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A DENOMINATIONAL ISSUE A Letter from Ken R. F. of Falls Church Virginia dated April 27 2001 (Quote) "In
your recently sent tapes on the Spokane Fellowship (01--30-01) you seem to infer that Roman Catholicism is equivalent to a Christian denomination. Did I not perceive correctly your comment (Chuck-JOHNEL) or do you think that a born-again Christian can continue in the Roman Catholic anti-Christ religion and still walk in the Lord? Many thanks for your response. Ken R. F. " (Unquote) Well, this is a loaded question! Initially I'm going to go by and not address Ken's statement that Roman Catholicism is anti-Christ and take a broad look at the issues involved that touch all of us. In the very early years of this Ministry work I used to get a steady flow of letters from Protestants telling me that I should tell Roman Catholics to stop praying the rosary to Mary, and at the same time I also got letters from Roman Catholics telling me to tell Protestants that they should pray the rosary. I prayed about these requests and replied, "The Lord JESUS did not send me into this world to be a divider of the brethren or to be a judge of God's people, but to bring His Word and warning ofcomingjudgments and the need to repent, pray and return to the Lord JESUS CHRIST" In the years since making this reply (1977+) 1 have seen the face of this animosity between Protestants and Roman Catholics (it goes both ways) many different times and have had the opportunity to look into the reasons for this hostility that exists in some circles and why it does not exist in other circles (where Protestants and Catholics get along fine). As JESUS' Apostle/ Prophet I'm conformed to His Perfect Will for me and His people and have sought to know what His Perfect Will was in this area of dispute.
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SENT BY GOD: When JESUS sent me to go out among His people in America to bring His Word, He plainly and simply instructed me to be in submission to the denominational beliefs of whatever Church I was in, to not be an offence, but to love His people and encourage them to love one another. He taught me something simple, something right in the Bible: "But as many as received him (JESUS CHRIST), to them gave he power to become
the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." (John 1: 12) (JESUS speaking of himself said:) "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life...He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." (JESUS in John 3:15-16, 18).
Anyone confessing that Jesus Christ is their savior is saved, even if all they do is believe on His name — then all these are our brethren, members of the Body of Christ, His Church also known as Christians. When we pass from this world, we will all meet in heaven with them and stand before GOD THE FATHER through JESUS CHRIST.
By this we can easily state that: Roman Catholics are Christians, Lutherans are Christians, Methodists are Christians, Nazarenes are Christians, Presbyterians are Christians, Baptists are Christians and on and on through all the denominations of Christendom. But then there is a weightier matter, something we all know to be true and important but which I find that many easily forget based on their doctrinal positions JESUS said this before He went to the cross: "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." {JESUS in Jo/in 13: 34-35)
We are looking at a NEW COMMANDMENT, not a request, not a suggestion, not something we are to do when we are in the mood, and not something we can ignore, forget or fail to embrace without dire consequences to the Church, every member of the Body of Christ and to our own personal walk with the Lord. Embracing this NEW COMMANDMENT is foundational to being a Christian.
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JESUS further stated: "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom n lie is like. He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundations on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation build an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great." (JESUS in Luke 7: 46-49)
If we will build our spiritual life on the rock, who is JESUS CHRIST, we begin by embracing His Word, His Way and seek to be led of by the Spirit of God in all things. If we hold to a doctrine that teaches or brings us to offend JESUS' Word, Way and leading we are building our spiritual life on sand and not on JESUS. In the test of time, that spiritual life (house) will fall if it is not built on the rock, JESUS CHRIST. We next see in I John chapter 5 the following: "..If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.... Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God....If a man sa y, Ilove God, and Izateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he bath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also." (I John 4. 12b, 15, 20-21.)
I have heard Baptists, Methodists, Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Assembly of God, and members of every other denomination confess that "Jesus Christ is the Son of God" — it is simple, each and every who does this are Christians, brethren, members of the Body of Christ.
MY OWN WALK AND EXPERIENCE I was raised a Roman Catholic but I was never a very good Catholic in the sense of being devout and practicing the faith; however I was taught by the Roman Catholic Church that JESUS CHRIST is the Son of God. For this I'm eternally grateful. In the mid 1970's JESUS led me to convert to the Lutheran faith, to become a Protestant in order to do a work there, to call them to pray. The doctrinal teaching I received took hold and I would make the mistake of looking back on my Roman Catholic heritage with some disdain, taking views not different from this brother Ken's view of Roman Catholicism.
