I say that not as something I am proud of, no I take that back. I am proud of it because it shows me that God loves me to correct me when I have falling short. It shows caring, because who would try to help someone to do the correct things, if they didn't care/love you!<br />
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I learn from my mistakes most of the times and yes sometimes I am stubborn in some areas. But regardless, I always try to live my life by Godly standards. I have fallen short in some areas but I strive to overcome in those areas. My past, I am not proud of but it has built and made me who I am today. It has trained me to do and deal with things that are in and will be in my life. I never had a true father figure in my life, I always got for myself what my mother couldn't get or do. I was always a leader and never a follower but knew how to follow when it was time to learn to be better at what I did or had to do! So I submitted to learn more and still do as well!<br />
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But I can't walk on egg shells or be moved by the faces/feelings of people when it comes to sin. I will deal with it all in love but will deal with it as God sets forth, I expect the same from those who God has set over me and/or in my life! Somethings I deal with matters at hand in private, unless God tells me to deal with them openly. As you quoted from King Solomon, "Everything has a time and a season"<br />
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I ask questions and seek God for answers and He does the rest through who He sees fit! That's how I learn. I say what I mean and mean what I say! If I say, "hello" that's exactly what I mean not "bye-bye"!<br />
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Let's take the phase "Keeping it real" and stop making it just a slogan and make it a way of life... Christ's life!<br />
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In other ways, don't just say it, do/walk it!!!!!When will we learn!tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-08-21:916966:BlogPost:9423422009-08-21T05:02:50.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
I recently met a great man of God, who walks mighty in the Lord! But how long will the children of God allow the things of the world to offend them so easily. If you don't agree with them, accept their beliefs, or bow to their will... then you are not a man/woman of God yourself!<br />
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How can you take black and white words that say one percifi thing and get a entire different thing from it. Let me help you... it's called putting words in the person's mouth that was never said in the first place.…
I recently met a great man of God, who walks mighty in the Lord! But how long will the children of God allow the things of the world to offend them so easily. If you don't agree with them, accept their beliefs, or bow to their will... then you are not a man/woman of God yourself!<br />
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How can you take black and white words that say one percifi thing and get a entire different thing from it. Let me help you... it's called putting words in the person's mouth that was never said in the first place. The flesh has completely tooken over and instead of just dealing with it, they rather put it off on the other person.<br />
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It's time we stop attacking others that just are out to show you you and start working with the Body of Christ to build the Kingdom of God! Don't you think it's time to stop taring down Christ's children just to build yourself up in the eyes of people. Stop saying you love the love of Christ and when God uses someone to shine the light on what you thought was dead, you kicked them to the side.<br />
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When are we going to stop playing Christ and be about Christ?Cause of Jesus Death!tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-08-16:916966:BlogPost:9350292009-08-16T19:21:13.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
The following article was published in the March 1989 issue of The Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. Some portions have been rewritten, with primary changes being made to conform to web publication. The article contends that Jesus did not die of exhaustion and asphyxiation, which was the intent of crucifixion; but instead died of a rupture of the free wall of the myocardium, which resulted in cardiac tamponade. Pathogenesis of this process is discussed, and postmortem…
The following article was published in the March 1989 issue of The Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. Some portions have been rewritten, with primary changes being made to conform to web publication. The article contends that Jesus did not die of exhaustion and asphyxiation, which was the intent of crucifixion; but instead died of a rupture of the free wall of the myocardium, which resulted in cardiac tamponade. Pathogenesis of this process is discussed, and postmortem evidence is cited as confirmation.<br />
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DAVID A. BALL, M.D.<br />
Batesville, Mississippi<br />
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In the March 21, 1986 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, there was an article which detailed the physical aspects of the death of Jesus Christ.1 In general, it was an excellent article with good references and detailed sketches designed to give the reader a better understanding of a now extinct form of execution - the crucifixion.<br />
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However, the conclusions drawn by the authors seemed to lack a degree of specificity which I feel should be addressed. Given the details of the Gospel accounts, we can hypothesize very specific probable cause of the death of Jesus and in turn compile reasonably convincing evidence to validate that probable cause. The more specific we can be concerning the cause of the death and the more logical we can be in compiling our proof of that cause, then the more certain we can be as to the reality of that death. So, within the forum of medical literature, I would like to sound my ideas regarding the crucifixion of Jesus and see if you do not agree that, given the facts, my conclusions regarding the cause of the death of Jesus are logical and even likely.<br />
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Why are we even addressing this issue at all? One of the more significant questions raised in regard to the death of Jesus is just that... Was it the death? That question seems to be fueled not only by the "natural" reluctance to accept the account of the resurrection without some "natural" explanation (such as Jesus was not really dead), but also by a nagging doubt which is raised when we find that Pilate himself marveled that Jesus was so soon dead (Mark 15:43-45).<br />
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No matter what one’s faith might be, I think it would be safe to say that no man’s death has been more questioned, more studied, and more revered than has the death of Jesus Christ. Through the scrutinizing eyes of history, the resurrection has shaped and continues to shape the destiny of mankind as no other singular event in all of recorded history. If, however, this man Jesus did not truly die, then a cruel hoax has been perpetrated on mankind, for without the death of Jesus, the resurrection has no meaning. Therefore, the death of Jesus must be validated, and who is more qualified to evaluate and judge the data relating to the death of Jesus than the modem physician? It is for that reason we are obligated to carefully re-evaluate the events surrounding the death of Jesus.<br />
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Any study of the death of Christ has to begin with the trial because it was inhumane, illegal, and exhausting. It lasted all night as Jesus was dragged from one "judge" to another. He was mocked, ridiculed, slapped, spit upon and falsely accused. When he was finally "convicted," he was beaten unmercifully with a Roman flagrum.<br />
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In the JAMA reference article, Edwards et al, comment,<br />
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"The severe scourging, with its intense pain and appreciable blood loss, most probably left Jesus in a preshock state. Moreover, hematidrosis [bloody sweat in Gethsemane] had rendered his skin particularly tender. The physical and mental abuse meted out by the Jews and the Romans, as well as the lack of food, water and sleep, also contributed to his generally weakened state. Therefore, even before the actual crucifixion, Jesus’ physical condition was at least serious and possibly critical."2<br />
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Roman FlagrumWe sometimes overlook or underestimate the severity of the flogging Jesus received. The reason might be in part because we tend to think of the whip as a platted leather instrument capable of raising painful blisters and even superficial bleeding if applied repeatedly and with enough force. The Roman flagrum was something entirely different, however. It was, indeed, composed of leather strips; but tied to the end of each of these were pieces of metal, glass, and bone. This whip was designed to cut away at the flesh and render the subject nearly moribund.<br />
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C. Truman Davis, M.D., describes the flogging in very graphic terms . . .<br />
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Preparations for the scourging were carried out. The prisoner was stripped of his clothing and his hands tied to a post above his head. It is doubtful whether the Romans made any attempt to follow the Jewish law in the matter of the scourging. The Jews had an ancient law prohibiting more than forty lashes. The Pharisees, always making sure that the law was strictly kept, insisted that only thirty-nine lashes be given. In the case of a miscount, they were sure of remaining in the law. The Roman legionnaire stepped forward with the flagrum, or flagellus, in his hand. This was a short whip consisting of several heavy, leather thongs with two small balls of lead attached near the ends of each. The heavy whip was brought down with full force again and again across Jesus’ shoulders, back and legs. At first the heavy thongs cut through the skin only. Then, as the blows continued, they cut deeper into the subcutaneous tissues producing first an oozing of blood from the capillaries and veins of the skin, and finally spurting arterial bleeding from vessels in the underlying muscles. The small balls of lead first produced large deep bruises which were broken open by subsequent blows. Finally, the skin of the back was hanging in long ribbons and the entire area was an unrecognizable mass of torn, bleeding tissue. When it was determined by the Centurion in charge that the prisoner was near death, the beating was finally stopped. 3<br />
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This scourging is considered by some to be the reason Jesus died sooner than was expected; but if we are honest, that cannot be true. The scourging was a routine preamble to the crucifixion.4,5 Pilate knew this. He must have seen many crucifixions. He was still surprised when he learned of Jesus’ early death. There was another reason for Jesus’ rapid death, which we shall learn - but first we must understand something of the mechanics of crucifixion.<br />
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Today, there is no comparable form of execution, but in Jesus’ day, it was common. The Romans executed thousands of criminals and malcontents using this form of torture. It was considered so cruel that Roman citizens were almost never executed in this manner.6,7<br />
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The specific details of the execution process enable us to understand what happened to Jesus and to draw dependable conclusions as to probable cause of death.<br />
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Mechanics of Crucifixion<br />
Following the near death scourging, the victim was forced to bear his cross to the place of execution. There is good evidence that this usually consisted only of the crosspiece or patibulum, which was strapped to the victim’s back and outstretched arms.8 (We shall look more at this later.)<br />
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On arrival at the site of execution, the victim was placed on the upright; and the slow process of tortured death was begun. Just how slow and agonizing this process was depended on many details which were controlled by the executioner.<br />
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The first option available to the executioner was whether or not to nail the victim to the cross. The Romans seemed to favor nailing their victims to the cross,9,10 and the Bible is explicit in this detail of Jesus’ crucifixion (John 20:24-29). However, we need to understand that death would ensue even if nails were not used and the victims were tied to the cross. It would simply take longer for death to occur if the victims were tied to the cross.11<br />
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The next consideration in the execution process was the positioning of the spikes on the cross and the manner in which the executioners secured the victim to the cross. Three spikes were necessary to secure the victim - one in each of the upper extremities and one single spike through both lower extremities.<br />
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The average layman understands that the spikes securing Jesus’ upper extremities to the cross were nailed through his hands. This is understandable since most English versions seem to imply such (John 20:24-29). However, this interpretation is problematic in light of studies done by Pierre Barbet, M.D. Dr. Barbet secured cadaver wrists to a wooden beam using spikes through the palms and found that the weight of a body when suspended from the cross would simply tear the spikes through the hands. If, however, the spikes were placed in the wrists, a body could be suspended successfully.12<br />
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This seeming discrepancy can easily be resolved by a brief Greek word study. The Greek word from which our English word hand is translated (John 20:24-29) is cheir. In the Greek language this word may include the hand and the wrist.13 This is important in our study here because it confirms the reliability of the Gospel accounts in providing details on which we can base our conclusions.<br />
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With both wrists thus fixed to the crosspiece or patibulum, and the victim suspended in this manner, his lungs would remain passively hyperinflated. In order to exhale so that new air could be inhaled, the victim of crucifixion had to actively lift himself on the cross14 so that he could force air out of his lungs.<br />
