End-Time Soldier of Christ

NOTE: Another total classic from the late 1970’s. Very applicable
to today, sadly!

by L. Vere Elliott.

This is the vision/revelation.  I was in the midst of a great meeting
hall (a church), and the walls and ceilings were covered with jewels
and ornaments, and the windows were made of colored glass (a
typical cathedral or church).  The hall was full of people, some rich,
some poor, some sick and crippled, mute and blind; but all had
chains on and were hand-cuffed, and no one was free, (a picture of
today’s church – they’re in church but they’re not free).  In front of
the meeting hall was a large platform, with a pulpit on one side
and a large cage on the other, with a huge green serpent in it; and
hanging over where the speaker would stand, was a great sword
suspended by two strings horizontally; and on the platform were
several ministers,  8 or 10, clothed in clerical robes, sitting one
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Culled from Prophecy:The Second Coming of Jesus Christ

The Antichrist Will Have The Support Of The False Prophet And Organized Religion

The Antichrist is a leopard beast with ten horns and seven heads.

Revelation 13:1-2 (NIV) And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. 2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion.

The Antichrist will be a governmental leader, and will ultimately set up a One World Government.  The ten horns and seven heads, are other kings or countries that will be involved in the empire of the Antichrist. The ten horns and seven heads, are referred to as two separate parts of the whole. The reason that the ten horns and seven heads are always referenced in this manner, is that they will never fully blend into a single unit. The ten horns are Islamic kings or countries allied with the Antichrist. The seven heads will be represented by “Judeo-Christian” kings or countries, allied with the Jewish False Prophet (Pope).

The Antichrist will be accompanied by a LAMB BEAST referenced in Revelation 13:11-18 printed below.  Satan, the serpent, is the most crafty beast of the field (Genesis 3:1).  In historic Satanic craftiness, the Read the rest of this entry »

Urgent Prayer is really Needed for these two children of the most High God

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MARYAM AND MARZIEH: “We will not deny our faith”

In a dramatic session before the revolutionary court today in Tehran, Maryam Rustampoor (27) and Marzieh Amirizadeh (30) were told to recant their faith in Christ. Though great pressure was put on them, both women declared that they would not deny their faith. Maryam and Marzieh were originally arrested on March 5, 2009 and have suffered greatly while in prison, suffering ill health, solitary confinement and interrogations for many hours while blindfolded.

On Saturday August 8, Maryam and Marzieh were summoned to appear in court on Sunday August 9 in order to hear a verdict on their case. The chief interrogator had recommended a verdict of ‘apostasy.’ However, when they arrived, no verdict was actually given. Instead, the court session focussed on the deputy prosecutor, Mr Haddad, questioning Maryam and Marzieh about their faith and telling them that they had to recant in both verbal and written form. This made it clear that in the eyes of the court, Maryam and Marzieh’s only crime is that they have converted to Christianity Read the rest of this entry »

12 Christians killed, 20 churches burned in Borno rioting prompted by extremist group.

LAGOS, Nigeria, Aug. 7 (Compass Direct News) – With 12 Christians, including three pastors, confirmed killed in rioting ignited by an Islamic sect opposed to Western education, the Christian community in northern Nigeria’s Borno state is still counting its losses. The rioting instigated by an Islamic extremist sect known as Boko Haram, which initially attacked police and government bases, left hundreds of people dead and large property losses. “We are still taking inventory of how the crisis affected our members, but so far we have confirmed some of the Christians killed and churches burnt,” Samuel Salifu, national secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), told Compass. Rampaging members of the sect burned 20 churches before police captured and killed Boko Haram’s leader, Mohammed Yusuf. Police say Yusuf was killed “while trying to escape,” but a federal government panel is investigating allegations that security agents executed him after arresting him alive in his hideout. The chairman of the Borno state chapter of CAN, the Rev. Yuguda Zubabai Ndurvuwa, said many Christians abducted by Boku Haram extremists were yet to be found. Violence started on July 26, when armed sect members attacked a police station in Bauchi state that set off a firestorm of violence spreading to Borno, Kano and Yobe states.

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You might wonder, why is this news ??? but Heard recently that even in Lagos, Nigeria that, Churches that Pray out loud  (causing noise pollution) will be shut down. With even the evidence of one shut already. So now if someone is not happy with the Church noise around them all they have to do is go the authorities and the Church is shut down! The New World order is really taking shape everywhere now.

Police claim amplified Easter Sunday service defamed Islam.

ISTANBUL, May 27 (Compass Direct News) – Nine pastors from two neighboring villages in Pakistan could face prison time for using loudspeakers to broadcast prayers and sermons from their churches on Easter Sunday.

