Handel - Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus
Unless something absolutely spectacular must be posted, tomorrow is Easter and nothing will be posted. Wish you a blessed and joyful day. Anticipation is for Tuesday to be our big day. THE GATEKEEPER
How important is the resurrection of Jesus Christ?
April 7, 2012
By Rev. Roger N. Eimers , The OBSERVER
Easter is a celebration of the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. How important is the resurrection of Jesus Christ? The Apostle Paul wrote about the importance of the resurrection of Christ in the entire 15th chapter of 1 Corinthians. He began by saying, "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once: of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time." (1 Corinthians 15:1-8)
The Gospel is good news because it states the only way that a person can be saved from the punishment for sin and someday be allowed to go to heaven. We are all sinners as measured by God's holy standard, which is absolute perfection. The punishment for sins is eternal death in the Lake of Fire. (Revelation 20.) No one deserves heaven. No one can earn heaven by good works. We are all born condemned. God loved the world of sinners so much that He sent His eternal Son from heaven to die for sinners. (John 3:16) Jesus was God the Son, Creator of the heaven and the earth. He alone could pay the penalty for all sinners. He had to be a God-man so He had to be born of the virgin Mary. Since He was born by the power of the Holy Spirit, He had no sin nature like every other human. Therefore He alone qualified to be the Savior for all mankind. His perfect life showed who He was. The numerous miracles which He did showed that He was God. His teaching showed that He had come to be the only Savior for humans. His death on the cross provided the only possible payment for our sins. His resurrection proved that God, the Father, was satisfied with the payment for our sins. Without the resurrection there would be no Savior. There would be no salvation for any person.
The Apostle Paul stated that a person can be "saved" by believing that Jesus had paid for that person's sin by His death, that He was buried, and rose bodily from the dead on the third day. He declared in his writings, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." (Romans 10:9, 10)
There would be no salvation for anyone without the resurrection of Jesus Christ. There would be no Savior. There would be no "good news." Believe all of the Gospel and your sins will be forgiven. You will someday be in heaven. Disbelieve any part of the Gospel, and you will never go to heaven. Your sins will never be forgiven.
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Epic Paradigm Shift Poised to Unfold Within US and World Imminently
Are militaries around the world preparing for final take down of New World Order cabal?
News | April 4, 2012 | April 5, 2012 (See below for updated
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Reported by Scott Mowry | http://miraclesandinspiration.com/news_epic-paradigm-shift.html
Major events across the US continue to accelerate towards a momentous breaking point with each passing week in the first quarter of the year 2012.
We are fast approaching a paradigm shift of epic proportions that will result in the total freedom of all US and world citizens. Many spectacular developments, long in the planning stages, are set to unfold that will alter the course of history forever and will place humanity permanently on the path towards the Golden Age.
Behind the scenes, heroic battles wage the likes of which have never been seen on this planet before yet go completely unnoticed by the people who will ultimately benefit from them the most. Along the way, intense negotiations are and have been underway within all sectors of our modern society to break an intricate control system that has been in place for a hundred years or longer. In some cases –– for thousands of years.
These include the stranglehold upon our monetary systems, our governmental organizations, media empires, religious institutions, energy resources, science and technology spheres, food productions and health care industries. All are about to be lifted out a state of suppression to be transformed into a state of dynamic activation for the benefit of all of mankind.
FINANCIAL WAR THE MOST INTENSE
Most particularly intense at this stage of the game is the war to wrest control of the world's financial power structures with major victories occurring at a near daily basis. This unseen war is the precise reason why we have yet to see any major news of currency revaluations in foreign countries, particularly with the Iraqi dinar which has long been anticipated
Although the revaluation of the Iraqi dinar was originally intended to be a secret held by a few insiders devised during the first George Bush, Jr. administration, current estimates are that as many as six million people around the world have discovered and subsequently invested in this classified plan.
Even a few select mainstream news media outlets are now beginning to report on foreign currency revaluations such as Bloomberg News and Fox Business News.
On another note, the alliance between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
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Africa, also known as BRICS, has taken the bold steps to dump the US dollar as their primary trading currency and create its own bank. This is yet another nail in the coffin for the privately-owned Federal Reserve banking cartel as more and mores nations seek to increasingly marginalize the dollar for a take down.