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In my own studies of volunteers suspended from a cross - using leather wrist straps and metal hooks instead of nails - I have found the positioning of the arms on the uprights to be very important. The more outstretched the arms on the crosspiece the more painful to hang suspended. I rather suspect that the Romans well knew the results of positioning the hands and used this knowledge to achieve their desired results.<br />
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But, if the positioning of the hands is important, then I would have to say that my studies suggest the positioning of the feet is critical. There are two factors here that must be considered. First is the point of attachment of the feet to the vertical portion of the cross. If the feet were secured toward the lower reaches of the suspended body, then obviously the victim would not be able to lift himself much in his effort to exhale. Consequently, he would expend maximum effort and inhale minimum fresh air. If, however, the feet were fixed further upward on the vertical piece, then the victim would be able to push himself up considerably more. This would enable him to exhale more completely and to take in more fresh air. Therefore, all other things being equal, he would live longer on the cross.<br />
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There was yet a second consideration, though, in this matter of securing the feet. If the feet were turned sideways and the spike driven through one heel and into the other as it fixed the feet to the vertical piece, then the victim could lock his knees in a fully extended position whenever he pushed up to breathe. He would then be able to maintain this position for lengthy periods of time and might even die of thirst or starvation. This would explain how some crucifixion victims have been known to live for days. On the other hand, if the feet were plantar flexed and one placed flat against the upright with the sole of the other foot on top and both secured by a single through and through spike, then the victim would be unable to fully extend his knees. Since he would not be able to lock his knees, the energy expenditure for respiration would increase enormously because each respiratory cycle would require the victim to lift his entire weight and then let it down as gently as he could in order to avoid the shearing pain of the spikes in the wrists.<br />
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Understanding these factors would make possible the Romans’ "tailoring" of the crucifixion agony to fit the victim. We know that Jesus had to be dead by sundown because he was crucified on the day of preparation (John 19:31) with the Sabbath / Passover beginning at 6:00 p.m. We also know that Jesus was crucified at 9:00 AM (Mark 15:25). Since Jewish law would not allow a victim to remain on the cross past sundown, we can presume that the Romans would have designed Jesus’ crucifixion to be "short-lived." This would mean, in all likelihood, that Jesus’ feet were plantar flexed with the soles nailed to the uprights. Even so, we have pointed out that Pilate was still surprised at his early death. This would suggest other causes for the early death. Therefore, we need to look closely at some of the mechanics of crucifixion.<br />
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As we have seen, each respiratory cycle required that Jesus lift himself on the cross, exhale and gently let himself down as he inhaled. His back was laid bare from the scourging so that each cycle of breathing necessitated that he rub his back against the upright and agonize as the raw flesh was further macerated. Each time he took a breath, his leg muscles quivered as his feet pushed against the spike. Each time he sought relief by resting his legs, the spikes in his wrists would spit fire into the stretched and lacerated median nerve. There was no relief.<br />
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The agony helps us appreciate - but the physiology of those terminal hours in the life of Jesus helps us understand. It is this understanding which allows us to draw conclusions as to the cause of the death of Jesus. That is here our quest. In terms of those physiologic processes of crucifixion, what actually happens during the terminal hours on a cross? In rather general terms, I would propose the outline of those events to look something like the following:<br />
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Respiratory efficiency is decreased because of the following:<br />
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Relative hyperinflation of the lungs produces an increase in residual lung volume<br />
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Lifting the body on the cross during each respiratory cycle produces an enormous increase in energy expenditure<br />
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Respiratory inefficiency is usually accompanied by an increase in respiratory rate as a means of compensation. This is not possible during crucifixion due to pain and effort of breathing. Therefore, respiratory acidosis develops.<br />
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With diminished oxygen exchange, hypoxemia develops.<br />
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Hypoxemia leads to anaerobic metabolism. During crucifixion there is continued and significant muscle activity associated with respiration. Since this occurs in an oxygen deprived state, the energy efficient Krebs Cycle cannot supply the energy to sustain this activity. Pyruvate is then broken down to lactic acid. This, of course, is a very inefficient source of energy. But, perhaps just as important in the crucifixion scenario is that the production of lactic acid causes severe muscle cramps, which further reduces respiratory efficiency<br />
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Hypoxemia, hypovolemia (secondary to blood loss and sweating), and the increased workload previously described, all contribute to produce a compensatory tachycardia.<br />
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As the acidosis (combined respiratory and metabolic) continues and the pH drops, muscle cramps worsen. It then becomes more difficult for the victim to lift himself to breathe.<br />
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In the final stages, blood is shunted from skeletal muscle to vital organs in an effort to salvage the body.<br />
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At this point, skeletal muscle becomes relatively anoxic, therefore respirations are further inhibited and a vicious cycle ensues leading to a quiet death by exhaustion and asphyxiation because there is simply no energy left to resist.<br />
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Although I have never seen a crucifixion, I have (as most physicians have also) seen many patients die in the same terminal circumstances described above. Severe COPD and CHF / Pulmonary Edema patients struggling for their last breath are vividly retained in most of our memories. Although it is an agonizing and frightful way to go (if the patient is conscious), it is, nonetheless, a quiet death. These patients do not scream and holler because they simply do not have the strength and breath to do so. Often, they do not even so much as whisper because all of their efforts are directed at saving that precious breath of air.<br />
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As we have seen, the usual means of death on the cross was by exhaustion and asphyxiation. That was its design. Jesus did not die that way. We can be sure of it. The Bible provides the details necessary for us to make this conclusion.<br />
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In Luke 23:46 we read: "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit, and, having said this, he gave up the spirit."<br />
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Matthew 27:50 and Mark 15:37 repeat the part about Jesus’ crying with a loud voice and then suddenly giving up the spirit. If Jesus had died of exhaustion and asphyxiation, then he would not have had the air in his lungs to have cried out with a loud voice saying, "Father into thy hands I commend my spirit . . . " and then suddenly die.<br />
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Instead, the scriptures indicate that something happened suddenly causing Jesus to cry out in pain and then suddenly die. That is not the picture of death by exhaustion and asphyxiation. Now, we must honestly ask ourselves, could Jesus have faked it at this point? Absolutely not! By its very design the crucifixion would have prevented this.<br />
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If Jesus had intentionally tried to pretend death, then he would have had to breathe without anyone in the crowd noticing it, an impossible feat considering that each breath required the victim to lift himself on the cross so he could exhale and then inhale fresh air. Everyone would have seen this - in particular, the soldiers who were trained executioners.<br />
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If Jesus had simply swooned, as some insist, then he would have died anyway because he would not have been able to lift himself to breathe. That was the design of the crucifixion process. That was the purpose of breaking the legs of the victims who were not already dead. Once their legs were broken, they could not lift themselves on the cross to breathe. Then death would ensue quickly.<br />
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The final proof, however, of Jesus’ death was the "coup de grace" of the sword in his side. This was the soldier’s surety of the victim’s death, a trained maneuver to lay to rest the question of a live victim. We will look at this maneuver more closely in a moment.<br />
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Probable Cause of Death<br />
What then can explain the loud cry and sudden death of Jesus as he hung on the cross? Once all the evidence is considered, I think you will agree that a true rupture of the myocardium is the most likely probable cause. I think this process can be documented with a high degree of probability.<br />
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First, let’s understand that I am referring to a true or external rupture of the myocardium and not a papillary or septal rupture. In such a situation there would rapidly develop a terminal sequence with cardiac tamponade and rapid fall in arterial pressure. Under the circumstances of the crucifixion, this would lead to certain and rapid death.<br />
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Even though there was no formal postmortem examination, I think we can substantiate this mode of death because the Bible again provides us the critical details.<br />
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John 19:34 says, "But one of the soldiers, with a spear, pierced his side and immediately came there out blood and water. " The significance of this comment is incalculable from a medical point of view. That makes it all the more interesting when we realize that Dr. Luke doesn’t even mention it. That’s because he had no way of knowing the significance. Had Dr. Luke been the one to relate these details, no doubt some antagonist would have insisted that the evidence had been planted.<br />
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The truth is, John didn’t even know the significance of what he wrote. He simply knew something unusual was happening and wanted to be sure it was recorded for posterity.<br />
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John 19:35 says, "And he that saw it bore witness, and his witness is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe."<br />
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You can almost sense John’s efforts to convince the reader that what he was writing was the truth. Ordinarily when a dead man is cut, no blood flows. John and the rest of us know that. That is probably why he insisted that his witness of the event was true. But, it is also why this bit of evidence is doubly important. Since no one present at the crucifixion knew the significance of the blood and water, and indeed, it appeared to be even contrary to the expected norm, we can be assured that this account was not fabricated, but was simply an honest rendering of the crucifixion events.<br />
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If indeed a rupture of the free wall of the left ventricular myocardium occurred (as I believe it did), then there would certainly be cause for sudden death with rapid development of cardiac tamponade. Ordinarily, there is approximately 30 cc of clear fluid in the pericardial cavity. However, due to the stress of the terminal events of the crucifixion (with congestive heart failure and decreased venous return to the heart resulting from hypovolemia and hyperinflation of the lungs), there could have been 100 cc or more of pericardial fluid present.15 Rupture of the free wall of the ventricle would have added another 200 or 300 cc of blood before tamponade would have effectively produced cardiac standstill. This blood would probably be noncoagulating,16,17 and with the demise of the victim there would be some settling of the cellular components to the bottom of the pericardial cavity. (There certainly could be some clotting, also18, which would likewise contribute to the separation of red blood cells and "clear fluid.")<br />
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At this point, the Roman soldiers came to check on the status of the three crucifixion victims and found that Jesus was already dead. Reacting in true military form, the "coup de grace" thrust of the sword was aimed at the heart. As soon as it pierced the pericardium, the pressurized contents gushed forth. The blood, which was on the bottom came first, followed by the clear "water" on the top. That is exactly the way the Bible says it happened.<br />
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Suppose, however, for the sake of argument, that my proposed scenario is not correct. What then might we have expected from the sword piercing?<br />
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If Jesus had been alive at the time, the blood would have flowed as soon as the sword pierced the myocardium and would have stopped as soon as the heart stopped. There would have been no water to flow.<br />
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If Jesus had been dead, but the heart had not ruptured, then not much at all would have happened with the sword piercing. Perhaps a little blood would have flowed, but not much, because the contents of the heart would not have been under pressure since the heart would have been in asystole. Therefore, when the sword was removed, the wound would close and simply ooze a little blood. Again, there would have been no flow of water.<br />
