name: Charles E Carlson
Who Is Guarding the Oil Well Guards?
31 October, 2007
Should we pull out or stay, should we 'cut and run' or finish the job we started." We hear every reason examined and discussed...every one except the real reason, oil. And please notice; we never see the oil wells or plants in Iraq.
None of the reasons for staying make much sense when given a little thought. For instance, we are supposed to believe it is not macho to walk away from a fight we have started. But we citizens did not start the fight with Iraq and they did not start it with us, our government started it on purpose, and citizens suffer for it and pay for it. Not one elected American official has died in Iraq to my knowledge. And with all the publicity why is it we never see and oil well doing what they do? We don't see them being attacked nor do we see who guards them.
We could tick off the reasons we are told for the wars one by one, but you already know them, you hear them every day too...except for the one real reason that makes perfect sense.
The real reason for staying in Iraq, the one we are never told about, has to be involved with oil because that is what Iraq does, it produces oil. Oil is the national business of Iraq; it is a series of scattered giant oilfields with sand poured on top! Why else would the 200,000 men solders be there?
Fox News presented a shocking but all too typical example of how oil-o-phobia infects Democrats, the Administration, and the big media with chicken virus on Sunday, December 4. News host Chris Wallace interviewed neo-war opponent, Democrat Barbara Boxer and Presidential Security Adviser Stephen Hadley.
Chis Wallace hurled creampuff questions at the guest about Iraq. The pat logic for staying was debated. One of several silly argument is, "We owe it to the Iraqis to finish the job of democratizing them," inane because the country is now in civil war over our presence. But the one real reason for staying is never uttered by any side, OIL, oil, oil. Not one reference was made to any oil related word, such as petroleum on the Chris Walace show; you would not know oil exists. If you find this hard to believe, so did I, but it's not even unusual, it's the norm in press encounters.
When someone is trying to fool you the first thing they lie about is their motive. If you can be convinced the Warmakers has a noble motive, you may have forgiveness and even support. You may even defend the liar for having good intentions even when he is caught red-tongued, if there seems to be no evil motive. The Warmakers can't justify their motive for being in Iraq so they hide it under a media blackout, and the press also must forget there is oil in Iraq, so powerful is the force of their purse.
WE STAY TO PROTECT THE INTERNATIONAL OIL INDUSTRYThe USA and our British partner cannot pull out because the industrial companies our leaders have placed in charge of the oil fields all over Iraq can not hold the territory without our troops. Our 200,000 soldiers have to keep 15 million Iraqi's imprisoned in big city gulags so the people don't bother the folks who control and guard the oil field.
If our leaders withdraw our military, Halliburton, the Seven Sisters, and hundreds of their illegitimate brats who are profiteering in Iraq, would all have to go home? The people of Iraq have shown that they are willing to die for what they consider theirs; the Warmaker's private armies do not have the stomach for such a conflict without our full military support.
Simply stated, the revolt against the occupation, called insurgency is a revolution to get back the national wealth of the country. Oil and water are the natural assets of Iraq. Every Iraqi benefited in some way from oil, even under the petty tyrant Saddam Hussein who was a small time assassin compared to our own Warmakers.
But few Iraqis have benefited from the oil under Halliburton. Gasoline cost as little as $.05 per gallon before Shock and Awe, yes, I mean five cents a gallon. Now there is a gasoline shortage in Iraq, and the production is way down. Our leaders have proved they don't care if the Iraqis have a civil war and kill each other, while they are contained and kept busy in the cites guess who is harvesting the oil in the desert? Do you need proof that our troops stay to protect the oil profiteers?
Ask yourself when did you last see a press report on or a film about the oilfields in Basra or northern Iraq, or anywhere else in the country for that matter?
The answer is probably "never." This writer has not seen one since the 1991 withdrawal from Kuwait when we saw distant panoramas of burning oil wells on the horizon as far as the eye could see. Then, for a brief moment in history, we saw an image of what the real Iraq should look like. Then, Brown and Root, Halliburton and others, came in to put out the fires, and the Warmakers have never left. It makes one suspicious of who started the fires, I think Saddam started them, but could I be mistaken?
We occasionally hear about an attack on a pipeline, but where is the color photo of these attacks? Why don't Don Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney pose for photo ops beside a drilling rig, refinery or pumping station in what is the second largest oil reserve in the world? The answer is simple. They don't want you to think about the wealth of Iraq.
