Update: July 5/2001

John 10: 26-30 

"But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one."

Many Evangelical, Pentecostal, Charismatic, Catholic, Mormon and other ecumenically-minded leaders are members of the Council for National Policy, the 500+ member organization which plans the strategy of the Religious Right in the United States. 

The CNP, according to their 1996 Telephone Directory, was founded in 1981. While those involved are from the United States, their organizations and influence cover the globe, both religiously and politically. Members include corporate executives, television evangelists, legislators, former military or high ranking government officers, leaders of 'think tanks' dedicated to molding society and those who many view as Christian leadership. Members in many cases are owners or leaders from industry such as lumber, oil, mining, commodities, real estate, the media, including owners of radio, television and print, with all aspects of life covered. Many are involved in education, determining to influence society's direction by direct input with children and youth.

While this information includes members of the CNP, this is not to say that liberal political figures are excluded from the assessment of having "a heart of desperately wicked and deceitful above all things." No one is precluded. However, the CNP members are overtly "Christian" which is used as a cover to deceive the gullible. They have the "form of godliness" and are somewhat "ministers of righteousness", but deny the true power thereof by a carefully contrived doctrine which assiduously avoids the Scriptures which would expose their works that they are evil. Through their propaganda, they provoke visceral reactions from Christians to fight, become angry, to get involved in the political arena, to join and support their organizations through many monetary contributions which makes "merchandise of the saints."

The following information is not designed to provoke anger or resistance to evil. This is strictly prohibited in Scripture. It is to shed light on activities by those who would deceive the elect by devious methods and systematic plans. 

The advice from the Lord is mark them so as "to avoid such.." Our walk and manner of life must be as pilgrims and strangers in a "world that lies in the wicked one'.....and "1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."--all that is in the world is not of the Father." 

All means all. The culture is part of the world and cannot be "reclaimed" with the Lord's blessing as most of the CNP members proclaim. This is one of the wiles of Satan to divert Christians from their true mission which is to walk in love....to walk worthy of their calling as small lamps in a dark world, holding forth the word of life (not reforming and transforming that which cannot be changed.)

Romans 3:9-10 "What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Galatians 3:22 "But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe."

I John 2:15 "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him."

Luke 16:15 "And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."

We are not a "despiser of government" (II Peter 2:10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.), but wise to the machinations of politicians and policies that "corrupt good manners." 1Cor. 15:33. 

We are to rightly divide the Word of God, knowing that Scriptures must be applied in the way and to whom they are meant. Old Testament law was wonderful at the time it was given, but in the New Testament, we know:

Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law."

Galatians 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."

Being a servant of Jesus Christ demands a thirst for truth. We are to: "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." 1Thessalonians 5: 21
Since many Christians are being pulled into the various organizations and the political and religious agenda described in the articles, it behooves us to be Biblically obedient and to listen to the warnings throughout the New Testament. 

Specifically: 2 Timothy 3:13-14  "But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them"

3 John 1:11 "Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God."

2 Timothy 3:4-5 "Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."

Jude 3 "Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever."

CNP members are found in Christian organizations encompassing James Dobson's Focus on the Family, Bill Bright's Campus Crusade for Christ and it's many branches, Robert Weiner's Maranatha shepherding group, Gideons, Youth for Christ, World Vision, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Billy Graham Evangelical Assoc., Intercessors for America, International Charismatic Bible Ministries, National Evangelical Assoc., National Religious Broadcasters Assoc., Promise Keepers and many more. The potential spiritual impact of this organization, which claims educational status, could be unparalleled. 

In-depth biographies of CNP founders and past/present officers and many members reveal that many are directly affiliated with or part of such organizations as the Knights of Malta, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon, the Church of Scientology, Freemasonry, the CIA, Nazis, the Church Universal & Triumphant, the Ku Klux Klan, Templeton Foundation, Racists and other cults and organizations. This will perhaps explain the ease with which many are seduced into embracing  false doctrine and the One World Religion. They don't belong to Jesus Christ. We're told specifically to not join with unbelievers.

2 Corinthians 6:14-15 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"

Can any Christian really believe that someone who loves Jesus Christ will knowingly join with and have the same beliefs or goals as a Nazi, a Mormon or a follower of Sun Myung Moon--who believes himself to be Messiah.

In a sense, the CNP is becoming the worst kept secret. According to Group Watch, due to the past secrecy revolving around the CNP, there are conflicting reports about the CNP History and founding Principals. 