BRICS recently held their annual summit in New Delhi, India in late March 2012 where they made a series of major announcements. Along with the White Dragon Society, BRICS is now emerging as perhaps the most forceful global resistance vehemently opposed to any further aggressive overtures by the NWO cabal, such
as World War III in the Middle East.
as World War III in the Middle East.
One significant person who continues to stand tall is Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who has miraculously managed to rescue his country from a total downfall to the New World Order banking cabal. Mr. Putin survived two assassination attempts in his home country recently in his bid for re-election and is now set to lead the Russian people into the promised land.
On Friday, March 28, 2012, Barack Obama appointed Jim Yong Kim, a physician and President of Dartmouth College to lead the World Bank. The irony of placing an Asian in charge of this major financial institution was not lost and was likely strongly endorsed, if not enforced, by the White Dragon Society.
Apparently, Jim Yong Kim has no ties the criminal cabal as previous World Bank Presidents have such as Robert Zoellick and Paul Wolfowitz. His appointment is yet another sign the world's financial systems are dramatically changing for the better.
Further indications that the criminals are turning upon one another are another series of unprecedented reports arising from the Vatican –– the richest, most powerful institution and the very heart of darkness on planet Earth. The US State Department announced it has placed the Vatican bank on the "concerned list" for money laundering, while JP Morgan suddenly decided to close all of the Vatican's accounts it holds. Astonishing news, to say the least!
(See video below, "Signs of the Illuminati Defeat Are Everywhere!" for further information on the Vatican.)
And finally, no less than the Queen of England's own bank, Coutts Bank, was fined 8.75 million pounds for failing to carry out correct checks on “politically exposed persons” and prevent money laundering. And in an even more dramatic development, the Queen's fortune has now has been officially linked to drug trafficking.
UNSUNG HEROES ABOUND
Meanwhile n the shadows, many, many heroic people are battling in the trenches with little recognition yet they possess the most noble and altruistic intentions for all of humanity, often risking life and limb to do so. They have remained true to their purpose of fighting against darkness and evil with a strong sense of will and determination to see the job through to the bitter end.
In the not-too-distant future, we will need to recognize and honor these individuals for their courage, bravery and service towards not only to our country, but to the whole of the human race. These heroes come from the military, economic fields, various governmental departments, legal professions, intelligence services and average, ordinary walks of life –– all linked by a high moral fiber that propels them to serve.
Still others making a profound difference in our world include a large number of people in highly conscious states who are proactively meditating, consciously co-creating and envisioning a grand future for humanity. They can be found in far flung regions across the planet such as India, Tibet, China, etc. and they are literally birthing a new reality for us all to step into.
southern India, and its leader Sri Bhagavan, are openly speculating that by the end of 2012, there will be 70,000 enlightened beings upon the Earth. This 70,000 is the critical mass number needed to shift the entire planet into a higher state of consciousness.
Enlightenment is a very real phenomenon that is transferrable from one human being to another. It is a provable fact from scientific research known as the "100th Monkey Effect," in which Japanese scientists observed that a learned behavior spreads instantaneously from one group of monkeys to all related monkeys once a critical number is reached.
Thus, for every one person who becomes enlightened, in turn effects 100,000 others around them. The numbers suggest that 70,000 × 100,000 = 7,000,000,00 –– the likely total population of planet Earth by the end of 2012 or early 2013. We can therefore conclude that critical mass guarantees a planetary shift.
We may likely never learn the names of these many enlightened beings due to the fact that they seek little glory for their efforts, preferring to operate from a place of anonymity and humility.
Together, all of these diverse cross-section of people have worked tirelessly to bring the Golden Age to planet Earth as rapidly and as expeditiously as possible. And they have made tremendous strides since the dawn of the year 2012.
If you can, imagine not having to worry about the basic necessities of life such as feeding your family, putting clothes on your back, affording your housing or having access to first class medical care. Soon, all the people of world will be provided with these basic necessities as a birth right, once the resources, technologies and monies have been freed up to be dispersed among all.
Perhaps this kind of scenario may sound fanciful and untenable. Yet many are seeing and feeling the real possibility of this kind of lifestyle emerging for all of the human race sooner, rather than later.
We are indeed living in the most exciting times ever seen in the history of the Earth!