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Douse to a Letter from Ken of Falls Church. Virginia (Continued) In 1975 I found myself touring Poland, Germany, Austria, Israel and Ireland. It was in Poland that the Lord corrected my attitudes towards my brethren in the Roman Catholic Church. The patience of God is something we all need and I'm thankful for his kindness and learned deeply about denominational differences. THE POLAND CHURCH: I spent three weeks in Poland which at that time was still under a Communist dictatorship; but I found that the Church in Poland was quite active in spite of the atheistic oppression of Communism. Being a Lutheran I had little success in finding a Lutheran Church in Poland, instead I went to Catholic Churches to pray as was my discipline to pray early in the morning of each day. This one Cathedral in Warsaw had been bombed out during World War II and
whole sections of towers had been blown away and were boarded over — even so, this Cathedral was magnificent to see. As I prayed in the morning I noted people coming in to kneel in front of statues to pray and left in a hurry for work, some lit candles, other left donations in a box they had for money gifts. Inwardly I judged them as being idol worshipers but at first it was just an impression or reaction to seeing this behavior. As the days wore on in Poland I began to go beyond reacting, but began to actively judge these people for idolatry. In the last few days before I left Poland to go next to Germany/Austria, my judgment of these people was full blown. With that something happened, suddenly I saw the Angel of the Church, who stood proportionally to the ceiling which was three stories high — a very larger Angel indeed!
The Angel of God said this to me, "SON OF DUST! HOW JUDGEST THOU THESE THE CHILDREN OF GOD!?! DO YOU SEE WHAT IS TRUE WORSHIP IN THEIR HEARTS TOWARDS GOD?! KNOW THIS, THAT WHEN PERSECUTION COMES AGAIN IN THIS LAND AS IT WILL COME IN YOURS, THAT THESE SAME YOU JUDGE TODAY WILL DIE BEFORE DENYING CHRIST JESUS THEIR SAVIOR!" The huge Angel then smiled at me, beaming the Light of Christ and vanished. I felt small as a mouse and being corrected
repented. I would never again judge the outward form of worship brethren are taught or embrace — the issue is what was in their heart toward God, not the outward form.
A BIT OF HISTORY It was the conversion of Constantine in A.D. 324 (first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire) that ended 300 years of murderous persecution of the Church by the Roman Empire. The Western Roman Empire that Constantine established survived for more than a thousand y ears , and during those years Christianity in general was at peace. On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther (a Roman Catholic priest) nailed to the main door of
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the castle church in Wittenberg (Germany) a list of 95 propositions or theses — thus began a clash between Luther and Pope Leo that became known as the Reformation and the emergence of the Protestant denominational movement. This became a war, literal war, whereby the Roman Catholic Church sent armies to fight the Lutherans in Germany. There was a lot of bloodshed, years of war, death and destruction and the persecutions became fierce and murderous. Now when Luther and the Lutheran Church was established in Germany after years of
bloody warfare, there emerged a new doctrinal view known as "Baptist" whom Luther in turn persecuted as the Roman Catholic Church persecuted him. This pattern of Christians persecuting Christians became commonplace over the next centuries. Note — The New "Foxe'.s Book of Marty rs" by John Foxe is the source of these dates and details.
In fact, the present animosity between Protestants and Roman Catholics generally* began in the area stems from those times of persecution that of 1517. *Note —Persecution of Christians by Christians had been going on for some time before Martin Luther's Reformation; however, the reformation in 1517 under Luther marked the beginning of denominational divisions in the Church.