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The Bible gives us solid evidence of the death of Jesus and of the cause of that death. What has concerned me in the past has been the lack of an acceptable and rational medical reason for Jesus’ heart to rupture. Most references dealing with this question simply say that Jesus died of a broken heart and mention John’s account of the blood and water as proof (without even explaining that). Some have gone one step further and have said that the emotional stress Jesus was under on the cross caused his heart to rupture. That could be true, I suppose, but there is no evidence in current medical literature that I can find to suggest that emotional stress alone can cause the normal heart to rupture.<br />
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If the heart did rupture, and we are to maintain this was the probable cause of death, then we need some evidence suggesting pathogenesis.<br />
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To do this, we need to retrace the events prior to the crucifixion because there we find important clues. We have already shown that Jesus was worn down by a night-long fiasco of trials. Then he was beaten unmercifully with the Roman flagrum. Next, we are told in John 19:16-17 that they put the cross on his back and led him away to Golgotha where they crucified him.<br />
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Dr. Pierre Barbet states that the crosspiece weighed slightly over 100 pounds and that it was strapped to Jesus’ shoulders and outstretched arms.19 This weight seems reasonable in view of my personal studies. The cross, which I use for demonstration and study purposes, is made of kiln-dried pine, 5.5 inches square. The crosspiece weighs approximately 50 pounds. Assuming that Jesus’ cross was made of green wood of a more dense nature such as oak, it would be easy to account for a crosspiece weight of approximately 75-100 pounds. If the wood used were somewhat larger than 5.5 inches square, obviously the weight could be considerably more than 100 pounds. Now, with this weight strapped to his back, Jesus began his trek to Golgotha. We have already established the exhausted and debilitated state that Jesus was in following the scourging. This was enough to overburden even the strongest of men.<br />
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Somewhere along the route to Golgotha, Simon of Cyrene was conscripted to carry the cross of Jesus. This is attested to in Matthew 27:32, Mark 15:21, and Luke 23:26. There must have been a reason for this conscription, and it could not have been sympathy, for not once do we have a suggestion that the Jews or the Romans were sympathetic to Jesus. In fact, it was their anger and hatred that literally dominated the scene. There had to be another reason.<br />
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The day of the crucifixion was very busy for the Jews. It was the preparation for the Passover. The Jews did not want to leave their bodies on the cross after sundown, for that was against Jewish laws (John 19:31, Deuteronomy 21:23 and Joshua 8:29, 10:26-27). For this reason, the crucifixion needed to be hastened, and this half-dead Jesus was stumbling along at a snail’s pace. He was falling as he wearily forced each step of the way. With his outstretched hands tied to the crosspiece, he was taking a severe battering with each fall, and it was doubtful that he could even make it to Golgotha. For that reason, Simon of Cyrene was conscripted to carry Jesus’ cross.<br />
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Often it is the little details that give us the greatest insight, and they are so often overlooked. The above paragraph, which explains why Simon of Cyrene was conscripted to carry Jesus’ cross, also explains the pathogenesis of Jesus’ ruptured heart.<br />
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As we explained, Jesus’ outstretched arms were tied to the crosspiece. When he fell, he had no way to break the fall, so he fell straightforward into the street. With the weight of the crosspiece on his back, this was sufficient to inflict significant injury to the chest wall, which would have borne the brunt of the force. The resultant injury would have been similar to blunt chest trauma sustained in an automobile accident when the chest collides with the steering wheel of a car.<br />
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The following quote from Friedberg’s Diseases of the Heart helps us to understand this type of injury better.<br />
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A frequent cause of nonpenetrating cardiac injury is the well-publicized steering-wheel accident. The driver’s chest is pinned against the steering wheel when the forward momentum of the car is suddenly arrested. Severe cardiac injury or rupture of the heart often follows crushing chest accidents when an auto, train or other vehicle runs over the prostrate body... Direct blows to the anterior chest wall by a baseball, golf or tennis ball traveling at high speed, by heavy falling or swinging objects which strike at great velocity, fist blows and kicks by a horse or other powerful animal and compression of the chest between two moving objects are among the causes of nonpenetrating cardiac trauma. . .<br />
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Serious contusions and even rupture of the heart often occurs without significant visible external injury of the chest wall and without fracture of the chest wall and without fracture of the ribs. In fact, in a series of 250 nonpenetrating chest injuries by Arenberg, the greater cardiac damage occurred among the cases without rib fracture.20<br />
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That is particularly important since we know that Jesus had no broken bones (John 19:36).<br />
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There seems to be no reasonable doubt that the fall could cause significant myocardial injury and even rupture. It also seems to be reasonably certain that should there have been such an injury, which predisposed to myocardial rupture, that the tremendous workload of the crucifixion process would have increased the likelihood of such a catastrophic event taking place. The remaining question seems to be, would it have occurred so soon? So, the question of Pilate (Mark 15:43-45) as to why Jesus was so soon dead demonstrates the reliability of the Bible, not only as an important source of facts, but also an important source of probing questions which lead us to the truth.<br />
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In an article by Becker and van Mantgen appearing in the European Journal of Cardiology, a study is made of 50 episodes of death by cardiac tamponade.21 Three types of rupture are defined in this study. Type I is characterized by an abrupt slitlike tear which correlates clinically with an infarct usually of less than 24 hours. Type II shows an erosion of the infarcted myocardium, indicative of a slowly progressing tear. This type correlated with a somewhat longer time interval between onset of symptoms and tamponade. Type III is characterized by early aneurysm formation, which correlated clinically with older infarcts.<br />
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These three types of rupture are then correlated with the location of the myocardial injury - either anterior, lateral, or posterior. Twenty-nine ruptures occurred anteriorly which the authors point out is consistent with the incidence of anterior infarcts in the general population. What is interesting to me is that a rupture occurring in this anterior group was very likely (72%) to be a Type 1, which would result in sudden rupture and rapid demise.<br />
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It would seem likely that blunt trauma to the anterior chest wall, such as Jesus received, would result in anterior myocardial injury. Therefore, if a rupture were to occur in such a situation, we would expect it to occur within 24 hours - even if the subject were at rest. Certainly, it would seem reasonable that under the stress of crucifixion such a rupture could be likely to occur within 6-7 hours. This time span for Jesus’ death would be likely considering the walk to Golgotha, crucifixion beginning at the third hour (Mark 15:25) and ending sometime after the ninth hour (Mark 15:33-37).<br />
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Summary<br />
In summary, I would suggest that Jesus was unable to carry his cross because of his cruel treatment and scourging. He then fell with the 100 pound crosspiece on his back and was unable to break the fall because his outstretched hands were tied to the crosspiece. This resulted in blunt chest trauma and a contused heart. On the cross the workload of the heart was greatly increased due to multiple factors, but primarily the increased effort necessary to breathe. This resulted in a rupture of the free wall of the heart, which caused Jesus to cry out in a loud voice and suddenly die. This cause of death is confirmed for us by the sword pierce to the side, which resulted in the flow of blood and water. In effect, that was a brief and legitimate postmortem exam. JESUS WAS DEAD! THAT WAS FRIDAY! SUNDAY WAS COMING!<br />
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References<br />
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Edwards, W.D., Gabel, W.J., and Homer, F.E.: "On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ." JAMA, 1986, Vol. 255, No. 11, pp 1455-1463.<br />
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Ibid.<br />
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Davis, C.T., "The Crucifixion of Jesus: The Passion of Christ from a Medical Point of View." Arizona Medicine 1965, Vol. 22, pp. 183-187.<br />
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4.<br />
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The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, Ed., Merrill, C. Tenney, 1976, Vol. 1, p. 1038.<br />
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5.<br />
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Barbet, Pierre, A Doctor at Calvary, Translated by the Earl of Wicklow, Image Books, 1963, p. 45.<br />
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The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, Vol. 1, p. 1038 and p. 1041.<br />
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McDowell, Josh, The Resurrection Factor, Here’s Life Publishers, 1981, p. 42.<br />
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Barbet, pp. 46-47.<br />
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Ibid., p. 44.<br />
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10.<br />
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Edwards, et al.<br />
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11.<br />
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Barbet, p 73.<br />
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Ibid. Chapter 5, pp 103-120.<br />
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13.<br />
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Kittel, Gerhard and Friedrich, Gerhard, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, Translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley Pub. Wm. B. Rerdman, 1974, Vol. IX, p 424.<br />
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Edwards, et al.<br />
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15.<br />
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Friedberg, Charles K., Diseases of the Heart, 3rd Ed., 1966, W. B. Saunders, pp 961-962.<br />
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Hurst, J. Willis and Logue, R. Bruce, Ed, The Heart, McGraw-Hill, 1966, p 854.<br />
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Davis, Loyal Ed., Christopher’s Textbook of Surgery, 8th Ed., W. B. Saunders, 1964, p 466.<br />
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ATLS Student Manual American College of Surgeons, 1984, p 77.<br />
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19.<br />
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Barbet, pp 46-48.<br />
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Friedberg, p 1697.<br />
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21.<br />
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Becker, A.E. and van Mantgam, J.P., "Cardiac Tamponade: A Study of SD Hearts". European Journal of Cardiology, 1975, Vol. 3, pp 349-358.<br />
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Reprinted from the JOURNAL OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION March 1989, Vol. XXX, No. 3, pages 77-83 Copyright, 1989, Mississippi State Medical AssociationTurn from your ignorance!tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-08-16:916966:BlogPost:9349842009-08-16T18:17:23.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
I have been hearing this idea for sometime now, preachers who say that you should not dismiss the service of the Lord in continuous revivals, conference, etc. They say when you do this that you are dismissing the anointing of God from your presence because His presence and anointing is still flowing.<br />
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This is nonsense and is found no where in the Bible, teachings of Jesus Christ or His Disciples!<br />
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I believe the Word of the Lord warns us about adding and taking away from the Bible/His Word! In…
I have been hearing this idea for sometime now, preachers who say that you should not dismiss the service of the Lord in continuous revivals, conference, etc. They say when you do this that you are dismissing the anointing of God from your presence because His presence and anointing is still flowing.<br />
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This is nonsense and is found no where in the Bible, teachings of Jesus Christ or His Disciples!<br />
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I believe the Word of the Lord warns us about adding and taking away from the Bible/His Word! In note, this also sounds ridiculous! For the word says that "... nothing can separate us from Him!" (Romans 8:35-39; John 10:28-29). You are bought with a price, so you just can't simple dismiss yourself from your owner unless you are released! Even the world knows better then this. Why have the church turned to ignorance of the word, I will never understand!<br />
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You see in dismissing a service, you are being dismissed from the building that you are in, you are being dismissed from every spirit not of the Lord that you came in with, you have been released from sickness, incompleteness, etc., not the presence/anointing of God.<br />