"...Principals: The 1982-1983 officers of the Council for National Policy (CNP) were: Thomas F. Ellis, pres; Nelson Bunker Hunt, vice pres, Bob J. Perry sec-tres; Rep. Louis (Woody) Jenkins, exec dir; and Dr. Tim LaHaye, immediate past pres.(1) According to Nelson Bunker Hunt in his deposition in the Iran-Contra hearings, the presidency of the CNP rotates. He has been president, Pat Robertson has been president, and the president at the time of the hearings was Richard DeVos.(2) Hunt also noted that right-wing stalwarts Joseph Coors, Paul Weyrich, and Howard Phillips had served on the executive committee.(2) Woody Jenkins was the original executive director who resigned when the CNP moved from Louisiana to Washington DC.(2) According to the Hunt deposition, Jenkins was succeeded by Margo Carlisle and then Jack Nelson.(2) The CNP has no members who are not principals. It is a gathering of millionaires that covers a full spectrum of the political right: the New Right, neoconservatives, members of former President Reagan's "kitchen cabinet," and fundamentalist preachers and televangelists.(3) ...

...Background: According to one source, the CNP was formed in 1981 by Texas millionaires Nelson Bunker Hunt, Herbert Hunt, and T. Cullen Davis.(5) A second source reports that it was formed by Richard Viguerie to rival the Council on Foreign Relations.(8,26) The council is composed of politically powerful, wealthy individuals. It intentionally maintains a very low profile.(3,5) One of the conditions of membership is not to reveal the names of other members or the substance of the group's meetings.(9) The CNP bills itself as being the Council on Foreign Policy for the Right.(9) But, its importance does not lie in producing and promoting an ultra-conservative foreign policy agenda, many of its affiliates already do that. It is considered by its members as a network that encompasses the entire spectrum of right-wing politics.(3) It provides a "safe" place for representatives of a wide range of ultra- conservative, anticommunist, pro-military organizations--including the executive branch of the White House--to discuss and promote their programs.(3)

...In 1986, it claimed to operate on a budget of $450,000, used for operational and educational purposes.(6)

Activities: ....At the meetings, talks are given by government officials or key figures in current U.S. foreign policy endeavors.(2) Adolfo Calero attended several meetings and spoke to the group about the Nicaraguan contra situation in 1984.(2,3) Col. Oliver North, adviser to the National Security Council and key figure in the Iran-Contra affair, spoke to the group several times before joining it as a member.(2,3)

The meetings are closed and attendees rarely speak publicly about the proceedings. The agenda of a meeting at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs in 1982 was filled with CNP members talking to the "already committed" about their favorite topics--Phyllis Schlafly on traditional values, Maj. Gen. John Singlaub on special operations in El Salvador, Gen. Albion Knight on national defense, and so on.(35) The list of speakers includes most of the major figures of the Right including: Philip Truluck of the Heritage Foundation; Howard Phillips of the Conservative Caucus; beer baron Joseph Coors; conservative columnist Patrick Buchanan; Frank Shakespeare, chairman of Heritage Foundation; direct mail wizard Richard Viguerie; Jerry Falwell of the Moral Majority; the president of Amway Corp, Richard DeVos; Neal Blair, president of Free the Eagle; John (Terry) Dolan, chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee, Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. delegate to the United Nations; and from the Christian Broadcasting Network, evangelist Pat Robertson.(35) ."  [Group Watch:CNP >http://www.pir.org/gw/cnp.txt]

See also CNP's Gary North ~ On the CNP

While many involved in the CNP have denied political activity in their respective organizations, the role of the CNP appears to be that of a policy and funding conduit for the Religious Right projects, both political and religious. Many non-Christians and deceived Christians would view many involved as representative of born-again Christians. However, one of the intents of the CNP seems to be that of appearing to be a mouthpiece of true Believers, which cannot be. Most are simply not Christian and others would make a claim, rather, to being conservative, holding 'traditional values' and family orientated. Many would also propagate the idea of transforming the United States back to it's 'godly' heritage. 

Invoking some Biblical rules for conduct or the Ten Commandments does not indicate that one is of God, or more clearly, of the Lord Jesus Christ. That will be shown in the various biographies, to be merely a ruse to make use of naive Christians for political gain and to cause them to become Biblically disobedient. 