Satanic infiltration of the Roman Catholic Church Satanic infiltration of the Protestant Churches If we consider the horrific persecutions against brethren undertaken by the Roman Catholic Church centuries ago and of the various Protestant denominations — the charge of "heresy" justified the most barbaric kind of torture and death of brethren by brethren. No one can read* about the grizzly martyrdom of the saints in centuries past without being struck by the total lack of Christlikeness in the behavior that brought brethren to
murder brethren. More often than not those tortured and killed exhibited sterling Christlike behavior in sharp contrast to those who tortured and killed them who behaved more like beasts out of hell than brethren. *Note -- The New "Foxe 's Book of Martyrs" by John Foxe is one excellent source. What is apparent when one reads about the evils of the past where Christians persecuted
Christians, it is obvious that Satan had penetrated the Church and had his operatives inside the Church itself — first in the Roman Catholic Church, then in the Lutheran
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Response to a Letter from Ken of Falls Church, Virginia (Continued) Church, then in the Baptist Church and on and on to the present day. All the animosity between the Roman Catholics and Protestants originates from the grizzly torture and murder perpetrated against Protestants centuries ago by the Roman Catholic hierarchy. But the oddity is that those who suffered persecution at the hands of the Roman Catholic hierarchy and survived to establish the Lutheran denomination turned around and practiced the same kind of murderous behavior against others who did not agree with their views or doctrines. Martin Luther not only persecuted Baptists in his midst but he also approved of the sacking and burning of Jewish synagogues, of the outright murder of Jews who refused to accept Jesus Christ as their savior. So as we may see an antiChrist streak at work in the Roman Catholic Church it is equally visible at work in the Lutheran denomination and then in all other denominations over the centuries from then to now. I might point out that Pope John Paul II openly and officially apologized to the Protestant denominations for the persecutions leveled against them by the Roman Catholic Church centuries earlier. He acknowledged the wrong of it, he expressed sorrow and though he was never of such amind himself he assumed the burden of guilt personally, repented and asked for forgiveness.
28,000 to 30,000 Doctrines A prophet named Royal Cronquist once stated that among the many different denominations that make up Christianity there were as many as 28,000+ (upwards of 30,000) different doctrinal views in the church and everyone that held to a doctrine believed they had the "whole and only truth" and believed that eve ry one else was
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THE GRIEVOUS WOLVES DOCTRINE This unGodly antiChrist behavior that has at times surfaced in the Church with deadly e ffect is something the Apostle Paul spoke of and warned against. You will find Paul's comments in Acts 20: 26-30 where he said:
"Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood
of all men. " (Paul in Acts 20: 26)
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Please understand that Paul was stressing that something terrible was coming whereby God's people would have their blood spilled as a result of this "something." Paul goes on to say:
"For I have not shunned to declare unto you art the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost bath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. "(Paul in Acts 20: 27-29) Again the Apostle Paul is not only being specific and stressing this matter but he is openly declaring it to be out of the "counsel of God." Let me ask this simple question, "Have you ever heard a sermon or teaching on these verses in Acts 20: 26-31?" Most and perhaps all might reply by saying "no" --- nonetheless, because of the importance that the Apostle Paul put on these words, it is of note that it is hardly (if at all) taught or preached. Paul goes on to specify saying, "For Iknow this, that after my departing shall
grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. " ( Paul in Acts 20: 29-30) The behavior of wolves in a pack is well known - if a member is ill, injured or weak the wolf pack will turn on that weakened member and tear it to pieces. But Paul uses the term "Grievous wolves" meaning that they would be very severe wolves, atrocious wolves worse than anything seen in nature. "Enter in among you" is to say they come from the outside, they will infiltrate the church. Lastly Paul says in this regard:
"Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. "(Paul in Acts 20:31) What the Apostle Paul was saying then was very important but I find it curious that we find it nowhere else in the New Testament even though Paul clearly states that he warned every one night and day for THREE YEARS in tears. How or why has this been overlooked for so long? From the time of Paul's departing those grievous wolves did enter the flock and they have bccn tearing at God's people, ripping, biting, devouring and shedding the blood of the saints to this day. The problem is that few recognize what this behavior stems from and
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many embrace it as a way of "correcting brethren" thus they too become "grievous wolves" as well.
I'm not an apologist I' m not writing this to justify Roman Catholicism, nor Lutheranism nor Baptists, Methodists , etc. What I'm looking at is what JESUS Commanded us to do, what the Spirit of Scripture tells us and bringing focus to that. I'm reflecting on the misdeeds of the past but at the same time seeing where the roots of this evil behavior came from and it is not in any of the Christian denominations, not Catholics, not Protestants, not in any.