MASS ARRESTS WITHIN US BORDERS ABOUT TO BEGIN
Soon, our news media will finally begin reporting on an unprecedented number of mass arrests that will sweep up many well known political, religious, economic and social leaders, as well as other high profile individuals whose names will be familiar to us all. While many other unknowns who have stood in dark corners wielding great negative power and influence upon the world will be removed from their hiding places.
According to the latest report from Benjamin Fulford, these arrests will include those at the very top of the pyramid including within organizations as powerful as can be found on the planet. These groups that will be targeted are: the Committee of 300; the Bilderberg group; the Council on Foreign Relations; the Club of Rome; the Trilateral Commission and the European Commission.
A whistleblower by the name of "Drake", a former member of the US military who served in Vietnam has emerged recently to act as a sort of quasi-spokesman for the US Pentagon and was interviewed by David Wilcock on March 28, 2012.
David Wilcock & Drake 2012-03-28 1-3 Mass Arrests
In this extensive nearly three-hour long phone interview, Drake and David Wilcock discussed a wide-range of topics including the impending mass arrests, the military's role as backing law enforcement and Federal Marshals, and the return of the US to a sovereign nation state. (Also see David Wilcock's newest posting, "DIVINE INTERVENTION: Section I — Defeating Financial Tyranny".) Particularly interesting was the final hour of the interview where David Wilcock and Drake discuss some of the suppressed technologies that will be emerging in the very near future, as well as the dimensional shift about to occur. (More information on this interview can be found in our David Wilcock Audio section.)
Once these arrests begin in earnest, it is possible that some areas of the country may experience slight delays in services such electrical power, or perhaps even telephone or internet utilities. Although, Drake stressed that the military will make every effort to insure that all Americans do not experience undue hardships during this momentous transition.
Therefore, it is recommended to have a three-day supply of food and water on hand for any possible short-term emergency situation.
Of further note, a major shift is already occurring within our corporate news media as people in the US move away in record numbers and turn towards alternative news sources found on the internet.
Reports are suggesting that viewership for the CNN channel has dropped by 50% this year alone. Other media empires such as News Corp, owners of Fox News, have seen numerous of their employees arrested in the United Kingdom.
Polls are indicating that the majority of the American people no longer trust mainstream media sources such as newspapers, magazines and cable news networks, which spells doom for those in the compromised news media.
Meanwhile, the hacker activist group known as Anonymous continues to grow stronger by the month. In their boldest move yet, the group recently released a sensational video that called for the outright overthrow of the corrupted, corporate US government.
ANONYMOUS Call for Overthrowing US Government
Anonymous continues to prove that is more than the authorities can handle at this time and has became a valuable PR machine for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Occupy Wall Street itself is gearing up for a massive round of protests beginning this Spring that will last until the big changes start to roll out and perhaps longer. Anonymous is also to be featured in an upcoming documentary film entitled, "We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists".
And finally, Foster Gamble, the creator and host of the landmark documentary film, "Thrive" recently announced his company will be making the film available for free, beginning April 5, 2012.
It will be available for viewing on their website so as to spread their message to as many people as possible, without any hindrances. Thrive Movie Going Free
DIVINE INTERVENTION IN FULL FORCE NOW
And while we are at it, cancel all plans for Martial Law, FEMA enslavement camps, a devastating world-wide financial collapse, World War III and Armageddon. They are officially off the table! We are full steam ahead for Heaven on Earth now.
What seems like an extraordinary synchronicity of events all occurring at once, is merely the human race responding en mass to an enormous influx of energy emanating from the galactic center of the universe.
Assisting humanity along every step of the way, these energy waves streaming in are upgrading everything in their path including human consciousness, human DNA and the very nature of human reality which is being transformed from a third-dimensional to a fifth-dimensional existence. All of these upgrades are part of a grand Divine plan now moving into hyper-overdrive, preparing humanity's ascent into the Golden Age.
What may seem absolutely impossible and unfathomable one month, will suddenly become highly probable the next month. Therefore, it is vital not to cast doubt or dispersions on any of these seemingly unrealistic scenarios that many are envisioning for our immediate future. In other words, you may be quite surprised what becomes magically available to you from one day to the next.
At this point in time, anything and everything is possible and we should not limit ourselves in any way, shape or form. Go ahead and dream the impossible dream.