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You can never dismiss the anointing from you, unless you never had it in the first place. The anointing and presence of God is within you, all around you, simply put... it's everywhere. God turns His back on sin, but His presence is still around, His anointing is still flowing, His protection is everlasting!<br />
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It's time for the God's people to stop with these ignorant sayings and go back to their first love... the Word of God... Jesus Christ!... Yehsuwa!<br />
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As many as I love , I rebuke and chasten : be zealous<br />
therefore, and repent. Behold , I stand at the door, and<br />
knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I<br />
will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.<br />
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my<br />
throne, even as I also overcame , and am set down with<br />
my Father in his throne.<br />
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.<br />
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Revelations 3: 19-22Hip Hop Is It Really Holy?tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-07-07:916966:BlogPost:8571602009-07-07T07:00:00.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
In the words of the world's greatest mass murder:<br />
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"Give me the music of a nation's youth and I will control that nation."<br />
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Adolf Hitler<br />
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Our children listen to all this music day in and day out. They fall asleep with the music playing in their ears every night. We as parents don't even know half the time what our kids are listen to. So why do you ask our children come to church and do nothing but sleep, talk and pass notes in church? Why is it so hard to get them into the service/message? The…
In the words of the world's greatest mass murder:<br />
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"Give me the music of a nation's youth and I will control that nation."<br />
<br />
Adolf Hitler<br />
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Our children listen to all this music day in and day out. They fall asleep with the music playing in their ears every night. We as parents don't even know half the time what our kids are listen to. So why do you ask our children come to church and do nothing but sleep, talk and pass notes in church? Why is it so hard to get them into the service/message? The answer--there is a hidden god in their lives that is taking supreme rule over their lives--the spirit behind the music(music that takes the attention and praise off of God and onto man, gods, or the devil). If children worship and lend their members to the worship of false gods, they cannot get into the presence of Christ without being totally delivered. But that won't happen because the majority of the Pastors, Youth Ministers, Apostles, Bishop over the church are listening to it and bring it into the church themselves and calling it a new move of God. Don't you know that God does not share His Glory or His Praise with no one or thing and He will not connect with anything or anyone that is connected to the world, sin or false gods/idols (Isaiah 42:8; Exodus 20:3-5).<br />
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Besides, the Bible states that we as God's children [church] are to have no part of sin [the world] or pagan traditions. So why is the church bring hip hop or other pagan traditions [Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter (Ooooh! I just messed some of you all up with that one), etc.] into the church. 'Don't you know if God wanted the devils music in the church, He never would have kicked him out of heaven.' The church should be tired of letting the world get credit for the music in the church. Our excuse for allowing our children and us listening to this deception of the enemy is always, "It's just music", "I just listen to the beats not the words", "It doesn't hurt nothing." Well music can't be just music because it came from Lucifer [satan] and he's not a physical being--he's a spiritual one and there's a spiritual consequence for enjoying a spiritual being. So when you are singing and dancing to the music that the devil influenced people to write and sing he takes the credit of your worship (Romans 6:16). Why you ask? Because of his copyrighted material--the heart of an author always follows and stays attached to his works, in this case, music. Whoever created it takes the credit for it and their spirit is attached to it no matter what or who changes it (I Samuel 16:23).<br />
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* Copyright: To secure ownership. to protect an owner against unauthorized uses of his work. The legal right granted to an author to exclusive publication, production, sale or distribution of literary, musical, dramatic or artistic work.<br />
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Well what if we take out or change the words of the song? This would not work at all because of the copyright upon the song. That is just the law of the land period. So you see that the spirit of the author is till with the beat of the song. Why? Because the music is made to the words of the song not the other way around. This is why when you hear a beat of a song you know, you can automatically start singing the words to the song. So even if the words are changed your mind is still playing the original track to the music. Let's see how this goes with the Bible. Look at I Samuel 16:23:<br />
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"And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him."<br />
(King James Translation)<br />
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Here we see that Saul, after all his rebellion against God, the Spirit of the Lord had departed from him and an evil spirit came upon him (I Samuel 16:14). So they called forth David so when this evil spirit would torment Saul, he would play his harp and the evil spirit would depart from King Saul (I Samuel 16:16,23). Now let's break this down for you. David didn't play a song with words in it to make Saul's evil spirit go away, he played an instrumental. So it wasn't the words in a song that refreshed Saul, it was the music [the beat]. Because David's heart was "PURE", God was able to use him to do what he [David] needed to do for Saul to get rid of the evil spirit at that moment that David played. So what are you saying? Just like an evil spirit can be played out--one can be played in as well. So why would God have anything to do with something that persecutes His people. So if it took drugs, sex, lies, murder, lust, envy, strife, etc. to make it... God doesn't won't no part of it (I Samuel 15:2-3,9,15,18-23).<br />
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The devil doesn't want the world--he already has them--he wants the church. What better way to do it but through the merging of hip hop[booty shaking music] and the Gospel into God's church.<br />
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Root: The part that serves as support of a plant. It draws minerals and water from the surrounding soil, and stores food to survive; A base or support; An essential part or element; the basic core; A primary source; an origin; A progenitor or ancestor from which a person , family or thing is descended from. The state of having or establishing an indigenous relationship with or a personal affinity for a particular culture, society, or environment: music with African roots; To become firmly established, settled, or entrenched; To come into existence; originate. To furnish a primary source or origin to.<br />
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Hip Hop is a way of governing your life. It has it's own culture and religion which is being taught it's Hip Hop Temples throughout the world. Therefore, it cannot be exploited as a Christian way of living. Because of it's origin and what it originally represented in it's earlier stages, we cannot embrace it as Christians. God does not embrace anything that has a corrupt origin. The very word "hip hop" was used by Afrika Bambaataa, the pioneer of the culture and professed Zulu Nation god, to describe the parties [booty shaking to the groove] that he would host in clubs across New York in the early 70's. Since then, he has developed a religion that rested upon the hip hop culture. The culture is not from God, therefore it should not be used by the people of God to describe anything of God! So how can we as believers hold on to this culture when it's origin is rooted in witchcraft (I Samuel 15:23) and voodoo? The negatives far out weigh the positive of the hip hop culture. Why do you think that God will embrace what the world has developed as a means of glorifying that which is carnal [flesh] and sin filled. I have given you three different translations of Romans 8:7 and I Corinthians 3:3 below concerning the sinful flesh [carnal].<br />
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"For the mind controlled by the old nature is hostile to God, because it does not<br />
submit itself to God's Torah - indeed, it cannot."<br />
Romans 8:7 (The Complete Jewish Bible)<br />
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"Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self<br />
ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores<br />
who God is and what he is doing."<br />
Romans 8:7 (The Message Translation)<br />
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"For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God's laws,<br />
and it never will."<br />
Romans 8:7 (New Living Translation)<br />
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"For you are still worldly! Isn't it obvious from all the jealousy and quarreling among you<br />
that you are worldly and living by merely human standards?"<br />
I Corinthians 3:3 (The Complete Jewish Bible)<br />
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"As long as you grab for what makes you feel good or makes you look important, are you<br />
really much different than a babe at the breast, content only when everything's going your way?"<br />
I Corinthians 3:3 (The Message Translation)<br />
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"For you are still controlled by your own sinful desires. You are jealous of one another and<br />
quarrel with each other. Doesn't that prove you are controlled by your own desires?<br />
You are acting like people who don't belong to the Lord."<br />
I Corinthians 3:3 (New Living Translation)<br />
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Now you ask why did he give us three translation of the same scripture? I don't want any confusion on what the Bible says about the carnal flesh and what it qualities goes with it. For it is important because this is exactly what Hip Hop produces in the world, as well as in our children. Hip Hop is self-gratification, self-worship and is like sexual sin... it is just plain selfish. Look at the artist that the hip hop culture has produced and than read the Scriptures above...get the point! Hip Hop culture is a wide range of musical titles including R&B, Rap, Electric, Neo-Soul.<br />
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So let's now look at one of the founders of this culture and where he got the idea from.<br />
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The Background of hip hop:<br />
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Kevin Donovan aka Afrika Bambaataa Aasim, [meaning affectionate leader], is one of the three main originators of break-beat deejaying and is known as the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of the hip hop culture. He is responsible for spreading hip hop culture throughout the world.<br />
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Hip Hop is the combination of the elements of Afrocentric, spiritual, and health-conscious teachings to his philosophy. He is also known as the historian on Hip Hop roots, which traces the culture back to the times of the "African Griots" (West African poets, praise singers, and wandering musicians). African Griots combines both poetic art and a defined occult power that listeners respect and fear.<br />
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Bambaataa, who was the warlord of the Bronx River projects street gang known as the "Black Spades" in the southeast Bronx. After about a year, he reformed the group, calling it the Zulu Nation (inspired by his wide studies on African history) in November 12, 1973. His Zulu Nation did not mess around and was known as the most feared all over the Bronx and the largest gang around in New York City. There theme song was the most famous "Planet Rock, Don't Stop" by Bambaataa. The Universal Zulu Nation has the world's oldest, largest, and most respected roots in the Hip Hop culture.<br />
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(Notice the symbol here) (Ankh, Pyramid, & the Snake) (What? Alpha & Omega)<br />
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More concerning these symbols on page 3<br />
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Notice the symbol in this picture, does it look familiar for all you "Party Like A Rock Star" fans.<br />
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On a pilgrimage to Africa, Bambaataa study with the Amazulus who believed that the black man is god and they are the supreme beings. He was to have been visited by a spirit ,which called itself "hip hop", gave him a message that they (the black man) were gods and the only person they really have to obey is themselves because if you are god, you make all the rules. Than this spirit told him how to get this message out to black America and that it would spread like wild fire to the world, making him the supreme god (Pharaoh of Hip Hop). Upon his return to America, he got together with the other three founders and told them about his spiritual visitor and the message it gave him. So they got together and put this message in the music as the spirit told them to do and named it after the spirit. This is how Bambatta's parties started being referred to as hip hop and so on the Sugar Hill Gang gave it's definition...Hip(booty/sexuality) Hop (shaking in a provocative manner to the music/ beat).<br />
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So here we have this message of anti-god, anti-Christ and rebellious message in the music and you're singing it all day and every day. Not knowing what you are really singing (the words behind the music), but the spirit behind the music knows exactly what you are truly saying. (Proverbs 18:21). Now how did hip hop take off so fast? In the 70's, mostly all they had was heavy metal, rock n role, and disco. Hip hop basically was the rebellious answer to disco. It said that I can do my own thing and not be govern by no one but my self. So on November 12, 1974, hip hop culture was born. Afrika Bambaataa, adopted the "ankh" and "all seeing eye/ third eye vision" to represent him and the Hip Hop culture.<br />