In the CNP Directories for 1984-1985 and also 1996, it is stated that:  "The Council for National Policy is an educational foundation registered under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations to the CNP are tax-deductable as charitable contributions, less $10 per year for your subscription to Policy Counsel" 

CNP Action, Inc., is a (501)(c)(4), a branch of the CNP, is exempt from taxes, but contributions to it are not deductible. CNP Action, Inc. can lobby and conduct other political activity, which means that one cannot say that the CNP merely meets to discuss problems of the day. They are there to provide united solutions to political agendas.. CNP members who lobby usually do so in their own name, or in the name of the organization they head. The newsletter of CNP Action, Inc., Capitol Hill Report, costs $300 a year and keeps members informed of needed action and political victories. From the Unofficial Council for National Policy web site, published by the Institute for First Amendment Studies, 

CNP Action, Inc. also sponsors standing committee workshops at CNP conferences which provide a vehicle for members to work together to influence crucial public policy decisions. According to a CNP memo, attendees at these workshops "formulate strategies and execute plans to make a difference on the issues where we can have real impact." 

The six permanent standing committees are:

Family co-chaired by Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family and Phyllis Schlafly of Eagle Forum. 

Law and Justice co-chaired by former Attorney General Edwin Meese III and former Texas Court of Appeals judge Paul Pressler. 

Economics co-chaired by former Office of Management and Budget director Jim Miller and Reed Larson of the National Right to Work Committee. 

Defense and foreign policy co-chaired by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Howard Phillips of Conservative Caucus.

 Institutional reform co-chaired by former California state senator H.L. Richardson and direct mail expert Richard Viguerie.

Environment chaired by former Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Energy Don Hodel." http://www.ifas.org/cnp/index.html 

According to that same source, the CNP Rules and Regulations are as follows: 

Those who have written about or exposed the Reconstructionist or Dominionist agenda and unseemly alliances of these various members, might appear to have done so because of a strong dislike for Christians, or those labeled as the Religious Right, and a desire to disparage those who appear under that name. In fact, many website sources were openly hostile to the religious right. Their presentation of factual information was merely as a watch dog of the 'right.' Their purpose was clearly to further their own agenda. Despite any contrary intent of any who have written about these people, the documented facts are still valid. 

The CNP proper is composed of an Executive Committee with Officers, the Board of Governors, regular members and a separate Youth Council whose members must be under the age of 30. Membership does not come cheap, which fits with the financial status of those involved. The cost for regular members is $1500 per year, Board of Governors pay $5000 per year, and Youth Council members are required to pay $100 per year.  According to their 1984-1985 Annual Directory, their Board of Governors meets about four times a year. 

One doesn't ask to join the CNP. One must be recruited by a CNP member and is contingent on a unanimous vote by the Executive Committee. Referring to their Nomination Process, individuals must be nominated by a member, and it must be seconded in order to begin the process to be accepted into the elite group. A résumé or biographical information must be attached to the Nomination Form. 

In the Post-nomination process, once the above requirements are met, the nominees names are placed on a ballot for a confidential vote by the CNP Executive Committee, which appears to be composed of thirteen or fourteen members, including the Officers. That vote must be unanimous for a nominee to be invited to membership. 

See:  CNP Executive and Members Lists for a view of Board of Governors, Executives and Members List from 1984, 1996, 1998.

That selection process bears a second look when one considers the character and associations of those who have been invited to become members of the CNP. 

Granted, there are most likely sincere Christians who have been invited to become a part of this ecumenical group. The lure of building a Theocracy, which many desire, is simply part of the deception. It's easy to believe that uniting with various groups to find a common ground will result in turning  a morally deficient society into a more "conservative minded" society. However, conservative minded or "religious right" does not make one Biblically obedient or belonging to Jesus Christ. No where in Scripture do we see that a Christ rejecting society loves Christians or accepts their beliefs.

John 15:18-21 " 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 because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me."

From the Unofficial Council for National Policy web site, What members say about CNP http://www.ifas.org/cnp/index.html >

Resources used in the following in-depth Selected Biographies, in many cases although not all, are left-wing or clearly motivated with a bias. For example, Perry Dean Young, himself a homosexual, wrote in God's Bullies, of the hypocrisy found in the lives of many, including those who were strongest adversaries against homosexuals, showing that they were themselves homosexuals. 

The resource used many times in the CNP Biographies called PIR is also known as Blythe Systems. Blythe Systems maintains a large database called NameBase. Public Information Research PIR was incorporated in 1989 by Daniel Brandt and Steve Badrich. The advisory board consists of Robert Fink, Fred Goff, Ace Hayes, Jim Hougan, John Loftus, Carl Oglesby, L. Fletcher Prouty, Katherine Sciacchitano, and Peter Dale Scott. Many PIR board members are connected to intelligence organizations in one way or another. [CFRBlythe >http://www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/roundtable/CFRBlythe.html]

PIR utilizes, in their Group Watch section particularly, information from Interhemispheric Resource Center. (IRC) [http://www.irc-online.org/], whose mission is "Working to Make the U.S. a More Responsible Global Leader and Partner. Celebrating 22 Years of Global Activism!." 

