Examiner- Iranian courts have sentenced two bloggers to death for "spreading corruption," and government security forces have arrested four other journalists, in the lead-up to the nation's March elections.
"In the past two weeks, security forces have reportedly arrested four journalists," the U.S. State Department said in a statement, "including Shahram Manouchehri, Sahamedin Bourghani, Parastoo Dokouhaki, and Marzieh Rasouli, and Iranian courts confirmed death sentences for bloggers Saeed Malekpour and Vahid Asghari, both of whom were not accorded due process and now face imminent execution on charges of 'spreading corruption.'"
The State Department faulted Iran for trying "to extinguish all forms of free expression and limit its citizens’ access to information in the lead-up to March parliamentary elections."
First, I should apologize for rarely posting here. There are reasons. Some better than others.
One reason for my lack of new posts is that I have always been extremely careful in what I post. I do not want to lead anyone astray, and if I have misinterpreted scripture in any way- well, I certainly don't want to teach that to any of you that follow this website.
This thought is grounded in the fear of the LORD, and is good- but it has also paralyzed me in a way. So I have struggled with this almost from the beginning of this website, and the material we have covered is VERY complex, and without absolute certainty. Prophecy is a difficult study and I have prayed over every study I have posted- that I can recall- due to the fear of leading someone astray.
All of that is honorable to a point, but here is my error:
The LORD gave me confirmation that my teachings are acceptable, and gave me release from my fear some time ago. He did this through an incredible dream, and I have held it in my heart- telling very few people (which I have learned is usually best when it comes to dreams). Yet, I have remain paralyzed- and this is my mistake. It is to my shame that I have not posted a real study/teaching of my own since "Rend Your Hearts" in December 2010. In fact, I have been the servant that buried the talent in the ground in fear of his master!
“Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’ “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags.For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ -Matthew 25: 24-30
So although this all started with a correct fear of the LORD, I let it paralyze me to the point of becoming a wicked and lazy servant. This was certainly NEVER my intention, but God had given me release and I did not release myself from an impossible standard.
Going forward, I will continue to pray over each study/teaching that I post, but I will not be paralyzed. God has given me this ministry, and I will continue in it as long as He desires. I know some of the studies God is pointing me too will be extremely challenging. I have held off on them too long for that reason.
Thank you all for your patience and understanding.
I have made a real effort to stay away from politics on this site. However, this information is so critical that it must be made known. Your liberty as a U.S. citizen is at stake.
While normal, freedom loving Americans were enjoying their Thanksgiving weekend with their families... Senators Carl Levin and John McCain were ammending the National Defense Bill to include a nefarious ammendment.
This ammendment will give the President's administration, the LEGAL authority to imprison U.S. CITIZENS on American soil INDEFINITELY and WITHOUT TRIAL. All the administration has to do is say that they suspect you of potential terrorist activity. They don't need to PROVE that you are a terrorist- they just need to accuse you of it. They don't even need to charge you with a crime, only suspect you. This ammendment single-handedly SHREDS the protections fundamental to the constitution.
This bill also gives the administration full use of the military to make these arrests on American soil- a direct affront to the "Posse Comitatus Act of 1878".
For those of you still not concerned with this ammendment (because you believe it will only be used against real muslim terrorists trying to harm our country)... let me remind you of the MIAC Report. The MIAC report, which was also distributed to state police within Missouri, was created by the Missouri Information Analysis Center, one of the 58 known "Fusion Centers" created by Homeland Security to gather information (spy) on U.S. citizens. The very act of me writing this will surely be monitored by one of these fusion centers.
The MIAC report is important, because it was leaked out to the public (who knows how many similar reports exist, but just haven't been leaked). The MIAC report identifies the warning signs of potential terrorism. Ask yourself if any of these signs apply to you or someone you know:
Fundamental Christian beliefs
Anti-abortion stance (pro-life)
speaking negatively about the United Nations
speaking negatively about the Federal Reserve
speaking about the "New World Order"
firearm ownership/ advocacy of 2nd ammendment right to bear arms
speaking about the violation of Posse Comitatus
speaking negatively about the income tax
speaking about the possibilities of a North American Union
being against RFID chips
being against illegal immigration
supporting 3rd party candidates
supporting Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, or Bob Barr- evidenced by bumper stickers
Now you can see that virtually anyone in America can easily be suspected of potential terrorist activity, when the standards are manipulated.
This bill has already PASSED through the Senate by an OVERWHELMING majority... 93-7. It only awaits approval by the House of Representatives.
Senator Rand Paul confronted Senator McCain, on the senate floor, regarding these disturbing possibilites. Instead of addressing these concerns, Senator McCain changed the subject to Guantanomo detainees' likelihood of re-entering the war on terror after being released. This, of course, is not what Sen. Paul was asking Sen McCain. The video below includes part of this confrontation, and additional anylysis:
Next... we have a video of Senator Carl Levin (MI) ACTUALLY ADMITTING that it was the President's administration, that required that language be removed from the ammendment that would protect (exclude) U.S. citizens:
Please contact your representative immediately to voice your concerns over this ammendment. Most importantly- please pray that God will have mercy on us and change the hearts of our "leaders" in congress.
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
Microphones accidently left on after G20 meeting pick up private conversation between US, French presidents.
Sarkozy admits he 'can't stand' Israeli premier.
Obama: You're fed up with him? I have to deal with him every day!
French President Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly told US President Barack Obama that he could not "stand" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that he thinks the Israeli premier "is a liar."
According to a Monday report in the French website "Arret sur Images," after facing reporters for a G20 press conference on Thursday, the two presidents retired to a private room, to further discuss the matters of the day.
The conversation apparently began with President Obama criticizing Sarkozy for not having warned him that France would be voting in favor of the Palestinian membership bid in UNESCO despite Washington's strong objection to the move.
The conversation then drifted to Netanyahu, at which time Sarkozy declared: "I cannot stand him. He is a liar." According to the report, Obama replied: "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him every day!"
The remark was naturally meant to be said in confidence, but the two leaders' microphones were accidently left on, making the would-be private comment embarrassingly public.
The communication faux pas went unnoticed for several minutes, during which the conversation between the two heads of state – which quickly reverted to other matters – was all but open to members the press, who were still in possession of headsets provided by the Elysée for the sake of simultaneous translation during the G20 press conference.
"By the time the (media) services at the Elysée realize it, it was on for at least three minutes," one journalist told the website. Still, he said that reporters "did not have a chance to take advantage of this fluke."
The surprising lack of coverage may be explained by a report alleging that journalists present at the event were requested to sign an agreement to keep mum on the embarrassing comments. A Reuters reporter was among the journalists present and can confirm the veracity of the comments.
A member of the media confirmed Monday that "there were discussions between journalists and they agreed not to publish the comments due to the sensitivity of the issue."