Remembering Poncece n Paul II's stand in 1994 (Quotes from Hope of the Wicked, page 317-318) "At the Cairo conference, a
resolution was presented that allocated seventeen billion dollars per year for population control. Pope John Paul II was extremely alarmed at what was being planned. In March
of 1994, he met with Nafis Sadik face to face, and criticized the draft program of endorsing abortion and redefining the family. In public appearances the Pope was outspoken, saying that the U.N. conference was designed to "destroy the family" and was the "snare of the devil." He told parishioners at a church in Rome, "I am going back to the Vatican to combat a project prepared by the United Nations, which wants to destroy the family. Isay simply no, no. Think again. Convert your hearts. If you are the United Nations you must not destroy. " Time magazine, which named the Pope its Man of the Year for 1994 for opposing the U.N., described the Pope's effo rt s: "For nine days the Vatican delegates, under his
direction, lobbied and filibustered: they kept their Latin American block in line, and struck up alliances with Islamic nations opposed to abortion. In the end, the Pope won. " Looking back on the controversy, Dr. James Dobson, the president of Focus on the Family, would say:
"Thanks largely to the efforts of Pope John Paul II and very few evangelicals, the conference ended in controversy and disunity. It could have been a disaster for the family around the world if the planners had their way. Those same policies that were being promoted in Cairo have severely damaged our own culture." (Unquote) Is this the behavior of antiChrist or do we have brother in Christ in view who not only stood firm but defeated the Illuminati in a head-on battle? We do not have to agree with every doctrine John Paul II embraces to love this brother in Christ and to appreciate what he has done for all of us.
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Then we have the Roman Catholic Nun, Mother Teresa If brother Ken's view that Roman Catholicism were correct, that it is an antiChrist religion, then how does this "antiChrist tree produce good fruit"? The fruit of Pope John Paul the II is well-known, this is a Godly man who is Christ-centered and is both energetic and courageous. Or what of Mother Teresa, would anyone call her life's work among the poorest "bad fruit"? There is an immense histo ry of the Roman Catholic Church which has produced m an y great saints as surely as have the Protestant Churches.
Denomination is defined as a "religious sect" or "the act of naming'. I would answer Ken by saying, "Yes, Roman Catholicism is the equivalent of a Christian denomination. " and more, "Yes, a born-again Christian could continue in the Roman Catholic Ch urch and still walk in the Lord!"
But isn't the Pope antiChrist? This view is held by a number of theologians who interpret po rt ions of the Book of Revelation as revealing an antiChrist Pope. Here is something sent to us in 1999, a Prophecy of Saint Malachay, a Roman Catholic, who lived in 1143: The Prophecies of St. Ma€acbay
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This godly man had visions which he put Into Latin phrases, one per Pope. from Celestine II in the year 1143 all the way to the present! Eight centuries ago, he was able to spin a few prophetic words about each pope which, in hindsight, all "hit the markt!' For instance of Pope Innocent XI, who reigned from 1676 to 1689 Malacha y wrote "Bellua Insatiabilis', that is, 'An insatiable beast,' Histo ry records that Innocent was never ° sine Cibo', that is, he was never without food!?
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The Prophecies of St. Malachay (continued) Let a short list be given here, of the last 10 Popes, showing in brief the accuracy of Malachay's prophecies: 1. The Burning Fire. PIUS X. 1903-1914. This Pope showed a burning passion for spiritual renewal in the Church. 2. Religion Laid Waste. BENEDICT XV. 1914-1922. During this Pope's reign saw Communism move into Russia where religious We was laid waste, and World War I with the death of millions of Christians who were carnage in Flanders Field and elsewhere. 3. Unshaken Faith. PIUS Xf. 1922- 1939. This Pope faced tremendous pressure from fascist and sinister powers in Germany and Italy, but he was an outspoken critic of Communism and Fascism which enraged Hitler. 4. An Angelic Shepherd. PIUS XII. 1939-1958. This Pope had an affinity for the spiritual world and received visions which have not been made public. Peter Bander says Pius XII 'has emerged as one of the great Popes of all ti me," and he 'was in the truest sense of the word an Angelic Pastor to the flock...' 5. Pastor and Mariner. JOHN XXIII. 1958- 1963. John was a pastor to the world, much beloved, and the Patriarch of Venice. The connection to 'mariner' is thus remarkable. 6. Flower of Flowers. PAUL VI. 1963-1978. Paul's coat-of-arms depicts three fleurs-de-lis, corresponding to Malachay's prophecy. 7. Of the Half Moon. JOHN PAUL I. 1978-1978. John Paul I was elected Pope on August 26, 1978, when there was a half moon. He reigned 33 days, that is, about one month, when he died, although many think he was murdered. 8. The Labor of the Son. JOHN PAUL II. 1978-Present. John Paul II is the most travelled Pope in history. He has circled the globe numerous times, preaching to huge audiences everywhere he goes. Even though he was once shot, he has not seemed to slow down. He has recently written a book which has enjoyed a large circulation. Like the sun which never ceases to labor and provides light daily, this Pope has been incessant. John Paul II was born on May 18, 1920. On that date in the morning there was a near total eclipse of the sun over Europe... 9. The Glory of the Olive. The Order of St. Benedict has said this Pope will come from their order. It is interesting that Jesus gave his apocalyptic
prophecy about the end of time from the Mount of Olives. This Pope will reign during the beginning of the tribulation Jesus spoke of. 10. PETER the Roman. This final Pope will likely be Satan, taking the form of a man named Peter who will gain a worldwide allegiance and adoration. He will be the final antichrist which prophecy students have long foretold. If It were possible, even the very elect would be deceived. Malachay's final words are: In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter
the Roman, who will feed his flock among many tribulations, after which the seven-hllled city (iRome, the seat of the Vatican) will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people.