They also promote for sale IRC books such as, The New Right Humanitarians, 1986.  IRC is funded through various ecumenical organizations and has trustees from numerous policy think tanks, including the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). >http://www.ips-dc.org/

Institute for Policy Studies is a left-wing think tank connected to the Club of Rome, whose function John Coleman describes: "IPS had one main function, that being to sow discord and spread disinformation resulting in chaos." [Coleman, Committee of 300]  

Foreign Policy In Focus >http://www.fpif.org/, "a think tank without walls," is a joint project of the: Interhemispheric Resource Center and Institute for Policy Studies.

Jim Hougan, who wrote Spooks, is an investigative journalist with the pseudonym of John Case. Bob Woodward, who wrote Veil, according to Hougan, "enjoyed a successful career as a Naval Intelligence briefer and liaison to the White House." 

Antony Sutton, who wrote America's Secret Establishment, believes Ludwig von Mises, a CNP/reconstructionist connected libertarian institute which esteems notables such as Friedrich von Hayek, to be straight forward and what grassroots America to be about. Friedrich von Hayek, protégé and colleague of Mises, is one of the founders of the Mont Pelerin Society of which many CNP are members. According to various resources, The Mont Pelerin Society is a relic of the fascist movements of Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, whose own members, such as Professor Milton Friedman, have "emphasized" that its policies are those of Adolf Hitler. [meaning from Hitler's policies in the 1920's and 1930's]. Soon after it was founded in 1947, the Mont Pelerin Society moved to London... Beginning in the mid-1970s, with lavish corporate financing, the Mont Pelerin Society, spawned a series of "think tanks" Von Hayek, the founder, wrote The Road to Serfdom in London in 1944, while teaching at the British Fabian Society's London School of Economics.

"...in London Friedrich Hayek was creating an organization that would later re-form as the Mont Pelerin Society. The early group was formed in 1939 and was known as the Society for the Renovation of Liberalism. Members of the organization included Frank Knight and Henry Simons of the University of Chicago, the slavishly pro-British American Fabian Socialist Walter Lippman, the philosopher Sir Karl Popper, Sir John Clapham of the Bank of England, and of course, Ludwig von Mises, who was a member for at least 13 years.

All of these early members of Hayek's group then met at Mont Pelerin, Switzerland to form the influential, highly-secretive, and elitist Mont Pelerin Society in 1947...From the beginning the Mont Pelerin Society worked hand-in-hand with the Pan European Union..." 43b  See: Footnotes

While one could be concerned with whether bias and in reality, disinformation affected the factual information, this author chose to utilize sources that provided documented sources, or the original resources themselves, or information that was found corroborated through several sites or resources. 

What was observed in evaluating the CNP "right wing" and also the 'left wing', is that little difference can be seen in the tactics, behaviors, rhetoric, strategies or agenda of either. Both sides desire wealth, control and power of the state to achieve their ideal society. Both speak evil of dignities and government, violating such Scriptures as 2 Peter 2:10 "But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities." and Jude 16 "These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.."

Both view the other side as the enemy. Both are manipulative of those they feel can help them achieve their goals. Both disseminate information about the other to provide the impetus to move the masses in their direction. The conflict between the two would have some suggest the middle of the road is the answer. That middle of the road becomes a compromise into State control. Some call the conflict the Hegelian Dialectic, creating conflict and imposing the solution.

In fact, it will be shown that many members, while advocating for the 'right' are members of or connected to left-wing groups. While many say they are 'anti-communist' and wanting freedom, democracy has been used to take away freedoms. In Canada and the United States, socialist party supporters and socialist thinkers abound. Socialist is simply a polite way of saying communist. So, for those on the left or right who postulate that Communism is dead or that by being part of the many CNP related organizations that are using global anti-communism reasons for their agendas, the rhetoric is merely there for the naive.

Galatians 3:22 " But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe."

In the end, the desired agenda, according to what God has ordained, will be achieved. While many state that God is giving them more time to accomplish things, and to change things, and to 'save' more people, we have nothing to say about what will be and when it will be.

Isaiah 14:24 "The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:" 
26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?"

While Biblically obedient Christians would not wish to be joined with many individuals and groups linked with the following "Christian" ventures, others would suggest the end justifies the means. The claim is God uses non-Christians to achieve his purposes. That would be so. Pharaoh would be a good example. However, uniting in a spiritual venture with not only non-Christians, that is, those who reject Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, but those who are openly speaking against Him does not stand the test of Scripture. Again, the Scriptures command and ask, 2 Corinthians 6:14-15 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"

From a personal perspective, we were temporarily drawn into the world of politics when confronted with what was taking place in public schools. Research eventually lead us to the U.N. initiatives on education and Robert Muller and his influence with the World Core Curriculum. Being naive and not understanding how the political arena worked, I believed for a short time that by speaking up, saying what was wrong with the curriculum, the desired change would be accomplished. Rather, it elicited anger, rejection and isolation from parents and educators who believed all was well and good in the public school system. 

