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- " The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by
Malachi.
- "I have loved you, saith
the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast
thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD:
yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and
his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
- "Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we
will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD
of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall
call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against
whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
- "And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border
of Israel. "A son honoureth his
father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where
is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith
the LORD of hosts unto you,
- "O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein
have we despised thy name? Ye offer polluted bread upon mine
altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye
say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. And if ye offer the
blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame
and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will
he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD
of hosts.
- "And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be
gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard
your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
- "Who is there even among you that would shut the
doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for
nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither
will I accept an offering at your hand. For from the rising of
the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be
great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be
offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall
be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
- "But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table
of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat,
is contemptible. Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it!
and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought
that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought
an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and
voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing:
for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and
my name is dreadful among the heathen. (Malachi
1:1-14 - KJV)
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righteousness. They are those who accept Jesus Christ as their
Lord and Savior, Jews first and then Gentiles. We expect to be
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Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit who are one, forever.
We pray the Lord will bless you with a thirst for truth and a
desire to serve Him exclusively, In Christ Jesus, Cephas Ministry
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- A SCRIPTURE STUDY
- Is
The Great Pyramid An Altar To God?
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- THE FALSE PROPHET
- Beast is a dangerous animal venomous trap.
- 2 Horns function chiefly for defense.
- Mouth like a dragon.
- False Prophet brings life to Obelisk Image
Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of
the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as
a dragon.
Revelation 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first
beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell
therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Revelation 13:13-14 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh
fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those
miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;
saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make
an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did
live.
Revelation 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image
of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak,
and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the
beast should be killed.
Revelation 13:16-17 And he causeth all, both small and great,
rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right
hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell,
save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number
of his name..
- Revelation 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs
come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of
the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
- Mt 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the
false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he
deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them
that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a
lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Revelation
20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake
of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet
are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
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- CHURCH GROWTH MOVEMENT PART I -
- WILLOWCREEK SUGGESTS REMOVAL OF RELIGIOUS WORDS AND THE CROSS??
- :: Rock Salt Publishing - By James Sundquist (5/25/03)
- One of the Willowcreek theory papers on small groups
in churches suggests that we need to remove "religious words"
in our efforts to reach the community. Well, it is with these
very Biblical religious words that we confess our faith. What
religious words used by every major and minor Prophet in the
Torah and by Christ and His Apostles would you suggest we remove?
It is with these very Biblical religious words that we praise
His Holy Name. Heaven and earth are hung by the [religious] word
of His power (Hebrews 1:3). Jesus used religious words when he
called forth Lazarus from the grave. The halt, the lame and the
blind went bounding through the streets with religious words
after being cured by Jesus or the Apostles. Religious words are
Precisely what Noah preached to them that all perished in the
Flood because they did not fear God and hearken unto his words.
- For whole article go to:
http://www.cephas-library.com/formation_willowcreek_pt_1.html
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- CHURCH GROWTH MOVEMENT PART II
- :: It says that JESUS CHRIST + PSYCHOLOGY = THE PERFECTING
OF THE SAINT(S)??
Rock Salt Publishing - By James Sundquist (5/25/03)
- So the Church was deficient for 1900 years because it
did not possess the secret knowledge and keys to your personality
and diagnostic tool to determine your gift of the Holy Spirit?
All of the martyred and persecuted saints throughout the ages
had everything they needed to be fully equipped to do the work
of the ministry, but they lacked one thing, they did not possess
the ability to figure out what gift of the Holy Spirit they had?
This whole idea is a reproach to every saint that ever lived
and an insult to the sufficiency of Christ. The 21st Century
Saints now have tools which were unavailable to the rest of the
Body of Christ for the duration of the first twenty centuries?