The destruction of this city is prophesied in Revelation 18.
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Comment b yChuck-JOHNEL: I remember having seen a version of this prophecy some many years ago, only it showed that the antiChrist Pope would be followed by a final Pope who would restore and strengthen the Church in a time of its greatest trials. I'm aware that Larry Pahl is applying his own interpretation to St. Malachay's 11t" century prophetic outline of coming Popes, especially to the 9 `h and 10" Popes. In any event, we are one Pope removed from "The Glory of the Olive", but again I'm not certain that St. Malachay gave anything more than "The Glory of the Olive." The statement that this Pope will reign during the beginning of the tribulation maybe an assumption on the part of Larry Pahl. The POINT of this is to show that within the Roman Catholic Church there is an 11`x' century prophecy that speaks of the end times in relation to certain Popes to come and one of these being an antiPope. THE HEART OF THE MATTER: If I were to go about checking everyone's doctrinal credentials against a rigid doctrinal system of ray own, the number of brethren
I would associate with would probably dwindle rapidly to a mere handful. No, JESUS did not send me into this world to be a divider of His people or to exclude brethren for this or that cause; rather He sent me to draw His people together in love of Him and of each other, to see Christ in each other above anything else, to delight in our fellowship for we are truly all part of God's Heavenly family. Thomas Merton once wrote, "There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun. " When Christians daily center on Christ they are walking around shining like the sun and it is something visible even to unbelievers. If someone can look at the life of a Mother Teresa, or Pope John Paul II and accuse them of being antiChrist or of being part of an antiChrist system, we are looking at the attitudes and doctrines of hell surfacing, not those of God nor of the Holy Spirit. If we can put aside JESUS' Commandment to love one another because of a doctrinal position, we ought question what doctrine this is and where it comes from — because accusing one another does not spring from Jesus Love. The "Grievous Wolves Doctrine" is almost always operating behind the scenes when brethren condemn or accuse each other and it is this kind of behavior that will destroy
one's spiritual walk with Jesus Christ. Many of ignorance adopt these kind of views because they believe it will purify the Body of Christ of all that is sin. However, in truth it is only as we look to Jesus Christ with all of our heart and love one another that we are purified— love perfects us, not accusation or judgment or condemnation. RIP AND TEAR APART: Years ago during a confrontation with Lucifer, the old
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The sequence revealed by JESUS December! 2, 1988 in view this year 2001 1. ALASKA 4.7 Richter earthquake (around May 4, 2001). 2. MOUNT BAKER volcano vents steam on May 25, 2001. 3. SEATTLE 5.0 Richter earthquake June 10, 2001. 4. MOUNT RAINIER volcano signs/routes posted June 15, 2001.* 5. CALIFORNIA 3.4 Richter earthquake June 15, 2001. You will note that the sequence is incomplete, something which fulfillment of what JESUS revealed is yet to come.
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*Note -- This was a non-earth event, but an action by men to set up escape routes and warning systems to evacuate people if Mt. Rainier erupts. As it is related it is included.
We are seeing in this year 2001 a number of these sequences appear in physical events, something not seen in previous years.