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*Ankh meaning 360 degrees, * Afrika Bambaataa's home, notice the Pharaoh image behind<br />
god is man and woman. (more him and his throne like chair that he sits in. He is known as<br />
on page 3) the Pharaoh/ the Amen Ra of the hip hop culture.<br />
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In a interview with Afiika Bambaataa (listed below), he states that the politicalness in hip hop was influenced by the teachings of the Nation of Islam. Now most of us all no what the Nation of Islam teachings and is about (no this isn't Malcolm X's new found nation, it;s the original one). They also asked him about todays hip hop roots which Bambaataa states, "How in the hell did we turn from 'gods' to dogs?". Here we see again that Bambaataa states that the hip hop culture is a group of gods. Now what does the Bible say about having other gods before The God? Lets see...Exodus 20:1-6 (see also: Deuteronomy 6:12-19; II Kings 17:33-41; Jeremiah 25:3-11; 35:12-15)!<br />
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"And God spoke all these words: 'I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of<br />
the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol<br />
in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not<br />
bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the<br />
children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,<br />
but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.' "<br />
Exodus 20:1-6 (New International Version)<br />
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The hip hop culture has been recognized by the United States as a culture within a culture. They have even started a hip hop congress currently with 29 chapters all over the globe. The hip hop church is known as "The Temple of Hip Hop" with KRS-ONE as the prophet and main speaker of hip hop. The Zulus have chapters on every continent but uses a different name in Africa where they are "O.Z's" or "Original Zulus". One of the statements to the culture of hip hop made by one of it's main founders, Afrikka Bambaataa is, "you must have and get understanding. Understanding when one fraws a picture in his or her mind to see all things clearly with the 'third eye vision(see p. 3)'."<br />
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Now let's look at some statements from Bambaataa's Universal Zulu Nation message to his hip hop culture citizens:<br />
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"We, the Universal Zulu Nation of Hip Hop are an organization and a universal nation for all people on this planet so called Earth, as well for alien life form of people in the universe, whether you're from Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, Earth, etc. We the Zulu's are not foolish people to believe that we are the only life in the universe and that the creator, (Allah, Jehovah, Jah, Yahweh, God or which ever name you wish to call the Almighty One) is only limited to producing LIFE only on the planet so called Earth. And if you do believe we are the only ones in the universe, than we should just get rid of science and base everything on falsehood and not even search for truth."<br />
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"We as Zulu's of the Universal Zulu Nation of Hip Hop must always show respect to those who give us respect and must always be disciplined but always alert watching, observing, looking (seeing) with our "third eye vision" and always listening and analyzing."<br />
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Notice the continued reference to the "third eye vision." Make sure you pay close attention to that on page 3 of this series.<br />
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Now let's look at some of the Universal Zulu Nation's beliefs. Although there are a total of 15 listed on their website, we are going to look at only 6 of them (I have number them according to the website order):<br />
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Lawrence Krisna Parker aka "KRS-ONE" [originally Parker's graffiti tag, short for "Kris Number One". He began using it as his stage name and later devised a backronym for the name: "Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone."] has stated that hip hop is not rap! Rapping is style of conveying a message, like singing, humming, whistling, etc. Hip hop is a culture, or way of living and governing your life. There is also a style of music that is a part of the hip hop culture, but it's not just represented by rap.<br />
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Hip hop is a religion. It is a tool to point people to the their god, not the God of the Holy Bible. He teaches that the bible is irrelevant to the knowledge of his god. KRS-ONE and the Temple of Hip hop teaches that this culture was designed to give knowledge to self, or to show the Black man himself as god! He also teaches that we should accept hip hop drug of choice...marijuana<br />
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Lawrence Krisna Parker aka KRS-ONE,<br />
The Prophet of Hip hop<br />
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Hip Hop produces youth with no fear. Youth with no purpose. Youth with no respect for authority. Youth with no parental guidance. Youth with no regards for their bodies, appearance, self-respect or futures. Hip hop drives every aspect of our youth's lives. They live it, breathe it, wear it and die for it. They [hip hop] call it being true to ones self. Hip hop has done what no other tool of the devil has been able to do at this level... it has influenced all races, all ages, and all low-income areas of America.<br />
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Here are a few things that are acceptable in the hip hop culture:<br />
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1. Prison is a good place. To be arrested and beat the rap makes you a hero.<br />
2. Teen pregnancy is accepted as the norm.<br />
3. Sex is good. Getting VD is not even frowned upon. Having multiple partners is okay.<br />
4. Homosexuality and Bi Sexuality is normal and accepted.<br />
5. Serving God and sin together is the norm.<br />
6. God forgives sin, so it's okay to commit it.<br />
7. Foul language and physical abuse is accepted.<br />
8. Bad grades in school are okay.<br />
9. Using drugs and drinking is accepted.<br />
10. Murder is a good thing, if you deserve it.<br />
11. Choosing a god other than Jesus Christ is okay.<br />
12. Love is just a word.<br />
13. Being a thug is cool. Looking like you just robbed a bank is the norm.<br />
14. The white man is not fair and holds the black man down.<br />
15. Church, The Bible, preachers, etc. are not needed. We can learn on our own.<br />
16. XXX behavior is accepted and preached lyrically in the music.<br />
17. Anything goes, as long as you are feeling it and being true to ones self.<br />
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Have we lost our minds to follow and bring this mess in to the Church of God and call it Holy!<br />
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"Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead,<br />
fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you,<br />
and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity,<br />
God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you."<br />
Romans 12:2 (The Message Translation)<br />
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The music of the hip hop culture is the evangelical tool for spreading the spirit of hip hop abroad. The youth begin to show that spirit in the clothes they were--the sagging jeans, tight fitted tops and bottoms, gang related outfits, prison attire. These are the clothes that Hip hop influences our children to wear freely. What was once considered appropriate only for prostitutes and hardened criminals is now acceptable attire for our youth. Let's not leave out the marking of the body--Tattoos, piercings everywhere, strange hairstyles, gold teeth, vicious jewelry (dragons, dogs, snakes, etc.) and the crucifix are all products of the hip hop culture. The devil wants our children marked like Cain, to show their pledge of allegiance to rebellion and self-gratification. Mentally hip hop causes youth to be rebellious to the core and to use foul language in public, commit very strong sexual acts with other youth and to feel they have nothing to lose at all. Basically, it makes them give up on their "good" values and take on the negativity of the hip hop culture.<br />
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Let's remember...every good idea to man is not a Godly idea! But hip hop doesn't care anyway because they teach that they are gods. So let's find out what some of these symbols mean and than we will continue on are journey of learning can hip hop be Holy! We will continue on page 3.<br />
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Through my research I found this interview of Bambaataa. Let's read some of his statements, I have put some very important statements concerning hip hop in bold and underlined them, so pay close attention to his words not mine.<br />
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Online with Afrika Bambaataa: By Davey D. Corner:<br />
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Over the years I've gotten to interview Africa Bambaatta on several occassions.. Its always insightful and a priviledge.. He, after all is one of the key people responsible for this 9 billion dollar a year industry.. Sadly he doesn't make a dime... But way back in the days.. 76-79...Bam was the man.. He was respected and feared.. Respected.. cause he was the Master Of Records.. He had beats for days.. He was innovative.. He preached pro-Blackness.. He was the first person I heard.. run a Malcolm X speech over a hip hop beat.. He was the first to provide a forum for break dancers.. He brought to the world... hip hop culture..<br />
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Back in the days Bam was also feared.. His Zulu Nation... weren't the peace loving organization they are now.. Back then... they were a gang.. Zulus did not mess around.. And no one messed around at a Bambaataa party...The history of Zulu Nation shows that they were originally members of the notorious Black Spades...which was one of NYC's largest and most feared gangs. Nowadays.. Zulu Nation is world wide.. and all about peace... although they still don't mess around..<br />
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Currently Bam spins on Hot 97 in NY.. and is getting ready to drop a cut with 95 South.. a Miami bass group... Its supposed to be a remake of his classic Planet Rock. As for this interview which was conducted in Dec of '91.. Please pay close attention to Bam's definition of hip hop.. He's best qualified.. A lot of people like to spread misinformation.. Bam doesn't.. But then again how could the inventor of hip hop... be off the mark?<br />
Davey D..c 1995<br />
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Excerpts of this interview were taken from Davey D's Hip Hop Archives. This interview first appeared in the KMEL Beat Report of December 1991<br />
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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking to a living legend, Afrika Bambaataa, whose innovativeness and love for hip hop has permanently impacted pop culture. During our indepth 2 hour conversation, Bam gave some serious insight into rap music. He went into detail about the formation of his organization The Zulu Nation. He told how they were former gang members who reformed and channeled their energies into breakdancing. He told how the emergence of hip hop culture helped curtail gang violence in NY because it offered young people a viable activity<br />
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Bam also spoke about the inherent politicalness in hip hop. He told how the Nation Of Islam had influenced him and others during the 'old school' [1975-1980]. He also spoke about his activism. Bam had been one of the leaders in the Free James Brown movement. He was also the first hip hopper to do a song with Brown, "Peace Love & Unity' , hence acknowledging the Godfather of Soul's major influence. Bam was also heavily involved in the anti-apartheid struggle. In fact he did a number of songs and concerts over the years to help raise money and show support. Nowadays Bam travels all over the world spreading the good word of hip hop and trying to school young people the proper way to view and interpret this music and culture. Here are some highlights from our recent conversation.<br />
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What has Bambaataa been doing as of late?<br />
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We just released an album, "The Decade Of Darkness 1990-2000". We released a track from the album called 'Get Up And Dance' which is a hip house -hi energy type of record... I've been traveling around the world for many years. Last year I had the Hip Hop Artists Against Apartheid record to help the ANC [African National Congress] raise some money. We gave a big concert in England and I brought Willie Mandella and a lot of the ANC members on stage to a large hip hop audience in London. I also did "Return To Planet Rock" which was a quick type record to raise money for the Ansar [Muslim sect] community...I've been traveling and opening up new ground for hip hop and funk in other countries...<br />
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With the release of the hip house style jam 'Get Up And Dance', a lot of folks would argue that what you did isn't really 'hip hop'. As a pioneer and Godfather of this genre of music how do you define hip hop?<br />
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Bam: Well hip hop is basically the whole culture of the movement. There's the rap which is a form of hip hop culture. It could be breakdancing, freestyle dancing or whatever type of dancing that's happening now in the Black, Hispanic and White community. It's also the djs and rappers and their dress codes. That is hip hop, meaning the whole culture. Now if you're talking rap music..in rap the music itself is colorless. You can take music from any type of field like soul, funk, heavy metal, jazz, calypso and reggae. As long as it's funky and has that heavy beat and groove. You can take any part of it to make hip hop. Hip hop can deal with the past, the present and it can deal with the future. Now it's what a rapper puts on top of it that will make it a black thing or a white thing or a human thing or a universal thing...The music itself comes from all types of sound. When people are digging for that beat or groove they take from all fields of music. People will say hip hop just comes from soul or rock. It comes from all type of music, but it's based mainly around the toasting element of reggae. That's how rap came about.<br />