How did the first twenty centuries of the Church manage to get
by without these tools? How could they possibly even know that
they might be mistaken? Did they simply stumble into the truth
of the right gift for them? How would even the 21st Century Church
Christian know with certainty that the Personality Profile produced
the right result, since it relies on fallen man, the old man,
the old creation, perhaps even false memory syndrome, or a spirit
guide they called Jesus? Imagine that the Christian used this
flawed test, based on the fatal attraction of what's in it for
me, or even for noble purposes such as the gift of healing, but
then in fact, it was determined that it was a mistake? But by
then you may have already given false hope to millions of victims
such as the fraudulent faith healer Benny Hinn. Why didn't Paul
say: "I am determined to know Jesus Christ among you, and
him crucified, but also not only Christ crucified and him only,
but you also need the world's tools too instead of saying:
"For I determined not to know any thing among you, save
Jesus Christ, and him crucified." I Corinthians 2:2 - For
whole article go to:
http://www.cephas-library.com/formation_willowcreek_pt_2.html
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- CHURCH GROWTH MOVEMENT - PART III
- INFLUENCE OF CARL JUNG ON THE CHURCH
:: Rock Salt Publishing - By James Sundquist - Who is this woman
that the Hybels respect as an "author and counselor"?
What does she teach in Codependent No More and in her two sequels,
Beyond Codependency and Codependent Guide to the Twelve Steps?
Beattie's books from cover to cover are hard core humanistic
psychology. But they are more than that. Codependent No More
is also a strong promotion and endorsement of Alcoholics Anonymous/12-step
programs. Beattie strongly advocates and teaches her readers
to seek a "Higher Power," any "Higher Power."
This Higher Power is not the God of the Bible, but is whatever
one conceives in his imagination. This is idolatry in its purest
form. (A female "elder" at Willow Creek claims "our
higher power here [at Willow Creek] is Christ.") [Beattie
also endorses and highly recommends reading A Course In Miracles,
which is full of hard core New Age teaching and was dictated
by a spirit guide (i.e., a demon) to its author. It is published
by the New Age organization Foundation for Inner Peace. Beattie
also endorses the best selling New Age book in the U.S. -- The
Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck. (Like Melodie Beattie, Hybels
likes M. Scott Peck enough to speak favorably of him a number
of times in his books and in various articles. Hybels never gives
one word of warning whatsoever about this New Age guru.)]"
For the whole article click on:
http://www.cephas-library.com/formation_willowcreek_pt_3.html
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- YWAM AND BENNY HINN AGREE TO WORK TOGETHER
- :: Let Us Reason Together, Hawai: YWAM - February 2002 -
Benny Hinn’s new target audience is the youth; and who has
been involved with the youth more than the missionary organization
YWAM. They have done a good job in evangelizing in the past but
something very different is now taking place.
- :: On Jan 10 here in Hawaii Joy Dawson went up on stage and
endorsed Hinn’s former outreach to the youth in California
and his desire to have a youth service in Hawaii (at the time
it was for April but he has not scheduled it in to his crusades
which are planned up until July). A few days prior to Hinn’s
crusade Joy Dawson appeared on LeSea broadcasting with Mike Murdock
on one side and Hinn in the middle of them both. The week after
Hinn was here in Hawaii they showed both Joy Dawson and Loren
Cunningham on Hinn’s program with clips of the YWAM base
(Christ for the Nations) here on the big Island of Hawaii.
- :: YWAM has 12,000 plus as volunteer staff and they say they
have nearly 3 million working in YWAM throughout the world. It
is huge organization with 800 bases in over 135 countries. So
it has become a potential door for Hinn to promote his heresies.
But if we look at the past, the door has always been open. See
whole article at: http://www.cephas-library.com/joels_army_ywam_and_hinn.html
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- UNITY AT THE END OF THE AGE ?
- Let Us Reason Together, Hawai: Unity at the End of the Age
- Hearing the Word of the New Prophets - Do You Want To Be An
Apostle asks Peter Wagner: http://www.cephas-library.com/apostles_unity_at_the_end.html
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- WOULD THIS BE HOLY SPIRIT'S LEADING?
- THE CYRUS BLESSING
The Latter Rain Aseembly Ministry - DOMINION PARTNERS monthly
message:
- The Destruction of the poor 31/08/2001
The Spirit of Toiling: I am tired of Low-level living 29/09/2001
Champions of Faith in secular arena 26/10/2001
Open Secrets to hidden wealth 30/11/2001
The Trouble with Money 1/2/2002
The Indestructible Seed of the The Jews 1/3/2002
From the Dunghill to the Hilltop 5/5/2002
The Key to Wealth, Power and Influence- I 3/7/2002
- http://www.latterrainassembly.org/Archives/dpm.htm
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- THE HOLY SPIRIT EXCHANGED FOR THE CYRUS ANOINTING?