THE MERIT OF THE 12-YEAR JUDGMENT CYCLE IS IN VIEW In this brief review of some events or revelations from 12 years ago surfacing this 2001 the point is made fairly clearly as to the merit of the 12-year judgment cycle drawn up in 1998. This chart is the culmination of 24 years of studying both God's Laws governing judgments and the judgments themselves as they have surfaced in the past 24 years. We made a concerted, if not persistent, effort to keep a record of everything we could (JESUS' Word and events) from 1977 to the present day, thus we have a wealth of data to draw from in projecting just what might happen, when and where. Nonetheless, there is a need to further study this 12-year cycle to see exactly how it is working and where it is not working before we can draw any final conclusions. This is only beginning.
June 29, 2001 JESUS" told me this: "WHAT COMES TO SPOKANE IS WHAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT MANY YEARS AGO, YOU NOW BEGIN TO SEE THE VALIDITY OF THE 12-YEAR CYCLE OF JUDGMENT. YOU WILL SEE MUCH MORE IN THE NEXT MANY MONTHS. THERE IS MUCH TO SEE, MORE TO UNDERSTAND." On
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of freedom with all his heart. Thus he became America's first President, freely elected by the people. In this time (after the revolutionary war) George Washington learned about the Illuminati infiltration of the Masons and he formally resigned and left Masonry rejecting the Illumanti conspiracy. I remember reading Washington's letters to other patriots warning against Benjamin Franklin (who was a whole hearted Illumanist) and who worked to convert many of the founding fathers to Illumanism. George Washington threw his weight and influence to curb the spread of the Illuminati in America because he recognized the danger to our freedom and our Republic. It has been reported that George Washington was not a Christian — another falsehood being spread about these days. Yet I have read in his speeches to his troops during the revolutionary war direct reference to God and his unwavering support of Christianity. At one point George Washington actually wrote an order requiring all soldiers to attend Christian Church services at least once a week.
The word "Devil" means "Accuser" We need to be alert to this flood of lies and half-truths that are surfacing all across this nation; but the devil is always an accuser — and his accusations of the brethren are Biblical. George Washington was a Christian, of this I have no doubt from what I have read of our early history, so anyone accusing him of being a devil worshiper (and being an Illumanist is just that) is "an accuser of the brethren." What historic source is there to support the accusation that Washington was an Illumanist? Keep in mind that Washington fought the Illuminati, he spoke against them openly in his time and of that the historical record is clear. Do you think that maybe the Illuminati operatives of his time attempted to defame him and left a record of that defamation behind to that end? I have taken Ken's letter as opportunity to address a complex issue in the Church in America and to bring our focus to what is vitally important to our walk with Jesus loving Him and loving one another. God bless. A Letter from Josephine S. of Denver dated April 10, 2001
(Quote) "Chuck-JOHNEL and Nancy-TONI, I want to tell you how much your Newsletters have meant to me, this last week I had time to go back and reread letters from the year 2000... Through the years I had a void in my
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ACTION: This is a little more vague but obvious once you can see a parallel event from 1989 to 2001. In this case we undertook a "prophetic mission" to California July 5-13, 1989 to prophetically block earthquakes in California at that time. This prophetic action held until mercy ended September 19, 1989 when Hurricane HUGO turned on the U.S. beginning a fresh wave of judgments on the U.S. and the world.
On June 20, 2001 the Net of Prayer engaged a demon army `In The Spirit' and destroyed in excess of 2 million demons, breaking an operative arm of Lucifer's plan as revealed by JESUS' Angel that day. Also, Michael-DAVID on this day did see an earthquake happen `In The Spirit' while we destroyed these demons but was unsure if we prevented the earthquake or caused it. Turns out we prevented that earthquake from destroying an area of southern California in July of 2001. Thus the "effect" of the Prophetic Mission of 1989 and the "effect" of the June 20, 2001 Battle `In The Spirit' were identical. Here an action repeated but in a slightly different form. Well, this is as far as I can take it at this point in time. Prayer, discernment and observation is now the order of the day. End of special report. God bless.