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What would not make a hip hop record? Do acts like Vanilla Ice, New Kids On The Block or Bell Biv Devoe qualify as hip hop?<br />
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Bam: They can be hip hop oriented. Vanilla Ice is still hip hop. He's a white rapper doing a form of rap music. His grooves and beats that he's using is still hip hop music. It's a hard bass or funky drum beat or a groove that he's playing. Like he did 'Ice Ice Baby' which was taken from Queen. The bassline and the beats are still a form of hip hop. Bell Biv Devoe is a form of singing style hip hop. They use hip hop grooves and beats to get their R&B stuff over. It's not a straight hip hop type of group. You have different brands of hip hop. You have hardcore, commercial type of hip hop, you have the electro sound like the 'Planet Rock' sound... A lot of the fans get mixed up because they think of hip hop as being just hardcore or certain beats per minute which it's not. You have high tempo in hip hop and you have low tempo hip hop. You have soft, mellow,and love type hip hop...Hip hop has gone through different stages as it's progressed throughout the years. Some people get across messages. Other people talk about love. Some people talk about what's happening in the Black or Hispanic community. or world problems. Rap is incorporated into songs. For example Gladys Knight might have a little rap section. As would groups like StarpointMidnight Star. or<br />
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As an ambassador of hip hop, you've traveled all over the world. How is hip hop being received in other places?<br />
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There's hip hop all over..in France, England, Germany, and the south and western part of Africa. There's also hip hop in little parts of Northern Africa. I was recently in Morocco where I heard hip hop. I feel there's a plot to destroy it. world wide.. That's why they're trying to push house music in a lot of clubs or make it look like hip hop is not selling on a mass appeal...The music is directed to a hardcore audience and it is saying something. That's the main thing that makes everyone scared. A lot of rap artists are the most vocal people who'll speak whatever is on their mind, from any angle or culture that they want to speak upon...Other people from other countries hear this and although they might not know English, they take the time to study it. You'll be surprised at how many people have just learned how to speak English from just listening to rap records. They start repeating the words and then they start to get the feeling of what you're talking about. They start putting it to how they're living from country to country and the problems that they're going through. This is music for the young adults and the youth. that's speaking upon the government, the community, whites or blacks. Hip hop can deal with all types of subjects, in addition to peace, unity or 'love you baby-I wanna get down tonight'. It's the fact that the message in rap telling it like it is what's really grabbing hold of young adults throughout the world.<br />
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As a youth growing up in the Bronx, I first noticed the emergence of hip hop culture in 1975. What was the climate like back then that inspired people to move in that direction?<br />
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It was motivating. It was something new and people were tired of disco at the time. The hip hop at that time came on strong because at that time they [music industry] were trying to shove disco down our throats. Everybody was into it for the first year or two and then they got tired of it. Also New York itself was losing the funk. Back in the early 70s there existed a heavy funk sound. Parliament would come to town and pack Madison Square Garden. Sly & the Family Stone would come in and pack the Garden as did James Brown. Some of the NY radio stations weren't into Sly and James anymore. You stop hearing those hard beats on those records coming through the radio. You stop hearing the soul music of James Brown. All you heard was disco, disco and disco. Hip hop was a rebellious answer to disco.<br />
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Also at that time with rock music and heavy metal came the punk rock and new wave which was a rebellious answer to what was supposed to be pop. With both musical styles starting to come up they played a significant role. That's how come so many whites started getting into hip hop. Everybody thinks this is a new thing with Vanilla Ice and the Beastie Boys. It was the punk rockers and new wavers that were the first of all white people to accept this music. They were bringing me down to the punk rock clubs to mix. You used to see punk rockers come up to jam at the hardcore black and Hispanic neighborhoods.<br />
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Hip Hop is known for it's different symbols, which range from jewelry, hand signs, grestures and more. But where did these symbols come from and what do they mean. We have already established that the roots of hip hop lye deep within witchcraft (voodoo). All though plenty will argue that they have nothing in common but they all have demonic roots and worship. Manly P. Hall was one of the most influential occultists of the last century. He was recognized as a leading figure in the quest for mystical knowledge, and is considered one of the greatest Freemasons of the last one hundred years. Let's see what some had to say about the language of symbols:<br />
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"Symbols are oracular forms--mysterious patterns creating vortices in the substances of the invisible<br />
world. They are centers of a mighty force, figures pregnant with an awful power, which, when<br />
properly fashioned, loose fiery whirlwinds upon the earth."<br />
-- Manly P. Hall, Lectures on Ancient Philosophy, p. 356<br />
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"Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries...By symbols men have ever sought to communicate to<br />
each other those thoughts which transcend the limitations of language...In a single figure a<br />
symbol may both reveal and conceal, while to the ignorant the figure remains inscrutable."<br />
-- Manly P. Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, p. 20.<br />
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"The crucial question, of course, is what kind of meaning is being conferred by the use of certain symbols-<br />
what stands to be gained, what lost, and by whom."<br />
-- Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln, The Messianic Legacyu, p. 136<br />
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According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, "symbol" can be defined as "a mark or character taken as the conventional sign of some object, idea, function, or process." We as people, no longer recognize their spiritual significance. However, just because the average person no longer knows the meaning of occult symbols, it in no way negates their significance. The fact remains that these symbols have never lost their meaning, and occultists today still recognize their power and influence.<br />
With that said, let's take a look at some of the symbols that the hip hop culture have adopted from the beginning.<br />
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I pray in the Name of Jesus, for all who reads and views this material that you are covered and shielded by the Blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour! Watch, Protect, and Shield from all demonic forces. We cancel the attack and retaliation of the enemy now in the Mighty Name of Jesus. We bind up every plan and assignment of the devil now and lose peace of mind, love, and the host of Angels to shield, fight, and protect all who enters this site. In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, it is DONE AND IT IS FINISHED...AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!<br />
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"Wherefore come out from among them, and by ye separate, saith the Lord,<br />
and touch not the unclean thing: and I will receive you,"<br />
II Corinthians 6:17 (King James Version)<br />
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Okay for all you "Party Like A Rock Star" fans, who don't know what it means, just thinks it sounds good:<br />
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2. horned god/ horned hand: The horned god represents the horned god of witchcraft, "pan" or "cernunnos" and is made by the right hand. The horned hand is a sign of recognition between those in the occult and is made by the left hand. When pointed at someone it is meant to place a curse. It is called the mano cornuto, the horned hand, with index finger and pinkie raised proudly as the sign of the beast, ready for an unholy wave to your favorite demon king. The Horns of Cernunnos. The woolly Goat of Mendes. And the edifice of Scaccia Scalogna, source of the ancient code to defeat the ?evil eye? and its power to wilt the fruit on trees and the mojo of men. It had been his for centuries, used with conviction just in the last generation by Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey himself. To Wiccans, the raised fingers were like antenna to receive a jolt from the mighty and mysterious Goddess. The deaf signal (i.e., a hand sign with the thumb extended) is sign language for 'I love you.' The inventor of the deaf hand sign, Helen Keller, was herself an occultist and Theosophist as mentioned earlier. Helen Blavatsky, who founded The Theosophical Society, was a devout Satan worshipper who said...<br />
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"Lucifer represents... Life... Thought... Progress... Civilization... Liberty... Independence... Lucifer is the Logos... the Serpent, the Savior." pages 171, 225, 255 (Volume II)<br />
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If you think Miss Keller's hand sign is just a coincidence, then you are truly gullible. If you were deaf, and wanted to develop a hand sign to tell someone that you love them, what would it be? A hand over the heart would be reasonable. There is no way that any reasonable person would develop the hand sign that Keller invented, paralleling an existing hand salute to Satan. It is abundantly clear to see that Keller's hand sign praises the Devil.<br />
There is a definite spirit invoked in rock music, secular or Christian - and it's NOT the Holy Spirit! And many times, people involved in rock music get "caught up in this unholy spirit"!<br />
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Anton LaVey, leader and founder of the Church of Satan.<br />
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Above: Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan and author of The Satanic Bible, displaying the "Horned Hand" (also called the "satanic salute" and Il Cornuto) with his left hand, on the back cover of The Satanic Bible.<br />
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A Satanic Ritual<br />
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Above: (Satanists making the "Satanic salute" to an altar displaying the Goat of Mendes or Baphomet, to acknowledge their allegiance to Satan, during a Satanic ritual.)<br />
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"The Goat of Mendez is the god of the witches. (Mendez is another spelling of Mendes, a city of ancient Egypt where fertility worship - Baal worship -- was practiced). Masons admit readily that Baphomet is a pagan fertility god and, more importantly, that Freemasonry is a fertility cult religion. At any rate, this mockery of Jesus is a satanic symbol and figures prominently in Satan worship."-Kerr Cuhulain (Occult author, police investigator, and friend of witches).<br />
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This brings us to our next and finally symbol on this page... the goat of mendez also known as "baphomet" and "star of mendes". It is also represented by the 5 point petagram or the inverted pentagram.<br />
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I know you didn't know that all this was involved in the roots of the hip hop culture that you want to bring into the Church of God. The Bible tells us in Hosea 4:6:<br />
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge,<br />
I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God,<br />
I will also forget thy children."<br />
Hosea 4:6 (King James Version)<br />
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We need to keep in mind that our battle is not against flesh and blood, although flesh and blood are used by the forces of evil. But our ultimate battle is against the spiritual principalities of lucifer's dark army.<br />
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For more info see https://www.newlife8.org/Hip_Hop_Truths_3.htmlThe spirit of jezebel: Let's see what it really istag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-07-01:916966:BlogPost:8464922009-07-01T06:19:07.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
The Characteristics of the Spirit of Jezebel<br />
(http://www.jonhamilton.org/jezebel.htm)<br />
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A Jezebel spirit seeks control through manipulation. It has a deep hatred of true spiritual authority, and uses emotional pressure, witchcraft and obsessive sensuality in its pursuit of power. It uses subtle persuasion to gain influence and get close to those in control. It then uses this position to gradually dominate.<br />
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In the Hebrew, the name Jezebel means literally "without cohabitation". She will not live…
The Characteristics of the Spirit of Jezebel<br />
(http://www.jonhamilton.org/jezebel.htm)<br />
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A Jezebel spirit seeks control through manipulation. It has a deep hatred of true spiritual authority, and uses emotional pressure, witchcraft and obsessive sensuality in its pursuit of power. It uses subtle persuasion to gain influence and get close to those in control. It then uses this position to gradually dominate.<br />
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In the Hebrew, the name Jezebel means literally "without cohabitation". She will not live or "cohabit" with those she cannot dominate and control. She will have no equals. Control is what Jezebel wants more than anything. Even when Jezebel appears to be submissive, it is usually out of a carefully wrought plan to gain influence.<br />