- THE CYRUS MANDATE
- To this end the Lord will release a Cyrus anointing to pillage
the enemies storehouse. For what empowers governments –
spiritual or otherwise – is not the type of administration
or the extent of it’s geography, it is the storehouse’s
of captured treasure. For far too long the enemy of our souls
has held the gates of the church. Yet Jesus promised us an advance
such that the very gates of hell would yield. Since the reformation
Satan has been losing his grip, and in the unfolding days, even
the gates which protect his historic domain will fall.
- King Cyprus was given authority to break the gates of bronze,
cut iron bars, and to make the crooked places straight’.
The first two speak of fortifications which are demonic in nature.
The ‘crooked places’ are the devices in place which
cause reward to go to the unrighteous. The advance of the kingdom
of God means righteousness must prevail. There is an increase
of his government which will not end, and that increase must
come at the cost of another realm of authority. Thus, the increase
must come directly into the territory of the enemy.
- Presently, there are barriers which shield the wealth laid
up for the righteous which must be removed by an expression of
the rule of God... but the Cyrus anointing will fall upon an
entirely different sort of individual. These are warriors with
the heart of David, mighty men of grace who will do exploits.
At this very moment, a generation of them are being prepared
and will be launched, as carefully crafted arrows designed to
hit the mark. ©2002 Watchman on the Wall Ministries. http://www.watchman.ca/vol13-5.html
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- 12-STEP PROGRAMS ARE HARMFUL FOR BELIEVERS IN THE TRIUNE
GOD
- Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935 and the spread of
its 12 Steps has been devastating. Thousands of groups and most
codependency/recovery groups utilize the 12 Steps in some form.
Tim Stafford (Chr. Today) says the 12 Steps are Christian yet
they don't mention Christ. Bill Hybels' Willow Creek Church
is one of thousands sponsoring 12- step programs (8/97 Berean
Call). Dave Hunt says the 12 Steps of A.A. came by direct inspiration
from the demonic world and open the door to the occult. He says:
"12-step programs are doing great harm by turning people
away from the true God to a false higher power, and by denying
the sufficiency of God's Word and robbing multitudes of its transforming
power." Martin & Deidre Bobgan (4137 Primavera Rd.,
Santa Barbara, CA 93110) and Cathy Burns (212 E. 7th St., Mt.
Carmel, PA 17851) have books on this. http://home.hiwaay.net/~contendr/9-1-97.html
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- CHRISTIANS URGE PA NOT TO MAKE ISLAM OFFICIAL RELIGION
- :: Jerusalem (ENI). Christian leaders in the Holy Land have
called on the Palestinian Authority not to make Islam the official
religion of a future independent Palestinian state. The leaders
oppose an article of a draft constitution prepared by the Constitution
Committee of the Palestinian Authority which states: "Islam
shall be the official religion of the state. The monotheistic
religions shall be respected." [ENI-May 29, 2003]
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- 'US EPISCOPAL SEMINARY HONOURS FOUNDER OF METROPOLITAN CHURCHES
FOR GAYS
- :: New York (ENI). The founder of the Metropolitan Community
Churches, the world's largest predominantly gay and lesbian Christian
organization, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by a prominent
Episcopal (Anglican) seminary. Troy Perry, aged 62, was awarded
the degree by Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
during graduation ceremonies at the seminary. Perry was cited
for his long-time social and political activism and his leadership
of a denomination that has an increasingly international reach.
[ENI-May 29, 2003]
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GLOBAL / LOCAL
POLITICS
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- IRAQIS FRUSTRATED BY SHIFT FAVORING U.S. - BRITISH RULE
:: BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 25 - by Patrick E. Tyler - The sudden shift
in postwar strategy in favor of an American and British occupation
authority has visibly deflated the Iraqi political scene, which
earlier this month was bustling with grass-roots politicking
and high expectations for an all-Iraqi provisional government.
- This week Kurdish leaders are clearing out of Baghdad to
return to the north to consult with their constituents about
a course of action. They have asked the new American civilian
administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer III, to visit northern
Iraq to confront the popular disenchantment.
- It was Mr. Bremer who broke the news to Iraqi political groups
on May 16 that the Bush administration was reversing its plan
to support the immediate formation of an interim government here
that would have put Iraqis in charge of the country with allied
forces and Western technocrats in a supporting role...
- In little more than a week, during which the United Nations
passed a resolution granting broad powers to the United States
and Britain to run Iraq, the country's political groups have
come to the realization that they have lost their bid to dominate
the postwar transition...