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June f 2001 The Staff& Sword Ministr IWe Get Letters (cont'd.)) Page 15 A Letter from Josephine dated April 1 O C-J Comments continued) Presence of the Holy Spirit. Someone might say, "Gee Chuck, aren 't you judging at this point when you say half the ministers in the church are devils?" Reply: "This is not my judgment, but the revealed judgment of God the Father through Jesus Christ in 1985." More, I have seen these ministers in action and they do everything they can to resist the Will of God and the
sovereignty of Jesus Christ as God's only begotten Son. What I'm saying is that their fruit is rotten and it is obvious to any who encounter them who may also be aware of what they've encountered (unGodly ministers). It is helpful to understand that at a time in our recent past seminaries required that ministers in training have an intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ BEFORE they were ordained ministers of Jesus Christ. That qualification is no longer in place in most seminaries and the result is all too evident in too many churches that are spiritually dead.
"YOU HAVE ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE DEVIL!" Those who partook in the "Sword of the Lord" Prayer Operation know (as we reported it in some detail in a prayer operation report) that two emissaries of the Devil showed at our doorstep on April 28 th (the day we were to mail out the Prayer Operation Prayer sheets) with a false prophecy that was not only accusatory but threatened my life in several places. I readily recognized that Lucifer was the author, it was very obvious as this is how he has conducted himself with me in the past. Then we got a second false prophesy mailed to us days later by the same two who came to our door April 28 th — more of the same, a second letter from the Devil. On May 25 `h Nancy-TONI opened the mail and saw this letter addressed to me and said, "You have another letter from the Devil!" I will now share this letter for this cause,
because JESUS responded to it and required that I issue them a warning (they are on the mailing list). Before sharing it let me state that these women (three are involved at this point) concealed their identity (though we heard from brethren who know them so we could learn of their identity and where they live). This third letter (authored by Lucifer again) crossed a boundary one ought not do, the Name of Jesus was used. (Quote of letter received here on May 25 `x', mailed from Indianapolis, Indiana May 18 `h ) "To: Chuck-JOHNEL about the stupid Prophetic Mission Report. Lies. Dear Sir, Now you have gone too far as to take money from the children of God and try
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and take advantage of their- desire to know the Lord and his works with this stupid comic book report junk. Well, I write to tell you Sir we that are the true Children of God are about to go before God and report you, Liar and if you don't have a staff of power, you better get one because times are about to get real bad for you Chuck. You dare to mock God and his people. Prepare for your judgment. (Signed Tool or Fool) In the Name of Jesus 'send you punishment. " (Unquote) Comment by Chuck-JOHNEL: My first reaction to this letter was to recognize how infantile the writer was, and beyond seeing how vicious it was I was equally aware of a root of bitterness at work in these people that was defiling them in measure. The comment about the Prophetic Mission Report being lies was/is typical Luciferian behavior. The 2001 Prophetic Mission Report was a literal accounting of what we did day by day , what we encountered and what Jesus had us do in response to enemy activity seen during this 21-day trip. The mention of "taking money from the children of God" is equally false although we fully reported how the Lord JESUS led several Christians to give us money for this prophetic mission (we had no plan to go until then nor had we sought finances). More, JESUS Himself provided $3,500 for the trip. This $3,500 came from no one in the Body of Christ but it was a supernatural provision by the Lord JESUS Himself. To appreciate how readily we know this letter originated from Lucifer I need to reflect a little on the finances of this Ministry. JESUS and the HOLY SPIRIT shewed me many years ago that Lucifer's primary method to defeat this Ministry was to work to cut off our financial support. We have endured hardships for years and by the end of 1998 we had an accumulated debt of just over $34,000 — the vast majority of this being a Ministry debt (as opposed to personal debt).