For Dr. Robert G. Muller See: World Vision: Global Education; Letter

Having been brought up in the public school system, we were much saddened to realize that no pastor we knew of ever spoke about that ungodly influence on our children and our parental responsibility before God. Speaking to parents around our province, I originally urged them to speak up and get involved. I went so far as to run for school board. I worked alongside those  claiming to be Conservative and tried to influence liberal/socialist and socialist New Democrats. Some of the Conservatives claimed to be Christians. Invariably I saw deception and Biblical compromise, manipulation and ungodly tactics used by all. To have remained involved would have meant Scriptural compromise in some way. 

Through research and God's leading, I understood that we cannot be part of or have our children taught in a system developed to destroy faith in God and which rejects salvation through Jesus Christ. Nor can we expect to change it, because the majority accept that standard for their lives. Mathew 7:13-16 reminds us:

"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"

Expanding that thinking into all political arenas, we can understand why it is fruitless to determine for non-Christians to live under rules and understandings which govern someone who loves Jesus Christ. It simply is not Biblical.

1 Corinthians 2:12-15 "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man."

Is the Reconstructionist/Dominionist agenda, permeating many beliefs of the CNP membership, of establishing Christ's kingdom on earth, a Biblically valid goal for Christians? 

John 18:36 "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence."

Hebrews 13:13-14 "Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come."

How does creating a Theocracy with Old Testament judgments wielded against dissenters  line up with Biblical truth? Are those who claim to want Old Testament rule established going to want the whole deal, such as killing their own unruly children and stoning adulterers etc.? In the CNP itself, that would mean eliminating some members. 

Is Christ's return dependent on a Theocratic system? As stated earlier, Old Testament law was written for the Jews and was valid at that time. God Himself said we are no longer under the law. And while we advocate respect for government and obedience to laws that do not cause us to sin or become Biblically disobedient, to attempt to change a society being prepared to accept the anti-christ because of rejection of Jesus Christ, is to attempt to change what God Himself has purposed for mankind. 

Romans 13:1-2,7 "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour."

1 Peter 2:13-16 "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God."

How does a theocracy ushering in Christ's return fit with the Scriptures that speak of the anti-christ, the taking of the mark of the beast, the coming wrath of God upon those who reject Jesus Christ and judgment that is His alone?

Jude 14 "And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

Matthew 24:44 "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."

Is it not true, that while many CNP members and others are saying that the End times are here and the return of Christ imminent, the Last Day[s] are discussed in the Scriptures in a way that would suggest that those in control of government will be enemies of Christ? 

Revelation 17:12-14  "And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."

Revelation 13:4-8 "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."

Is it not Biblically true, that Christ's return will not be to a 'godly' society and world, but a society that rejects Jesus Christ and who will be facing God's wrath? 

Revelation 6:16-17 "And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

Revelation 19:15 "And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God."

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God."

2 Thessalonians 2:7-12 "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

Who will come to the Lord if forced to get in line politically, for something that is said to be spiritual? Were Christ and the apostles, our examples, politically motivated? 

Luke 20:25 "And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's."

Romans 12:19 "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."

John 12:48 "He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day." 

Many of these people view those who do not agree with their beliefs to be enemies of their cause, of Christ, of global peace and furthering of Biblical unity. How can this be when we know that the world that rejects Christ, will hate Christians and will not find peace? [See: Persecution Free Christianity]

Matthew 10:34-36 "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household."

Matthew 10:23 "And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved."

Luke 6:26 "Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets."

Isaiah 48:22 "There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked."

Matthew 10:34 "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword."

Luke 12:51 "Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:"

Scripture again reminds of the mind set and spirituality of those in the tribulation and Last Days--which is negated in the desired Theocracy and ushering in of Christ-and those who reject Christ and Christ's return.

2 Timothy 3:-5 " This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."

Revelation 9:20 "And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

Revelation 13:13-16  "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. 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. 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:"

Revelation 20:4  "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."

The following CNP Selected Member Biographies are from various years. Due to difficulty in obtaining some current biographical material,  employment position and current organization position may not be complete. The time span between available CNP Directories and information makes it unknown, in some cases, how long each person has been a CNP member, as well as current status of memberships for 2001.

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