Martinpur and Youngsnabad, 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Lahore, are majority Christian villages. The nine pastors who lead congregations there say that local Muslim security forces have twisted the law to solicit a bribe.

Police arrested and detained Hafeez Gill, Fahim John, Maksud Ulkaq, and a catechist from the Catholic Church in Youngsnabad identified only as Saqab at 10 a.m. on May 16. While en route to the police station, the officers told them they would be released if they offered a bribe, according to the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS). The pastors refused and were detained, but following a public outcry from their parishioners they were released at 2:30 p.m.

Reports indicate the arrest was premeditated. A leader in the village council invited the pastors to his house for a meeting, but when they arrived in the morning local police were waiting for them.

They were taken to the police station, where Station House Officer Mirza Latif showed them two First Instance Reports (FIR) registered on May 11 claiming they had misused their speakers. The FIRs, however, state the pastors misused the speakers on Easter Sunday, which happened nearly a month earlier.

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There are lots of ways that the believer endures the reaction of the world. I’m not saying that every believer is always persecuted all the time to a great, intense degree. But the world is set against the things of God, and as you live them out, you will experience something of the reproach of Christ, some more than others.
Now if you want, you can escape. You can go through your whole life and never get persecuted. It’s very simple, really. I’ll tell you how to do it. First of all, approve all of the world’s standards, morals, and ethics. Just join in; live like the world lives and don’t tell people they are sinners, don’t tell them they are lost without Jesus Christ. Don’t tell people that they are doomed to death, and for goodness’ sake, don’t talk about Hell! Don’t preach and teach that Christ is the only way and that every other religious system is a lie. Don’t separate yourself from the world and all of its activities and all of its enterprises. Go along with the world – laugh at its jokes, enjoy its entertainment, smile when it mocks God, and let people take the Lord’s name in vain. Just be ashamed to take a stand for Christ, and I promise that you will never be persecuted.
Then, when you’re all done doing that, examine yourself to see whether you’re in the faith or not, because there might be good question as to whether you really are.
You may be a Christian living in disobedience.
May I add this? If you decide to live this way, remember Luke 9:26, where Jesus said this: "Whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed." Jesus said, "If you’re ashamed of me, I’ll be ashamed of you." The last thing I want, and I think the last thing any of us wants, is for Christ to be ashamed of us. But it can happen. In Luke 6:26, Jesus said, "Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!" Don’t ever forget that. When you are popular with everybody, then they don’t know the truth about you; you have either masked your Christianity or are not a Christian at all.
– John MacArthur

 

The persecution Jesus talked about is here folks …it’s here but, many are not seeing it… yet we are are to rejoice even as Our Lord said in Matthew 5:10-12

¹⁰Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. ¹²Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

By Hilary White LONDON, April 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) -

A Christian teacher in the UK has been suspended after he complained about the use of training time to promote the idea that homosexuality is normative. Kwabena Peat, 54, was one of several teachers that walked out of his school’s compulsory training day in January, at which Sue Sanders, a prominent UK homosexualist activist, suggested that those who do not accept homosexuality as normal have ‘issues’ that need to be addressed, according to the Daily Mail.

After the event, Mr. Peat wrote to the three staff members who organized the session at Park View Academy, including a deputy headmaster, complaining about Sanders’ "aggressive" presentation. Peat was suspended with pay pending outcome of disciplinary investigations after the staff members complained that, although they were senior to him, they felt "harassed and intimidated" by his complaint.

Peat is being represented by the Christian Legal Centre who warned that if it is allowed to continue, the trend of Christians being sacked and suspended for expressing their beliefs will amount to "state censorship leading to the infringement of a person’s right to freedom of religion and speech."

Mr. Peat, a father of three who has spent most of his teaching career working in inner-city London, told the Daily Mail that he was upset that people who did not agree with the speaker’s position were not being allowed to express their views.

In his letter, he cited the Bible and warned that practicing homosexuals risked God’s "wrath." He said that he had expected Sanders to provide information on how to handle "homophobic bullying," but, he said, "She started promoting homosexual lifestyles and suggesting those who had objections should sort out their prejudices."

"She said, ‘What makes you all think that to be heterosexual is natural?’ It was at that point I walked out."

Mr. Peat said he is not surprised, but is disappointed, at the outcome of his complaint. He said, "I’m the one being harassed and intimidated for expressing my religious views. As an experienced professional I am very supportive of ‘equality and diversity’ programmes and have always got on well with colleagues who are well aware of my Christian beliefs."