- His "Free Iraqi Forces," about 700 paramilitary
fighters who briefly cooperated with the allies in the late stages
of the military campaign, were abruptly dissolved this weekend
by order of Mr. Bremer, who signed a directive intended to disarm
another militia, the Badr Brigade of the Iranian-backed Supreme
Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq.
http://www.nytimes.com/ads/usair/popMay22.html;sz=720x300;ord=2003.05.27.06.09.10
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- SENATE MATCHES HOUSE'S $984 BILLION DEBT-LIMIT INCREASE
:: Roll Call Staff - by Nicole Duran - May. 23, 03 - Boxed in
by the House and itching to start the Memorial Day recess, the
Senate agreed to raise the debt ceiling by almost $1 trillion
Friday afternoon.
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- BARCODING HUMANS
- :: My arm was like a barcoded product at a supermarket cash
register: It beeped every time the scanner prodded the chip.
It worked even through my clothes. Displayed on the screen was
a long number with many zeroes. For good or bad, I thought, this
chip may be quietly heralding a time when people will literally
have technology under the skin.
- http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/140/science/Barcoding_humans+.shtml
- http://www.cephas-library.com/mark_barcoding_humans.html
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- SURGE OF INTEREST IN CHIP TRACKING
- "..John Lettice, of the Register noted, "And by
pushing positive aspects of tagging, even years before it's actually
feasible, they're softening public opinion up for the days when
it can be widespread, and when its application
can be more sinister."
Warwick had called for an urgent government debate on the issue,
and said government ministers should consider implants for all
children.
"This is why we need the debate to take place," he
said. "In the future, it may be that only the police have
the authority to allow the system to be activated. But, as things
stand, parents can have that right themselves."
The suggestion that only police, and not parents, might have
control of such a future system is sure to raise hackles in England,
where there has been a steady stream of police officers arrested
on child-porn charges.
- For whole discussion: http://www.cephas-library.com/mark_surge_of_interest_in_tracking.html
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- MICHAEL MOORE AUTHOR / FILMMAKER SAID HE WAS SIMPLY EXERCISING
HIS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.
- :: His fiery Oscar speech sparked plenty of controversy,
and now Michael Moore is turning up the heat. His next movie
will examine the relationship between former President George
Bush Sr. and the wealthy family of Osama bin Laden.
- :: "Fahrenheit 911" will also look at the post-9/11
activities of the current Bush administration, Variety reports.
After spending a year researching the project, Moore is reportedly
seeking financing from actor Mel Gibson's Icon Productions. Moore's
"Bowling for Columbine," named best documentary at
last week's Academy Awards (see " 'Chicago' Dances Away
With Six Oscars; Eminem's Will Be Mailed To Him"), was made
for $3 million and has earned close to $40 million worldwide.
- :: During his acceptance speech on Sunday, the writer/filmmaker
voiced his opposition to the conflict in Iraq, even calling into
question the legitimacy of the Bush presidency. Though he received
a standing ovation as he approached the stage, his comments drew
several loud boos.
- :: "Don't report that there was a split decision in
the hall because five loud people booed," he told reporters
backstage. "Do your job and tell the truth. This is how
not only this town feels, but the majority of Americans did not
support us getting into this war. They're not for Bush's policies,
they're not for drilling in Alaska — go down the whole damn
list. The majority of Americans oppose what Bush stands for."
By Ryan J. Downey - http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1470842/20030328/index.jhtml?headlines=true
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- NATIONAL 9/11 COMMISSION WHITE HOUSE INTERROGATIONS
- C-Span 5.23.03 - Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta
was completely left out of the loop about the possibilities of
terrorists attacks by planes even during the morning of the attack,
even though the various agencies knew since 1995 prior to 9/11
that the possibility existed per prior committee meeting. He
didn't know that there were orders issued to shoot down flight
77 prior to it's crash. They scrambled the jet fighters when
the planes hit the towers. Representatives of Norad said they
flew jets into the wrong direction because of miscommuniations.
Mineta brought down all planes when he found out that three planes
where involved in the attack.
NORAD was not expecting attacks from within the U.S. Only the
President had the authority to give orders to shoot down U.S.
planes. The order came from Vice President Cheney. This authority
has now been permanently given to NORAD.
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