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Although it may be common to refer to Jezebel as "she", we obviously must conclude that as a spirit, Jezebel is gender neutral. Jezebel certainly has as many male slaves as female.<br />
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Jezebel likes to appear close to leaders, and use their influence. She likes to use the power and influence of others to accomplish her goals and control her environment. In 1 Kings 21:8 we read " Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles of the city." This is typical of Jezebel. She prefers to remain concealed in the background, while she manipulates situations and leaders.<br />
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Jezebel is often associated with pleasure, especially sexual pleasure. She will use any form of sensuality at her disposal to gain influence and control. Jezebel uses sensuality, but make no mistake, Jezebel is seeking CONTROL. Lusts are merely tools used to weaken others in order for her to accomplish her goal of control. In many cases sex is not involved at all.<br />
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Jezebel’s greatest enemy is true spiritual authority. As Jezebel opposed Elijah and Herodias opposed John the Baptist, so Jezebel today opposes righteous authority. In her heart, she despises all moral authority. .<br />
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Jezebel is not only visible in society. Jezebel is quite at home in the church pew.<br />
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1 Kings 21:9 In those letters she wrote: "Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people. But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify that he has cursed both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death."<br />
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With a heart of ice, Jezebel gained control of Naboth’s vineyard under the pretense of a FAST. She suddenly got religion when she needed it.<br />
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Remember the adulterous woman in Proverbs 7? She first lured the foolish young man with, "I’ve just finished making my peace offerings, and have come looking for you." She made sure he knew she was a good religious woman before she seduced him! Likewise, Jezebel doesn’t let her sin keep her from church.<br />
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Jezebel often manifests within the most "spiritual" people you will ever meet. In the Church, Jezebel will first attempt to get close to the pastor or other leaders with flattery. She will attempt to gain his confidence. She "calls herself a prophetess" and often manipulates others with her spirituality. Her deep "truths" usually result in condemnation and burdens for those in her care.<br />
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If the pastor, like Elijah, sees and opposes her deceptions, he will find himself in a fight for his life! He may find himself unemployed! Many a man of God has unwittingly had this spirit of control drive out his godly leadership.<br />
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While Jezebel often claims to have inspired messages, (she "calls herself a prophetess" according to Rev 2:20), she usually discourages other prophetic voices unless they are under her control. She will attempt to cause leaders to be suspicious of true prophetic messengers, which bear the testimony of Jesus (Rev. 19:10)<br />
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This same controlling spirit may manifest in very different, even opposite ways. For example, a controlling, super-spiritual, self righteous, manipulative mother (the kind that wants to run the church), will often be horrified when her daughter grows up to be sexually immoral. Little does she know that she released that very spirit into her child’s life!<br />
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For seven years, God had carefully protected Elijah. God fed him in the wilderness. When Ahab’s armies sought to kill Elijah, they were unable to lay a finger on him.<br />
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Finally, in a showdown at Mt. Carmel, Elijah called down fire from heaven and resoundingly defeated and killed the priests of Baal. All Israel fell at his feet in repentance, worshipping the true God. Elijah was the man of the hour. He was vindicated, victorious, and clearly in charge.<br />
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Nevertheless, when Jezebel sent Elijah a single threat, he suddenly turned coward and fled to the desert. Anxious, depressed, and miserable, he begged God to kill him!<br />
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Think about this. It makes NO sense. Elijah enjoyed supernatural protection for seven years. He watched fire fall from heaven and defeat his enemies, yet when a single angry woman threatened him one time, he lost every shred of vision and ran away. He moaned in self-pity and depression, begging God to kill him!<br />
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This is a great example of Jezebel’s powerful demonic "anointing" to intimidate, create fear, and cause men of God to withdraw. Jezebel steals your vision. Jezebel will even make you depressed and anxious when there is nothing significantly different in your circumstances. If there are difficult circumstances, this spirit will tell you they are insurmountable, impossible, and overwhelming. Jezebel will make you feel like dying when in reality, you are God’s man of the hour.<br />
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Jezebel’s witchcraft will attack key leaders in her targeted area through intimidation. Those under attack may awaken one morning to find it takes effort just to breathe. All joy seems to depart. Spiritual life seems irrelevant. Demonic voices will echo in their minds "something’s wrong with you!" They may suddenly find themselves in unreasonable anxiety, fearing tragedy or death. Much of what is called "depression" in the ministry is simply Jezebel!<br />
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Jezebel wants to paralyze with fear, condemnation, depression, apathy or whatever it takes until we withdraw. The only answer for those under Jezebel’s attack is perseverance in battle. We must remain on course no matter how long it takes!<br />
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Trampling Jezebel<br />
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First, we must rid ourselves of Jezebel’s ways. We can not cast out lust when we harbor lust in our lives. We can not bring down a spirit of control if we use manipulation and hype to control our congregations. We must examine our own ways, and repent of Jezebel.<br />
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Second, it takes Jehu. Although Elijah was Jezebel’s enemy, it took JEHU to trample Jezebel.<br />
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Jehu took no prisoners and showed no mercy to Jezebel. He had singleness of purpose and was driven. As he approached Jezreel those who saw his chariot noted he "drives furiously" (2 Ki 9:20) When others offered peace and compromise, Jehu responded "How can there be peace as long as the harlotries and witchcrafts of Jezebel are many?" (2 Ki 9:22)<br />
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Jehu would not rest until Jezebel was dead. Her pleasures could not attract him. Her threats did not deter him. He would not tolerate Jezebel.<br />
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Jesus says we too can not TOLERATE Jezebel. (Revelation 2:20) We must learn the prophetic power of the word "No!" We must give no ground!<br />
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When Jezebel attempted to captivate Jehu, he did not even allow himself to be drawn into conversation with her. Instead, he called on her eunuchs to cast her down from her balcony. Those with the Jehu anointing will call to Jezebel’s emasculated slaves, and they too will cast her down!<br />
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By Jon Hamilton<br />
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JEZEBEL SPIRIT<br />
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The individual, operating under the jezebel spirit, begins to secretly spin her web by winning the trust and confidence of those she wants to control. She works undercover and does not want to be exposed. Once acceptance is established, she begins to use truth, seasoned with well placed lies, to clandestinely spin a web of deception and entanglement. Clever methods induce fear in others. She then draws power and authority from their fear. Such individuals have mastered a sophisticated ability to manipulate and control without physical force. A jezebel person:<br />
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• May appear loyal and might volunteer for special service.<br />
• Seeks teaching/leadership positions to gain position in organizations.<br />
• Probes people’s character to locate weak areas and identify breaches that she can exploit.<br />
• Exaggerate her own problems to flush out others.<br />
• Betrays leadership through knowledge of their personal lives and blackmails them into compromise.<br />
• Uses either truth or lies to destroy reputations.<br />
• Uses or asserts another’s authority.<br />
• Gains power by making political alliances, often in a seemingly submissive and demeaning manner.<br />
• Wears individuals down to usurp their authority.<br />
• Labels God’s prophets as false prophets.<br />
• Orchestrates highs and lows in self and those she manipulates.<br />
• Builds up and then tears down; stirs up or pacifies; is very positive or very negative depending on the situation.<br />
• May be loud and bold, or quiet and cunning, depending on situation.<br />
• Works friends against friends and destroys relationships.<br />
• Mingles truth with lies and occasionally contradicts self - when challenged claims to have been misunderstood.<br />
• Changes opinions according to situation and will compromise when necessary.<br />
• Often manipulates several at one time. • Plays one person/group against another.<br />
• Will enlist false witnesses to testify against others.<br />
• Talks and pulls strings behind people’s backs.<br />
• Undermines self worth and confidence in others.<br />
• Will attack anyone who gets between her, her goals, and those she controls.<br />
• Sets people up and springs ambushes/traps.<br />
• Sometimes pretends submission to gain a strategic advantage.<br />
• Stimulates, seduces, entices, persuades, provokes, sets up, stirs up.<br />
• Uses masculine/feminine charms which are deceitful or enticing to manipulate or sexually harass.<br />
• Dramatic and freely uses emotions to advantage.<br />
• May use silent treatment at times or pout.<br />
• Becomes rejected and depressed to gain an advantage.<br />
• May repent verbally, but not from the heart.<br />
• Those around her never know how to take her.<br />
• Presumes God will not judge them–the fear of the Lord is absent–opening the door to their own destruction.<br />
• When two people under the jezebel spirit are together, they usually contend with each other unless it is to their advantage to form an alliance to attain personal goals.<br />
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OUR RESPONSE Be compassionate toward people operating under the influence of jezebel, do practical acts of love and kindness as the Lord directs, pray for their eyes to be opened, and for strength to enable them to stand against this spirit and repent. But have no mercy, no compromise or sympathy toward the jezebel spirit itself. Do not tolerate the spirit of jezebel in any way!<br />
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If you challenge jezebel, she will fight you. If you confront jezebel, she will "erupt" and often flee in a rage, but later may either forgive you because she knows that you had a bad day and did not realize what you said, or attack a weak area of your life.The music industrytag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-06-30:916966:BlogPost:8445542009-06-30T09:00:00.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
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<object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Otti-82jEAc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Otti-82jEAc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>Interesting Reading:Coretta Please Don't Tell Martintag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-06-30:916966:BlogPost:8445492009-06-30T08:36:32.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
Thank you Ms. Coretta for the grace, strength, and dignity that you<br />
displayed.<br />
Since your wonderful husband was assassinated by the bullets of fear and<br />
hate.<br />
You know they killed him because of their ignorance.<br />
Thank you for not allowing bitterness and anger to engulf your very<br />
existence.<br />
Now that you are reunited with Martin, tell him that they are stripping our<br />
rights away, day by day, but his fight was not in vain.<br />
Tell him that although my generation glorifies drugs, debases black women…
Thank you Ms. Coretta for the grace, strength, and dignity that you<br />
displayed.<br />
Since your wonderful husband was assassinated by the bullets of fear and<br />
hate.<br />
You know they killed him because of their ignorance.<br />
Thank you for not allowing bitterness and anger to engulf your very<br />
existence.<br />
Now that you are reunited with Martin, tell him that they are stripping our<br />
rights away, day by day, but his fight was not in vain.<br />
Tell him that although my generation glorifies drugs, debases black women in<br />
song, and calls us vulgar names - that his dream still remains.<br />
Our men no longer celebrate our natural black beauty - we have to have long<br />
weaves, small waists, and big ole booties.<br />
The videos are so degrading they mirror soft porn.<br />
Us Blacks own television stations now, but that is all that is shown.<br />
Tell Martin that my generation apologizes for its lack of respect for his<br />
legacy and the dormancy of our elders; we might as well call this the Civil<br />
Rights of Unmovement Era.<br />
Tell him that although we as black people make more than we've ever seen,<br />
that we squander it on diamond clad teeth, 24 inch rims, and designer<br />
clothes due to our sagging self-esteem.<br />
Tell Martin that our babies are growing up without fathers, while the<br />
mothers are catching buses just like he remembers.<br />
Our children take to the streets in droves, not to march or proclaim the<br />
injustice of this nation, but to pledge their gang affiliation.<br />
I can't rhyme to this next line. On any night thugs hang out while bullets !<br />
ring out - not freedom.<br />
And yes we continue to be judged by the color of our skin by America but I<br />
wonder most about the lack of the content of our character.<br />