If the news media does not show oil (or is now allowed near it) and our President does not mention it, it does not exist. Then there is no motive for perpetuating an American created civil war in a cage. Please also note that with all the Democrat political neo-objections and anti-war posturing, not one congressman I know of has dared to bring up the oil motive. Democrats also voted for the war, and they look to war business for their reelection.
To buck the war is politically acceptable, so long as appropriation of the oil fields is not mentioned as a motive for having gone to war. It is also taboo to say we went to help Israel, which is now participating in the plunder.
To Halliburton, the Seven Oil Sisters, and all the armament makers, Iraqis oil fields are very real. The "War on Terrorism" is too good a deal to just walk away from. Our controlled press is also afraid of Halliburton, the seven oily Sisters and their slick lesser brats. Don't expect your TV anchor to tell you we are staying the course to make Iraq safe for Wall Street's Warmakers enterprises and international bankers.
Blackwater Corporation mercenaries are paid at the rate of about a $1000.00 per day to watch the black stuff flow from the ground, as it flows in few other places in the world, at a production cost of only pennies per barrel. No wonder industrial America wants you to guard their newfound empire, acquired with bombs and bullets you paid for.
Answering our own questionThe last time you saw Iraqi oil wells on your local TV channel was in 1991 when Saddam Hussein was blamed for setting about 200 wells afire as his men fled Kuwait. Remember, they lighted up the sky for miles. Yes, it is time to cut and run, cut our military death losses and the Warmakers' profits.
What can one person do in the face of unspoken collusion among industry, media, and both political parties with the intent to deny us knowledge of our government's motive for its crimes?
None of the reasons for staying make much sense when given a little thought. For instance, we are supposed to believe it is not macho to walk away from a fight we have started. But we citizens did not start the fight with Iraq and they did not start it with us, our government started it on purpose, and citizens suffer for it and pay for it. Not one elected American official has died in Iraq to my knowledge. And with all the publicity why is it we never see and oil well doing what they do? We don't see them being attacked nor do we see who guards them.
We could tick off the reasons we are told for the wars one by one, but you already know them, you hear them every day too...except for the one real reason that makes perfect sense.
The real reason for staying in Iraq, the one we are never told about, has to be involved with oil because that is what Iraq does, it produces oil. Oil is the national business of Iraq; it is a series of scattered giant oilfields with sand poured on top! Why else would the 200,000 men solders be there?
Fox News presented a shocking but all too typical example of how oil-o-phobia infects Democrats, the Administration, and the big media with chicken virus on Sunday, December 4. News host Chris Wallace interviewed neo-war opponent, Democrat Barbara Boxer and Presidential Security Adviser Stephen Hadley.
Chis Wallace hurled creampuff questions at the guest about Iraq. The pat logic for staying was debated. One of several silly argument is, "We owe it to the Iraqis to finish the job of democratizing them," inane because the country is now in civil war over our presence. But the one real reason for staying is never uttered by any side, OIL, oil, oil. Not one reference was made to any oil related word, such as petroleum on the Chris Walace show; you would not know oil exists. If you find this hard to believe, so did I, but it's not even unusual, it's the norm in press encounters.
When someone is trying to fool you the first thing they lie about is their motive. If you can be convinced the Warmakers has a noble motive, you may have forgiveness and even support. You may even defend the liar for having good intentions even when he is caught red-tongued, if there seems to be no evil motive. The Warmakers can't justify their motive for being in Iraq so they hide it under a media blackout, and the press also must forget there is oil in Iraq, so powerful is the force of their purse.
WE STAY TO PROTECT THE INTERNATIONAL OIL INDUSTRYThe USA and our British partner cannot pull out because the industrial companies our leaders have placed in charge of the oil fields all over Iraq can not hold the territory without our troops. Our 200,000 soldiers have to keep 15 million Iraqi's imprisoned in big city gulags so the people don't bother the folks who control and guard the oil field.
If our leaders withdraw our military, Halliburton, the Seven Sisters, and hundreds of their illegitimate brats who are profiteering in Iraq, would all have to go home? The people of Iraq have shown that they are willing to die for what they consider theirs; the Warmaker's private armies do not have the stomach for such a conflict without our full military support.