Andrea Minichiello Williams, barrister and director of the Christian Legal Centre said that the "legitimate orthodox Christian view as expressed by Mr. Peat, however disagreeable others may find it, should not be construed as harassment or discrimination."

Sue Sanders is a long time homosexualist activist and co-founder of the Schools Out program. Sanders is a major player in Britain’s homosexualist political establishment. She is a member of the LGBT Advisory Group to the Metropolitan Police, an independent advisor to the London Criminal Justice Board, a member of the National Union of Teachers LGBT working party, the current vice-chair of the Southwark anti-Homophobic Forum and a consultant to the Crown Prosecution Services helping to establish national policy on prosecuting "homophobic crime."

In 2004, Sanders instituted LGBT History Month in the UK. In March this year parents were threatened with possible criminal prosecution by their local council for opting their children out of the LGBT History Month program at George Tomlinson Primary School in East London.

Christians in the UK have long warned that the concept of "homophobic bullying" is being exploited by government in cooperation with the homosexualist movement to suppress any principled opposition to the implementation of an anti-Christian and anti-family agenda in schools, particularly in religious schools.

In 2007, both Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Labour government’s minister for Children, Schools and Families pledged the government’s full cooperation with the homosexualist political activists in "cracking down" on "homophobic bullying." Education Minister Kevin Brennan told homosexualist activists to expect government guidelines that will "compel" faith schools to comply with the homosexual movement’s agenda to normalize homosexuality and outlaw opposition.

The government later issued a directive for schools that defines "homophobia" as including "the presumption that everyone is heterosexual" a concept defined in the homosexualist movement as "heterosexism" or "heteronormativism."

Thank you for visiting dear friend in Christ, here is a list of the latest Breaking Persecution News, Below are News Summaries from the Direct Compass News you can go through the links and select the one you would prefer to read and and pray on… God bless

China  -  Detained Uyghur Christian Taken to Hospital

Sri Lanka  -  Buddhist Mobs Attack Churches

Saudi Arabia  -  Authorities Release Christian Blogger

Turkey  -  Local Officials’ Role Emerges in Malatya Murders

Egypt  -  Coptic Church Issues First Conversion Certificate

Sudan  -  Converts from Islam Struggle to Survive

Iran  -  Two Christian Women Imprisoned

Pakistan  -  Suspects in Rape of Christian Girl Cleared

Vietnam  -  Historic Church Building Demolished

Sudan  -  Support for President Leads to Attacks on Churches

Bangladesh  -  Muslim Protests Stall Church Construction

India  -  News Briefs

Iran  -  Three Converts Ordered to Stop ‘Christian Activities’

Morocco  -  Officials Deport Five Foreign Christians

Laos  -  Police Destroy Church Building in Village

Pakistan  -  Christians Brace for Sharia in Swat Valley

Turkey  -  Christians May Appeal Fine for ‘Illegal’ Funds

China  -  Action Urged for Missing Rights Activist

Colombia  -  Six Months Later, Pastor Still Missing

Turkey  -  ‘Insulting Turkishness’ Case Proceeds Under Revised Law

India  -  News Briefs

Colombia  -  Leftist Guerrillas Threaten, Kill Christians

Pakistan  -  Christian Faces ‘Blasphemy’ Abetting Charge, Dangers

India  -  Pastor Shot in Bomb Attack on Church

Pakistan  -  One Woman Dead in Attack on Christians

An Orgy for Charity?

The informant also took the following photographs of the dungeon, a snake, scorpions and bracelet:

The Lesbian, Gay Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City recently sold scratch off tickets to The Black Party which was held on March 21-22. The tickets mocked the creation story from the Bible. The tickets featured a naked man resembling a snake holding an apple.

From the ticket:

BECOME ONE of 10 INSTANT SINNERS!
Scratch off the serpent’s apple for your chance to win a free VIP ticket ($150) to
RITES XXX: THE BLACK PARTY.
100% OF PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO THE LESBIAN,
GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER

What is The Black Party and why would a gay advocacy group promote it?

In 1980 New York City businessman Bruce Mailman opened the Saint – a disco club – and began hosting The Black Party. Now the annual party is hosted at the Roseland Ballroom. The annual event features a large dance party, "strange live acts" according to their website, and lots of sex. This year the strange live acts involved snakes and scorpions.

A confidential informant entered The Black Party and observed the following:

• lewd and indecent exposure
• failure to clean up human excrement
• consumption of controlled substances
• sodomy
• carnal knowledge

The informant also took the following photographs of the dungeon, a snake, scorpions and bracelet:

Where is the New York City Health Department?

There were more provocative photos taken such as one showing a line of men engaging in sex acts. The informant also says the air was filled with the smell of pot.