Advise him that the grand-daughters of the Civil Rights era are making their<br />
money as strippers.<br />
The Grandsons of the marchers are ignoring their sons and daughters and<br />
hanging and slangin' on corners.<br />
They're going to jail in mass numbers, not for protesting, marching, or<br />
defying racism, but because they commit illegal acts to gain materialism.<br />
Our children are making babies, ignoring education, committing felonious<br />
capers, I'd wish they'd read his Birmingham Jail Papers.<br />
Tell Martin that those in the ghetto are not the only ones forgetting his<br />
dream.<br />
There are those who've forgotten where they came from because of a little<br />
cream.<br />
Who refuse to give back to the community, because their motto is 'More for<br />
me'.<br />
They've forgotten how to lend a helping hand, to help their fellow man - all<br />
the while thinking, 'If I can make it, they can'.<br />
Looking down without offering a leg up, getting on elevators with their<br />
noses up.<br />
Some of us are even republicans now, but that's a very exclusive black<br />
crowd.<br />
Striving to get to the top of the ladder, to make their pockets fatter -<br />
instead of doing something that truly matters.<br />
Leaving the 'hood' in droves and only moving back when Whites buy up all of<br />
the homes.<br />
Tell Martin that we still like to dance and sing, but not Negro spirituals<br />
cuz we've got Beyonce grinding and shak! ing her thing.<br />
Ms. Coretta, this may hurt poor Martin the most - it just may seal the deal,<br />
we as a people don't attend church anymore.<br />
Cuz we've gotten a little education and found out that God wasn't real.<br />
For those of us who still believe, it makes us want to holla, we've got a<br />
pimp named Bishop and a Bishop named Dollar.<br />
I don't know Ms. Corretta, maybe you'd better not tell Martin that for all<br />
that he's done to make us free, equal, and just - that we still migrate to<br />
the back of the bus. I'll bet looking down - he doesn't recognize us.<br />
We've forgotten how to march, protest, and vote - but be at the club,<br />
standing in line for hours - in the freezing cold.<br />
Sporting the latest gear; stilettos, hoochie clothes, teeth that's froze,<br />
and Tims - driving cars with less tire! more rim. Dying to get in so that we<br />
can 'shake it fast', drop it like it's hot' - forgetting the respect and<br />
dignity that we were taught.<br />
I neva' thought I'd think this thought, but please don't eva' give Martin<br />
your report.<br />
Ms. Coretta, maybe you should just avoid mentioning my generation all<br />
togetha'.I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU TO ANSWER!!!:ARE YOU MAN OR WOMAN ENOUGH TO SPEAK UP?tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-06-30:916966:BlogPost:8445452009-06-30T08:33:13.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU TO ANSWER!!!<br />
Current mood: curious<br />
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ARE YOU MAN OR WOMAN ENOUGH TO SPEAK UP?<br />
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Alright, time to call a spade a spade and get right down to the point. All games aside! I read and hear all this talk about women and guys, so lets get to the bottom of the problem. If you are really a true man or woman... answer the questions and be mature about it.<br />
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Women, Why is all the talk about how guys talk to girls calling them hoes, bitches, sluts, etc? Why is it so unpopular for woman…
I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU TO ANSWER!!!<br />
Current mood: curious<br />
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ARE YOU MAN OR WOMAN ENOUGH TO SPEAK UP?<br />
<br />
Alright, time to call a spade a spade and get right down to the point. All games aside! I read and hear all this talk about women and guys, so lets get to the bottom of the problem. If you are really a true man or woman... answer the questions and be mature about it.<br />
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Women, Why is all the talk about how guys talk to girls calling them hoes, bitches, sluts, etc? Why is it so unpopular for woman to stay a virgin and wait on her God giving husband to find her? and Why are you so quick and easy to lay down with a guy? How do you expect someone to respect you, when you don't even respect yourself?<br />
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Men, (thought you were getting away...not) Why do we treat woman as possessions and not human beings? Why do we have to be no good, out to get anything and anyone dogs? Why do we talk down to women or treat them like pigs? Why is it so unpopular for a man to be a virgin and wait on his God giving wife? Why can't a man just be a real man?<br />
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Women/Men. What do you consider a real man or a lady?<br />
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So grow up, show up, and talk up!!! Holla!LIFE & DEATH FACTS... JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY ONE STILL ALIVE!tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-06-30:916966:BlogPost:8443292009-06-30T06:14:11.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
LIFE & DEATH FACTS... JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY ONE STILL ALIVE!<br />
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Death is certain but the Bible speaks about untimely death!<br />
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Make a personal reflection about this…<br />
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Very interesting, read until the end…<br />
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It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7):<br />
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"Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a<br />
man soweth, that shall he also reap."<br />
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Here are some men and women who mocked God:<br />
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* John Lennon (Singer):<br />
Some years before, during his interview with an American Magazine, he…
LIFE & DEATH FACTS... JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY ONE STILL ALIVE!<br />
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Death is certain but the Bible speaks about untimely death!<br />
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Make a personal reflection about this…<br />
<br />
Very interesting, read until the end…<br />
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It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7):<br />
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"Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a<br />
man soweth, that shall he also reap."<br />
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Here are some men and women who mocked God:<br />
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* John Lennon (Singer):<br />
Some years before, during his interview with an American Magazine, he said,<br />
"Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue<br />
about that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but His subjects were to<br />
simple, Today we are more famous than Him" (1966)<br />
Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ,<br />
was shot six times.<br />
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* Cazuza (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet):<br />
During a show in Canecio (Rio De Janeiro), while smoking his cigarette, he puffed<br />
out some smoke into the air and said, "God, that's for you."<br />
He died at the age of 32 of AIDS in a horrible manner.<br />
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* Thomas Anderson ( builder of the Titanic):<br />
After the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the Titanic would be.<br />
With an ironic tone he said, " Not even God can sink it!"<br />
The result: I think you all know what happened to the Titanic.<br />
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* Marilyn Monroe (Actress):<br />
She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show. He said the<br />
Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her. After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said, "I don't need your Jesus."<br />
A week later, she was found dead in her apartment.<br />
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* Bon Scott (Singer):<br />
The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC, on one of his 1979 songs he sang:<br />
"Don't stop me, I'm going down all the way, down the highway to hell."<br />
On the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scott was found dead, he had been choked by his own vomit.<br />
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*Christine Hewittt (Jamaican Journalist and entertainer):<br />
She said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book ever written.<br />
In June 2006, she was found burnt beyond recognition in her motor vehicle.<br />
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* Campinas, Brazil (in 2005):<br />
A group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a friend… The mother accompanied her<br />
to the car and was so worried about the drunkenness of her friends, said to her daughter while holding her hand, who was already seated in the car,<br />
"My Daughter, Go with God and may He protect you.."<br />
She responded to her mother, "Only if He(God) travels in the trunk, cause inside here… it's already full"<br />
Hours later, news came by that they had been involved in a fatal accident, everyone had died, the car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but surprisingly, the trunk was intact. The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained intact. To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs, none was broken.<br />
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* Lisa Left-eye (Singer):<br />
A member of the hot group TLC which hit the scene in 1992, she believed that the idea of a person going to hell because they have not believed on Jesus Christ is insane. The words of her last music project were,<br />
"Let's touch on Christianity? I question all humanity? Is God so full of vanity? That children enter this family? Who haven't yet to see that Jesus is the key or suffer this calamity, I cast you down for an eternity? Insanity!!!?<br />
On April 25,2002, she was fatally killed in an automobile accident while in Honduras.<br />
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* Notorious B.I.G aka Biggie Smalls (rapper):<br />
One of the most popular rappers of all times., with his hardcore sex and villent lyrical content he was a rising star. Weeks before his death he was seen wearing a jacket with "666" on it., which was the mane of his new clothing line. (666 is the number of the Anti-Christ/Satan)<br />
On March 9, 1997, Biggie was riding back from the Soul Train Music Awards and was killed by a gunmen, still unnamed. His first album was entitled "Ready to Die"<br />
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* Tupac Shakur (rapper):<br />
He has probably been the most controversial and bizarre artist in Hip-hop rap music. After his shooting on November 30, 1994, Tupac changed his name to Makaveli. On this album he claimed to be God's son. The song "Hail Mary" and "Blasphemy" stated in it's lyrics:<br />
"makavelI in this killuminati, all through your body.<br />
blows like a 12 guage shotty.<br />
feel me.<br />
god said he should send his one begotten son to lead<br />
the wild in to the ways of the man.<br />
follow me.<br />
be my flesh, flesh and my flesh"<br />
and<br />
"we probably in hell already<br />
our dumb _sses not knowing<br />
everybody kissing _ss to go to heaven ain't going<br />
put my soul on it<br />
i'm fighting devil niggas daily<br />
plus the media be crucifying brothas severely<br />
tell me I ain't god's son<br />
nigga mom a virgin<br />
we got addicted had to leave the burbs<br />
back in the ghetto doing wild sh_t<br />
looking at the sun don't pay<br />
criminal mind all the time<br />
waitin for judgement day<br />
they say moses split the red sea<br />
I split the blunt and roll a fat one<br />
but i'm deadly, babylon beware"<br />
On September 7, 1996, he was shot in killed/murdered in Vegas.<br />
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* Russell Tyrone "Ol' Dirty Bastard" Jones (rapper):<br />
He introduced himself to the music world in 1993, when he was featured on "Protect Ya Neck," by the Wu-Tang Clan. Who in April of 1998, changed his name from Ol' Dirty Bastard to Big Baby Jesus after claiming to be Him. He also called himself Osirus (a Eygptian idol god, the third eye of Osirus/Lucifer).<br />
On November 13th 2004, while in a Manhattan recording studio, ODB collapsed, was rushed to the hospital and was pronounced dead an hour later.<br />
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Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the name of Jesus.<br />
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Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, and He is still alive!<br />
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"Jesus"My Minds Made Up & My Heart Stands Firm!tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2009-06-28:916966:BlogPost:8408242009-06-28T07:31:55.000ZProphet Dr. Arroyo B. Sandershttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/ProphetDrArroyoBSanders
The decision has been made, the dye has been cast, and I have stepped over the line. I am a disciple of Christ, equipped with the Holy Spirit's power. With the Lord as my strength, I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I am finished with low living, sight walking, worldly talking, cheap giving, and tamed visions. I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position, promotions, power or popularity. I…
The decision has been made, the dye has been cast, and I have stepped over the line. I am a disciple of Christ, equipped with the Holy Spirit's power. With the Lord as my strength, I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I am finished with low living, sight walking, worldly talking, cheap giving, and tamed visions. I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position, promotions, power or popularity. I don't have to be right, recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded. I now live by faith, walk in victory, and labor in love. The road before me is narrow and rough and my companions are few. But His commission is undeniable, thus my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the enemy, pander at the pool of popularity, of meander in the maze of mediocrity. I won't give up, shut up, let up, until I have prayed up, praised up, paid up, and spoke up for my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I am a Child of God, an Unashamed Firm Believer in Christ! ---- Romans 1:16