Simply stated, the revolt against the occupation, called insurgency is a revolution to get back the national wealth of the country. Oil and water are the natural assets of Iraq. Every Iraqi benefited in some way from oil, even under the petty tyrant Saddam Hussein who was a small time assassin compared to our own Warmakers.
But few Iraqis have benefited from the oil under Halliburton. Gasoline cost as little as $.05 per gallon before Shock and Awe, yes, I mean five cents a gallon. Now there is a gasoline shortage in Iraq, and the production is way down. Our leaders have proved they don't care if the Iraqis have a civil war and kill each other, while they are contained and kept busy in the cites guess who is harvesting the oil in the desert? Do you need proof that our troops stay to protect the oil profiteers?
Ask yourself when did you last see a press report on or a film about the oilfields in Basra or northern Iraq, or anywhere else in the country for that matter?
The answer is probably "never." This writer has not seen one since the 1991 withdrawal from Kuwait when we saw distant panoramas of burning oil wells on the horizon as far as the eye could see. Then, for a brief moment in history, we saw an image of what the real Iraq should look like. Then, Brown and Root, Halliburton and others, came in to put out the fires, and the Warmakers have never left. It makes one suspicious of who started the fires, I think Saddam started them, but could I be mistaken?
We occasionally hear about an attack on a pipeline, but where is the color photo of these attacks? Why don't Don Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney pose for photo ops beside a drilling rig, refinery or pumping station in what is the second largest oil reserve in the world? The answer is simple. They don't want you to think about the wealth of Iraq.
If the news media does not show oil (or is now allowed near it) and our President does not mention it, it does not exist. Then there is no motive for perpetuating an American created civil war in a cage. Please also note that with all the Democrat political neo-objections and anti-war posturing, not one congressman I know of has dared to bring up the oil motive. Democrats also voted for the war, and they look to war business for their reelection.
To buck the war is politically acceptable, so long as appropriation of the oil fields is not mentioned as a motive for having gone to war. It is also taboo to say we went to help Israel, which is now participating in the plunder.
To Halliburton, the Seven Oil Sisters, and all the armament makers, Iraqis oil fields are very real. The "War on Terrorism" is too good a deal to just walk away from. Our controlled press is also afraid of Halliburton, the seven oily Sisters and their slick lesser brats. Don't expect your TV anchor to tell you we are staying the course to make Iraq safe for Wall Street's Warmakers enterprises and international bankers.
Blackwater Corporation mercenaries are paid at the rate of about a $1000.00 per day to watch the black stuff flow from the ground, as it flows in few other places in the world, at a production cost of only pennies per barrel. No wonder industrial America wants you to guard their newfound empire, acquired with bombs and bullets you paid for.
Answering our own questionThe last time you saw Iraqi oil wells on your local TV channel was in 1991 when Saddam Hussein was blamed for setting about 200 wells afire as his men fled Kuwait. Remember, they lighted up the sky for miles. Yes, it is time to cut and run, cut our military death losses and the Warmakers' profits.
What can one person do in the face of unspoken collusion among industry, media, and both political parties with the intent to deny us knowledge of our government's motive for its crimes?
"Kill On Sight" A Christ Follower
24 October, 2007
Killing the wounded and bombing civilians is a policy from the U.S. An imbedded journalist traveling with a U.S. Marine squad that was cleaning up hours after the so-called fighting photographed a point blank murder with full sound and voices. Televised images of marine fatally shooting an unarmed, wounded insurgent in a Fallujah mosque were repeatedly broadcast on Arab TV.
The byline called the helpless man a "combatant". The Marine's recorded voice reveals that he did not fear the man, that he considered him less than human, and that he thought it his right to kill him. In another documented incident, four Iraqis were killed by Marine rifle fire in a crowded mosque in Baghdad on Friday, November 19th, while praying. This disgusting act by Marine X in Fallujah was absolutely predictable by anyone who bothered to read the pre-attack statements of our leaders.
Permission to murder innocents was telegraphed by several Marine commanders before the invasion started. Every statement emphasized massive killing. How can we expect more humanity from Marine X? Every professional soldier commander, every political war maker, and every Judaized Christian leader who supported the war and made Fallujah possible shares the blood guilt on the hands of the men in Iraq, including the near idiot who committed the terrible deed on camera.