According to Michael Musto in the Village Voice: "My friend and I danced for a little while near the main platform … only to sprint out of the way when the big black kinky man started PEEING off of the platform into the audience. I almost threw up."

After leaving the party, Michael Musto returns: "I arrive and notice that there are a few hundred less people there, but the ones left are pretty much all having sex. …We end up making out & wandering over to the corner, where a solid 200 guys are all hooking up & banging each other like bunnies (it’s literally like the ads showed) …"

In 2007 Gawker posted a video of comments from men that attended The Black Party. The attendees described public sex acts and the video is definitely not safe for work (profanity and sexual content).

What is the Center?

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (the Center) in New York City is one the gay rights movement’s most effective organizations. In 1983 the Center took over a former school and began offering the use of its facility to outside groups. According to their website, "AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), Queer Nation, Lesbian Avengers and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), were born at the Center."

The Center’s board of directors is a politically active group of people. The individual board members contributed thousands of dollars to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the 2008 presidential race.

The Center is also a prominent promotor of gay marriage. On March 25 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsed a gay marriage bill at the Center Dinner – an annual fundraiser. Last year the event raised more than $500,000.

The Center relies on government grants to fund much of its programs and agenda. In 2007 the Center received $2,433,464 in government grants.

Backbone of the LGBT movement and the dangers

The Center has become an effective model organization for gay political empowerment. Gay community centers are being established around the country. These places are advertised as being a safe refuge for young homosexuals fleeing abuse. In a recent press release Terry Stone of CenterLink said, "Community centers are the backbone of the LGBT movement …"

Education programs are prominent feature of the gay community centers. For a brief time the Center hosted the Harvey Milk High School. Some critics claim that these educational efforts are really indoctrination. For example, David Kilmnick heads Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth and his bio says "his dissertation focused on heterosexist attitudes and changes following contact with an openly gay instructor."

The safety of the gay community centers has rarely been investigated. A hook-up culture exists in some of these places. Some teens meet at gay community centers to find sex partners. Sexual assaults sometimes go unreported. Since 2000 the police have been called to the Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth center at least 55 times, according to the police list report. At least one person accused of vandalizing this facility is claiming he’s innocent and that he was beaten by police so that they could obtain a confession. I wonder if his story is true.

Will The Black Party end?

I have been unable to find a single report of Christians calling for an end to The Black Party. Maybe that is why the Center would promote and profit from such an event. They probably expect Christians to remain silent about The Black Party.

We must remember that people attending The Black Party can change. The Bible tells of prostitutes following Jesus Christ and leaving their former lifestyle behind. Will we tell The Black Party participants about the love of Christ?

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written by Barry Bowen for Christian Headlines

Below are News Summaries from the Direct Compass News you can go through the links and select the one you would prefer to read and and pray on… God bless

India  -  News Briefs

Iran  -  Three Converts Ordered to Stop ‘Christian Activities’

Morocco  -  Officials Deport Five Foreign Christians

Laos  -  Police Destroy Church Building in Village

Pakistan  -  Christians Brace for Sharia in Swat Valley

Turkey  -  Christians May Appeal Fine for ‘Illegal’ Funds

China  -  Action Urged for Missing Rights Activist

Colombia  -  Six Months Later, Pastor Still Missing

Turkey  -  ‘Insulting Turkishness’ Case Proceeds Under Revised Law

India  -  News Briefs

Colombia  -  Leftist Guerrillas Threaten, Kill Christians

Pakistan  -  Christian Faces ‘Blasphemy’ Abetting Charge, Dangers

India  -  Pastor Shot in Bomb Attack on Church

Pakistan  -  One Woman Dead in Attack on Christians

Kenya  -  Church Struggling after Islamists Destroy Building

India  -  ‘Anti-Conversion’ Law Considered in Karnataka

India  -  News Briefs

Pakistan  -  Charges Filed against Kidnappers of Young Sisters

Egypt  -  Islamic Lawyers Urge Death Sentence for Convert

India  -  Christian Father of Two Murdered in Orissa

China  -  Christians Wary as Recession, Unrest Hit

Turkey  -  Links to Masterminds of Murders in Malatya Pursued

Somalia  -  Nuns Kidnapped in Kenya Released

Egypt  -  Law Granting Twins to Muslim to be Reviewed

Bangladesh  -  Pastor Threatened for Rape Accusations

Burma  -  Report Documents Abuse of Chin Christians

India  -  Hard-line Hindus Still Forcing Conversions in Orissa

Bangladesh  -  Christians Seek Justice in Church Bomb Blast

Turkey  -  Christian Bookshop in Adana Vandalized