YOUR CALL TO SERVE
As these monumental historic events begin to unfold, it is important to be mindful to not go into a state of fear or panic. In point of fact, many of us will be called upon to assist others with understanding the true ramifications of these epoch-making developments.
Many of you reading this update are probably familiar with many of these planned changes because you have heard rumors or you have done your research on them for many years.
Perhaps you have even grown rather weary and impatient, knowing within your heart that changes of this magnitude were inevitable, yet the wait for their implementation has felt like an eternity. You will soon be rewarded for your patience and persistence.
However, we must be ever mindful that the average American has absolutely no clue of what is coming down the pike. Many may have just recently become awakened to the horror that our government, banking institutions and media sources are completely corrupt yet they feel incapable of seeing any kind of solutions available to right the ship.
Your role will become more clearly defined as a mentor, an educator, a psychologist or even as a spiritual advisor as these historic events unfold upon your television and computer screens. In other words, you will need to explain to your family, your friends and acquaintances, or your co-workers what is really going on simply because you may have a better understanding of the overall big picture.
You will become an invaluable asset to those around you who may feel bewildered or completely overwhelmed by the sheer number of changes that will occur, one after another, after another. Above all, remember –– stay calm, stay positive and stay strong. Trust that all is unfolding is part of an vast amazing, miraculous Divine plan that will result in your personal freedom, as well as, the freedom of your loved ones.
The Golden Age is here, ladies and gentlemen, now it is time to get down to work
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April Security Threat Notice from our Own Techie (Sheridan)
Welcome everyone to April... Yikes!
What's up in “techville” (among other things)?
- Same basic security threats still in the wild +
- A very intense threat hit some Global DNS servers Mar 31st
- MasterCard / Visa investigate Data breach
- Paul Allen (Microsoft Founder) gets hit by Identity Theft
- Issues with Avast upgrade (annoying for a few reboots)
One: The most common threats still include the e-mail spoofs featuring Fed Ex, ACH, Intuit, BofA, Chase, Wells Fargo, PayPal, AT&T, DHL, US Airways and so many others too numerous to count. Thankfully most of these are being dealt with from every angle possible so we have begun to see diminished expression and numbers. You still need to be very careful about very official looking e-mails, especially if they contain attachments. Remember that you can always point at (NOT click on) the links to see if they actually point back to PayPal.com or BofA.com, or whatever the REAL providers URL actually is...
Two: Operation Blackout is the code name put forth by the Hacker group known as Anonymous, a leaderless, worldwide, loosely focused hacking group that receives directives on public forums so no way to track who's receiving these and who's doing what. Historically, this group has done some pretty invasive things and is a credible threat, from a loss of Internet functionality standpoint at least. Truth is, this group also has a decidedly anti-big corrupt business & government stance that suggests more of an Antihero nature than anything else.
Three: Though it's not the first time, nor the last to be sure, this MasterCard / Visa Data Beach will affect millions of card owners all over the world, mostly here in the states. If after checking your MC or Visa statement, you discover even a small unauthorized debit, be sure to call into your Bank or provider and get yourself a New MC or Visa. Often small, insignificant charges are tests to see if the account is viable and are followed up by larger purchases and debits.
Authenticated numbers often get out on a kind of a Credit Card Black Market where covert purchasers can get a hold of thousands of cards, automatically running all the numbers and immediately closing the operation after a single and mostly successful acquisition of funds or purchases...
Four: If former MS Founder Paul Allen is not safe from Identity Theft then neither you nor I can feel very safe about our identities.Basically you want to communicate ANY of your private info as little as possible, verbally or in writing. If asked for your Social Security# always ask if that can be communicated another more secure way of not at all, same with Bank account info, physical addresses, most especially home location and to some extent Business locations.
It IS ALWAYS best to have a PO Box or Mailbox service that all your mail and accounts go to rather than where you live. This is also best for business as well. All the knowledgeable wealthy do this period. Your Home should always be sacrosanct and completely separate from your public, financial & business life as much as possible...
Five: I've been getting lots of calls of short lived issues having to do with Avast 6, upgrade to 7 either automatically or of your own choosing. Avast 7 is showing itself to be VERY affective so I consider the minor annoyances around upgrade to be acceptable considering that they are only temporary (a couple of reboots).