This Marine X is not a fluke; he is the rule. We know who murdered one man, but who killed the 100,000 other Iraqi civilians buried in and under and around the destroyed homes of Iraq? The press works its subtle distortion in the face of indisputable evidence. It fails to make the obvious point that Marine X's act can only be the tip of the iceberg of thousands or tens of thousands of slaughtered Iraqis since the onset of "Shock and Awe", a name intended to imply unimaginable destruction and brutality.
From the highest levels they use the "Kill" word when speaking of Iraqis. One Marine Colonel, who sounded like a Baptist preacher, was quoted as saying:
"The enemy has got a face. He's called Satan. He lives in Falluja. And were going to destroy him."
No cameras or reports were allowed when the original killing force went through the mosque killing everyone in sight and leaving this one victim for dead. "Battalions like ours are coming from behind, going house-to-house killing guys" said a US marine, Lt. Michael Prato. Blame the Christian and Jewish leaders who reelected Bush and his war plans by registering and driving Bush voters.
The Christian leaders who rallied their people for Bush did so under the terribly mistaken belief that carrying out the will of Israel's brutal leaders is their duty to Israel. Let those who agree with us withdraw support from the pro-death churches now. Even if you choose to go back to help change the friends you've left behind, withdraw all financial support. Join Project Strait Gate to expose the Judaization of our Christian churches.
The byline called the helpless man a "combatant". The Marine's recorded voice reveals that he did not fear the man, that he considered him less than human, and that he thought it his right to kill him. In another documented incident, four Iraqis were killed by Marine rifle fire in a crowded mosque in Baghdad on Friday, November 19th, while praying. This disgusting act by Marine X in Fallujah was absolutely predictable by anyone who bothered to read the pre-attack statements of our leaders.
Permission to murder innocents was telegraphed by several Marine commanders before the invasion started. Every statement emphasized massive killing. How can we expect more humanity from Marine X? Every professional soldier commander, every political war maker, and every Judaized Christian leader who supported the war and made Fallujah possible shares the blood guilt on the hands of the men in Iraq, including the near idiot who committed the terrible deed on camera.
This Marine X is not a fluke; he is the rule. We know who murdered one man, but who killed the 100,000 other Iraqi civilians buried in and under and around the destroyed homes of Iraq? The press works its subtle distortion in the face of indisputable evidence. It fails to make the obvious point that Marine X's act can only be the tip of the iceberg of thousands or tens of thousands of slaughtered Iraqis since the onset of "Shock and Awe", a name intended to imply unimaginable destruction and brutality.
From the highest levels they use the "Kill" word when speaking of Iraqis. One Marine Colonel, who sounded like a Baptist preacher, was quoted as saying:
"The enemy has got a face. He's called Satan. He lives in Falluja. And were going to destroy him."
No cameras or reports were allowed when the original killing force went through the mosque killing everyone in sight and leaving this one victim for dead. "Battalions like ours are coming from behind, going house-to-house killing guys" said a US marine, Lt. Michael Prato. Blame the Christian and Jewish leaders who reelected Bush and his war plans by registering and driving Bush voters.
The Christian leaders who rallied their people for Bush did so under the terribly mistaken belief that carrying out the will of Israel's brutal leaders is their duty to Israel. Let those who agree with us withdraw support from the pro-death churches now. Even if you choose to go back to help change the friends you've left behind, withdraw all financial support. Join Project Strait Gate to expose the Judaization of our Christian churches.
The Pastor and His Son "Why Do We Support Israel?"
17 October, 2007
SON- Dad, Mr. Peterson thinks it is important that we understand about the Middle East in our 7th grade Social Studies class. He thinks some of us may have to fight in wars someday. I have a question for you, OK?
PASTOR HAIGEN- What's that, son?
SON- Will you explain to me again why we as Christians should support Israel in its wars over there?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Because the dispute is over the land, houses, orchards and the property, and Israel is home to God's chosen people. God promised the land of Palestine to the Jews.
SON- Who is a Jew?
PASTOR HAIGEN- What do you mean, "Who is a Jew"? Jews are people who pray in synagogues, observe the 10 Commandments, observe the Sabbath every Saturday, and so on.
SON- But, didn't you tell me most Jewish people don't even attend synagogues or follow the laws of the Old Testament...are they still considered Jews?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well, many Jews have fallen away from the faith. But, ugh, they're still considered Jews.
SON- Why?
PASTOR HAIGEN- -Because they are descendents of Abraham. Specifically, God promised the land of Israel to the descendents of Abraham.
SON- So God's promise to Abraham's descendents is based on a blood relationship to Abraham?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Yes.
SON- How can a man who wants to immigrate to Israel trace his ancestors thousands of years back all the way back to Abraham?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well...I suppose he can't. Genealogy records back to Abraham don't likely exist for anybody. But under Israel's Right of Return laws, I think he just needs to be recognized as a Jew by the Jewish community. Do you understand now?
SON- Not exactly dad. I mean, doesn't the Bible say Abraham was born in the city of Ur, which is in modern day Iraq?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Yes
SON- If Jews are descended from Abraham, why don't they look like other people we see on TV from Iraq or from the Middle East?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well, some of them do. There are Jews who look just as Arab as Saddam Hussein.
SON- Why do all the Jews in my school and those I've seen on television look like white people?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well, when the Jews were dispersed in the Diaspora- that was in the same century when Jesus was crucified- many went to Europe.
SON- So, living among Europeans, they turned into white people?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Of course not. They probably intermarried with the indigenous populations, and it's also likely many people of European descent converted to Judaism.
SON- So why did they go back to Israel?
PASTOR HAGAN- To get land that Abraham promised their ancestors.
SON- So how can anyone know if they have Abraham's blood? Manny Abasse, who is in our class, looks like an Arab, and his parents told him they came here because some of these Jewish people from Europe took their grandparents' house in Israel.
PASTOR HAGAN- God gave the land to the Jews and not to the Arabs. The Bible tells about it in Genesis 12, and many other places. Didn't you memorize those verses in Bible class, Son?
SON- Yea, Dad, I remember: God sent Abraham out into the wilderness to a new land and promised to protect him if he did what God said, right? And Joseph and Mary both descended from Abraham, so Jesus came from his tribe, right Dad?
PASTOR HAGAN- Yes son, very good! But a lot more is implied. God said He would give Abraham's future generations all the land forever. If you have any doubts, many other places in the Bible absolutely confirm that this is what God meant. Don't you remember my sermons about the land without a people and a people without a land? As Christians we cannot argue with God's holy word, can we son?
SON- No Dad, I wouldn't do that, and you know I trust you, like Abraham trusted God and Isaac trusted his father. And I know you are smart about the Bible and history...but I have to get this straight about the land. Manny says his parents told him Jews stole their property with guns and killed the Arabs who would not leave. Do you think his dad lied to him?
PASTOR HAGAN- Your friend is a Muslim so he is not capable of understanding God's holy law. They are blessed because they descended from Ishmael, Jacob's half brother. But God blessed them less than the Jews, and their blessing did not include land. Even if the Jews used force it is justified because they were taking back the land God gave them; it's part of their "right to return". You will find God even tells us where the land is in Genesis 15, it is between two big rivers- the Nile and the Euphrates.
SON- Is it fair for Jewish people to take the land of Palestine that other people live on without at least proving they descended from Jacob, and that the Arab didn't? I mean Manny looks more like a native Middle Easterner than most Jews.
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well, son, when we talk about the seed of Abraham having a right to the land, it's not just a blood right. It's also a spiritual right, meaning those who are the spiritual seed of Abraham are the same as his genetic sons and don't need to provide proof of lineage.
SON- Dad, we sang those songs at camp and at Sunday school about us Christians being the "Sons of Father Abraham" and "Climbing Jacob's Ladder." So do Christians also have a right to the land in Palestine? If I could get my land I think I would give it to Manny.
PASTOR HAIGEN- Sorry son, only Jews have land rights under God's promise to Abraham. Its absolutely true that we Christians are spiritual sons of Abraham, just as the songs says, which means we will go to heaven if we believe in God's promise through His Son. But Jews are the only ones with an earthly claim to the land of Israel; God gave it to them. That's what is taught in seminary, and it's generally recognized by Evangelical Christians, and I can give you a hundred Bible sites that prove it without a doubt. Son, some things you must accept by faith. You don't want to doubt God's holy word, do you, Son?