Blessings, health & prosperity to you all,
-Sher
What Did Jesus Do On Holy Saturday?
By Daniel Burke
Religion News Service
(RNS) Every Christian knows the story: Jesus was crucified on Good Friday and rose from the dead on Easter Sunday. But what did he do on Saturday?
That question has spurred centuries of debate, perplexed theologians as learned as St. Augustine and prodded some Protestants to advocate editing the Apostles' Creed, one of Christianity's oldest confessions of faith.
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and most mainline Protestant churches teach that Jesus descended to the realm of the dead on Holy Saturday to save righteous souls, such as the Hebrew patriarchs, who died before his crucifixion.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church calls the descent "the last phase of Jesus' messianic mission," during which he "opened heaven's gates for the just who had gone before him."
An ancient homily included in the Catholic readings for Holy Saturday says a "great silence" stilled the earth while Jesus searched for Adam, "our first father, as for a lost sheep."
Often called "the harrowing of hell," the dramatic image of Jesus breaking down the doors of Hades has proved almost irresistible to artists, from the painter Hieronymus Bosch to the poet Dante to countless Eastern Orthodox iconographers.
But some Protestants say there is scant scriptural evidence for the hellish detour, and that Jesus' own words contradict it.
On Good Friday, Jesus told the Good Thief crucified alongside him that "today you will be with me in paradise," according to Luke's Gospel. "That's the only clue we have as to what Jesus was doing between death and resurrection," John Piper, a prominent evangelical author and pastor from Minnesota, has said. "I don't think the thief went to hell and that hell is called paradise."
First-century Jews generally believed that all souls went to a dreary and silent underworld called Sheol after death. To emphasize that Jesus had truly died, and his resurrection was no trick of the tomb, the apostles likely would have insisted that he, too, had sojourned in Sheol, said Robert Krieg, a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame.
"It helps bring home the point that Jesus' resurrection was not a resuscitation," Krieg said.
Belief in the descent was widespread in the early church, said Martin Connell, a theology professor at St. John's School of Theology-Seminary in Collegeville, Minn. But the Bible divulges little about the interlude between Jesus' death and resurrection. Churches that teach he descended to the realm of the dead most often cite 1 Peter 3:18-20.
"Christ was put to death as a human, but made alive by the Spirit," Peter writes. "And it was by the Spirit that he went to preach to the spirits in prison." The incarcerated souls, Peter cryptically adds, were those who were "disobedient" during the time of Noah, the ark-maker.
Augustine, one of the chief architects of Christian theology, argued that Peter's passage is more allegory than history. That is, Jesus spoke "in spirit" through Noah to the Hebrews, not directly to them in hell. But even Augustine said the question of whom, exactly, Jesus preached to after his death, "disturbs me profoundly."
The descent might not have become a doctrine if not for a fourth century bishop named Rufinus, who added that Jesus went "ad inferna" -- to hell -- in his commentary on the Apostles' Creed. The phrase stuck, and was officially added to the influential creed centuries later.
But changing conceptions of hell only complicated the questions. As layers of limbo and purgatory were added to the afterlife, theologians like Thomas Aquinas labored to understand which realm Jesus visited, and whom he saved.
Other Christian thinkers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin disagreed on whether Christ suffered in hell to fully atone for human sinfulness. That question, raised most recently by the late Swiss theologian Hans ur von Balthasar, stirred a fierce theological donnybrook in the Catholic journal First Things several years ago.
Wayne Grudem, a former president of the Evangelical Theological Society, says the confusion and arguments could be ended by correcting the Apostles' Creed "once and for all" and excising the line about the descent.
"The single argument in its favor seems to be that it has been around so long," Grudem, a professor at Phoenix Seminary in Arizona, writes in his "Systematic Theology," a popular textbook in evangelical colleges. "But an old mistake is still a mistake."
Grudem, like Piper, has said that he skips the phrase about Jesus' descent when reciting the Apostles' Creed.
But the harrowing of hell remains a central tenet of Eastern Orthodox Christians, who place an icon depicting the descent at the front of their churches as Saturday night becomes Easter Sunday. It remains there, venerated and often kissed, for 40 days.
"The icon that represents Easter for us is not the empty cross or tomb," said Peter Bouteneff, a theology professor at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, N.Y. "It's Christ's descent into Hades."
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