SON- No Dad, but Manny's folks says there are Christians in Palestine who lost their houses too. So do Jews have a right to take the houses from Christians?
PASTOR HAIGEN- The Christians you are talking about is Arabs, and we don't really know if they are true believers.
SON- Well Dad, I really believe in Jesus, why can't I have land there?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Because Christians are Abraham's spiritual seed, but not in the way Jews are. God made a covenant with Israel and swore loyalty to her, and Israel decides who is a Jew with land rights and who is not.
SON- Who is Israel?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Israel is the government of the Jewish state that was formed after World War II in Palestine.
SON- Do they decide who gets the land based on the Bible?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well, I guess you could say they do; the government sometimes quotes Genesis 12 as one authority. But as a Christian I take it on faith that the Government of Israel is able to decide who came from Abraham. I don't see why God would deceive us as to who are his chosen people. I have faith that modern day Jews are either spiritual children or directly descended from Abraham, and through God's covenant have exclusive right to Palestine.
SON- Should I tell Manny we have to take it on faith that the people who took their land have a right to it, and all Christians believe that?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Son, there are some people who say they are Christians but who don't believe in the chosen peoples rights. They are wrong about a lot of things and we don't need to know about them. It boils down to that Manny and his family and others who don't believe as we do need to become true believers in Jesus Christ before the rapture comes and leaves them behind or worse yet they die unsaved.
SON- So tell me one more time, why was it right for the Jews to come to Palestine and take Manny's house?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Son, I don't know why you are having trouble with this; you get straight A's in school. We can't try to right every wrong. But Israel will always be the home of the Jews. God promised the land of Israel and Palestine to them. The Palestinians cannot overcome God's will; they must leave like your friend's parents did.
SON- I am not sure I can explain it to Manny and my class so it will make sense to them.
PASTOR HAGAN- Its simple son, you just have to believe that the Jews are God's chosen people.
SON- Oh! I think we're back to where we started, Dad. ...I guess I will do my homework and go to bed. Goodnight Dad.
PASTOR HAIGEN- What's that, son?
SON- Will you explain to me again why we as Christians should support Israel in its wars over there?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Because the dispute is over the land, houses, orchards and the property, and Israel is home to God's chosen people. God promised the land of Palestine to the Jews.
SON- Who is a Jew?
PASTOR HAIGEN- What do you mean, "Who is a Jew"? Jews are people who pray in synagogues, observe the 10 Commandments, observe the Sabbath every Saturday, and so on.
SON- But, didn't you tell me most Jewish people don't even attend synagogues or follow the laws of the Old Testament...are they still considered Jews?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well, many Jews have fallen away from the faith. But, ugh, they're still considered Jews.
SON- Why?
PASTOR HAIGEN- -Because they are descendents of Abraham. Specifically, God promised the land of Israel to the descendents of Abraham.
SON- So God's promise to Abraham's descendents is based on a blood relationship to Abraham?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Yes.
SON- How can a man who wants to immigrate to Israel trace his ancestors thousands of years back all the way back to Abraham?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well...I suppose he can't. Genealogy records back to Abraham don't likely exist for anybody. But under Israel's Right of Return laws, I think he just needs to be recognized as a Jew by the Jewish community. Do you understand now?
SON- Not exactly dad. I mean, doesn't the Bible say Abraham was born in the city of Ur, which is in modern day Iraq?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Yes
SON- If Jews are descended from Abraham, why don't they look like other people we see on TV from Iraq or from the Middle East?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well, some of them do. There are Jews who look just as Arab as Saddam Hussein.
SON- Why do all the Jews in my school and those I've seen on television look like white people?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well, when the Jews were dispersed in the Diaspora- that was in the same century when Jesus was crucified- many went to Europe.
SON- So, living among Europeans, they turned into white people?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Of course not. They probably intermarried with the indigenous populations, and it's also likely many people of European descent converted to Judaism.
SON- So why did they go back to Israel?
PASTOR HAGAN- To get land that Abraham promised their ancestors.
SON- So how can anyone know if they have Abraham's blood? Manny Abasse, who is in our class, looks like an Arab, and his parents told him they came here because some of these Jewish people from Europe took their grandparents' house in Israel.
PASTOR HAGAN- God gave the land to the Jews and not to the Arabs. The Bible tells about it in Genesis 12, and many other places. Didn't you memorize those verses in Bible class, Son?
SON- Yea, Dad, I remember: God sent Abraham out into the wilderness to a new land and promised to protect him if he did what God said, right? And Joseph and Mary both descended from Abraham, so Jesus came from his tribe, right Dad?
PASTOR HAGAN- Yes son, very good! But a lot more is implied. God said He would give Abraham's future generations all the land forever. If you have any doubts, many other places in the Bible absolutely confirm that this is what God meant. Don't you remember my sermons about the land without a people and a people without a land? As Christians we cannot argue with God's holy word, can we son?
SON- No Dad, I wouldn't do that, and you know I trust you, like Abraham trusted God and Isaac trusted his father. And I know you are smart about the Bible and history...but I have to get this straight about the land. Manny says his parents told him Jews stole their property with guns and killed the Arabs who would not leave. Do you think his dad lied to him?
PASTOR HAGAN- Your friend is a Muslim so he is not capable of understanding God's holy law. They are blessed because they descended from Ishmael, Jacob's half brother. But God blessed them less than the Jews, and their blessing did not include land. Even if the Jews used force it is justified because they were taking back the land God gave them; it's part of their "right to return". You will find God even tells us where the land is in Genesis 15, it is between two big rivers- the Nile and the Euphrates.
SON- Is it fair for Jewish people to take the land of Palestine that other people live on without at least proving they descended from Jacob, and that the Arab didn't? I mean Manny looks more like a native Middle Easterner than most Jews.
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well, son, when we talk about the seed of Abraham having a right to the land, it's not just a blood right. It's also a spiritual right, meaning those who are the spiritual seed of Abraham are the same as his genetic sons and don't need to provide proof of lineage.
SON- Dad, we sang those songs at camp and at Sunday school about us Christians being the "Sons of Father Abraham" and "Climbing Jacob's Ladder." So do Christians also have a right to the land in Palestine? If I could get my land I think I would give it to Manny.
PASTOR HAIGEN- Sorry son, only Jews have land rights under God's promise to Abraham. Its absolutely true that we Christians are spiritual sons of Abraham, just as the songs says, which means we will go to heaven if we believe in God's promise through His Son. But Jews are the only ones with an earthly claim to the land of Israel; God gave it to them. That's what is taught in seminary, and it's generally recognized by Evangelical Christians, and I can give you a hundred Bible sites that prove it without a doubt. Son, some things you must accept by faith. You don't want to doubt God's holy word, do you, Son?
SON- No Dad, but Manny's folks says there are Christians in Palestine who lost their houses too. So do Jews have a right to take the houses from Christians?
PASTOR HAIGEN- The Christians you are talking about is Arabs, and we don't really know if they are true believers.
SON- Well Dad, I really believe in Jesus, why can't I have land there?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Because Christians are Abraham's spiritual seed, but not in the way Jews are. God made a covenant with Israel and swore loyalty to her, and Israel decides who is a Jew with land rights and who is not.
SON- Who is Israel?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Israel is the government of the Jewish state that was formed after World War II in Palestine.
SON- Do they decide who gets the land based on the Bible?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Well, I guess you could say they do; the government sometimes quotes Genesis 12 as one authority. But as a Christian I take it on faith that the Government of Israel is able to decide who came from Abraham. I don't see why God would deceive us as to who are his chosen people. I have faith that modern day Jews are either spiritual children or directly descended from Abraham, and through God's covenant have exclusive right to Palestine.
SON- Should I tell Manny we have to take it on faith that the people who took their land have a right to it, and all Christians believe that?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Son, there are some people who say they are Christians but who don't believe in the chosen peoples rights. They are wrong about a lot of things and we don't need to know about them. It boils down to that Manny and his family and others who don't believe as we do need to become true believers in Jesus Christ before the rapture comes and leaves them behind or worse yet they die unsaved.
SON- So tell me one more time, why was it right for the Jews to come to Palestine and take Manny's house?
PASTOR HAIGEN- Son, I don't know why you are having trouble with this; you get straight A's in school. We can't try to right every wrong. But Israel will always be the home of the Jews. God promised the land of Israel and Palestine to them. The Palestinians cannot overcome God's will; they must leave like your friend's parents did.
SON- I am not sure I can explain it to Manny and my class so it will make sense to them.
PASTOR HAGAN- Its simple son, you just have to believe that the Jews are God's chosen people.
SON- Oh! I think we're back to where we started, Dad. ...I guess I will do my homework and go to bed. Goodnight Dad.
It May Be Time To Leave Your Church
01 October, 2007
Jesus addressed the Pharisees of his day; the job of Christ-followers is to address the Pharisees of our day. Our church leaders are the Pharisees. When we call your church leaders "Pharisees" we are not talking about someone else's church. Mainline and Catholic churches are not normally evangelical, or "dispensational" as the popular self described term introduced by Cyrus I Scofield calls them, but if Mainliners and Catholics fail to speak out, they are no better than evangelicals who openly support war.
Jesus set the standard for challenging religious leaders. In talking to Pharisees, Jesus said (paraphrased):
"How terrible it is for you teachers of the law, Pharisees, you hypocrites! You lock the door of the kingdom of heaven in other people's faces, but you yourself do not go in nor do you allow in those who are trying to get in."
Jesus told the Pharisees they were unfit for the kingdom of heaven. The source of their corruption was the ruling faction Jesus referred to as Pharisees and condemned to hell in Matthew 24. Our political leadership today depends on Judaized Christians (the so-called Christian Right) for their rock hard political support. Pharisaic-Christianity is every bit as political as Judean Pharisaism was.
The Pharisees were in bed with the Romans. We Hold These Truths published a scholarly book named One Nation Under Israel on this subject. Judaized support for serial wars hinges upon the 100- year old altered scripture found in study bibles and scores of related popular novels, which place the focus on Israel instead of Christ.
The modern State of Israel borrowed its name from an ancient story of the lineage of Abraham, called Israelites. The political State of Israel came into existence 40 years after the first Scofield Reference Bible heralded it's coming. The Zionist state of Israel and evangelical Christianity are a strange pair of Siamese twins, inseminated at the same time, but born after different gestation periods. Israel existed very much in the plans of the World Zionist movement in 1908 when a Zionist-friendly Oxford University Press published the Scofield's book.
Scofield helped an absent-minded god remember his long-forgotten promise, (they claimed) not to the ancient Israelites and their descendants, but to the European immigrants to Israel. Respected European, Theodore Herzl, legitimatized political Zionism--a movement to establish political rights to land for a Jewish state. Evangelicalism is now a giant cross-denominational sect that we have named Judaized-Christianity.
One such international Pharisee in the news is Kay Arthur, the founder and leader of Precept Ministries. At a Jerusalem interview in early June she told of plans to lobby the Israeli Knesset against Israel giving any concessions to Palestinians. She is one of those who seem to believe the Palestinians must go, on foot or in body bags. She told Haaretz:
"God has chosen Israel above all the nations of the earth, and because I love God, I have to follow God's heart and be dedicated to the land and the people of Israel."
Also
"If I had to choose between America and Israel, I would choose Israel."
Kay Arthur's Israeli Patriotism is her own business, but the blood on her hands is staining those who follow here, and her political lobbying for war costs live and lot of dollars everywhere. Evangelicals are taught that the Old Testament is fulfilled in the creation of the political state of Israel. Why? Because Jesus said so. In the book of Matthew, Jesus called the Judean Pharisees "a generation of vipers." "You snakes and children of snakes, how do you expect to escape from the condemnation of hell?" Matthew 23:33
Pharisees are, by Jesus definition, the leaders of most (but not all) evangelical churches. Their mission is every bit as deadly and bloody as those Jesus challenged almost 2000 years ago. These leaders can change.
Profile
recently...
- Inhuman Sonic BOOM!!!
- On Easter: Have Joy and Go to Work
- Follow Christ, Reject "Christianity"
- Why Should America Honor Israel
- "Balance of Power" Means Murder
- Prison Break from Gaza, A Glimpse of A People Scheduled for Starvation
- Ethanol: Burning Food, the Path to Global Famine
- Behind Matthew Murray’s Church Executions: More Blood on Judeo-Christian Hands
- Dealing With Christian Zionists Inside Our Own Churches And Families
- The Lesser of Two Evils...Is Still Evil
Poll
A service provided by Al Bawaba