JESUS' WORD by His Angel on February 9,1989: "JOHNEL, LUCIFER DECEIVES HIS OWN, HE CANNOT PREVENT WHAT IS YOURS FROM GOD ANYMORE.... LUCIFER WILL WORK TO INFLICT RAILING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST YOU FOR PROSPERING IN CHRIST JESUS. PERSIA, PERSIA, WAR AND MISERY IS SOWN HERE AND MANY NATIONS
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(JESUS' WORD by His Angel to Chuck-JOHNEL on February 9,1989- continued) "WILL COME TO DIE AND DESTROY HERE, WHAT IS SET IN MOTION IS THE VERY TRAP JESUS WARNED THIS NATION ABOUT AND WORMWOOD WILL SPRING THE TRAP EVEN THIS VERY YEAR. ABIDE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, FOR IN THIS WILL YOU AND THOSE WITH YOU PREVAIL IN CHRIST TO SET MANY FREE OF CERTAIN DEATH BUT THE LOSS TO COME WILL BE GREAT AND MULTITUDES WILL PERISH, THIS IS NOW RESOLUTELY DECIDED AND POWER IS IN SATAN'S HANDS TO DO SO. MANY YOUNG MEN FROM AMERICA WILL TRAVEL ABROAD AND ONLY A FEW WILL RETURN ALIVE. THE PRESIDENT NOW IS NOT THE ONE WHO WILL LEAD THIS NATION INTO THIS DARKEST TIME OF SORROW AND GRIEF, BUT THE ONE DOING THIS IS NEAR NOW, NEAR TO BEING IN THAT CHAIR OF AUTHORITY TO DO ALL THIS. ABIDE IN JESUS' LOVE." When I received this Word in February of 1989 the President was then George Bush Senior. JESUS made it clear that "he" was NOT the man who would be president when this happened. Then JESUS said of this president who would do this that, "THE ONE DOING THIS IS NEAR NOW. NEAR TO BEING IN THAT CHAIR* OF AUTHORITY TO DO ALL THIS." *Note - This is a reference to the Office of President.
What happened from August of 1990 to early 1991 was a near literal dress rehearsal of what JESUS warned was coming — Prophetically we call such developments "patterns" that in themselves are a partial fulfillment of JESUS' Word which is evidence that it is near. In August of 1990 IRAQ invaded KUWAIT and shortly after President Bush Sr. began beating the war drums, drumming up support for a war against Iraq in the Persian Gulf. The United States initiated this war against Iraq in January of 1991. Almost everything JESUS spoke of by His Angel in February of 1989 had surfaced — except we won this war. But again, He had qualified that the President then (George Bush Sr.) was NOT the president who would lead America into this military disaster in the Persian Gulf. More — the Lord's Word that He would prosper us (meaning we would have what we needed to do all His Will) was not fulfilled in 1989. In fact, we would not stabilize our debt situation until the year 1997 by which time the Ministry debt load was significant.
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What I'm pointing here is that JESUS' WORD of February 9, 1989 was speaking of a ti me ahead of us, a time yet to come. Eight years later in 1997 our debt situation began to stabilize and we had enough financial support to begin reducing our debt load, but progress was painfully slow. By 1999 financial support had increased to where we began to make serious inroads in paying off the debt and in fact, at that time we began a concerted program of paying that debt off. More, the Presidential Primaries began in 1999 and George W. Bush became the Republican candidate for the Presidency. Today we have essentially reduced the debt load to just under $10,000 and we work with the hope of clearing this debt by the last quarter of this year (October-December, 2001).
PROSPERING IN THE LORD does not mean becoming wealthy; rather it refers to having what one needs in revelation, manpower, time, resources and finances to do all of God's Will. Since 1999 Lucifer lost the capacity to hinder us financially and in every other respect. However, financial strangulation was a key component of Lucifer's strategy to prevent this Ministry from doing all of God's Will. Today, President George W. Bush is the President and we are prospering in Christ Jesus and we have here a letter from one of his "tools" (I believe "fool" is more appropriate) where there is a "RAILING ACCUSATION AGAINST US FOR PROSPERING IN CHRIST JESUS." Developments like this tell us that we are in or close to being in the "time" JESUS spoke of in His Word of February 9, 1989. I do not miss the implications and see that what He said then in 1989 clearly pertains to this time, which suggests to me rather strongly that President George W. Bush is most likel y to be the President who will lead America into this "DARKEST TIME OF SORROW AND GRIEF." I "might" think that perhaps JESUS was not speaking of President George W. Bush in relation to the coming Persian Gulf war and a U.S. Military disaster for JESUS did not mention his name (George Bush) in that February 9, 1989 Word. However. JESUS did reveal in 1983 that at the time of the accidental nuclear attack on the U.S. by Russia that we would be drawn into the Persian Gulf war (at which time a U.S. Army assembling in Saudi Arabia was nuked by Iran), and that He also shewed me South Korea being invaded by North Korea and Red China invading Taiwan at the same ti me and in 1989 JESUS spoke of President Bush being President at the time of the accidental nuclear attack. This makes it fairly clear that President George W. Bush will
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be President when these things happen. Again, many things JESUS said would happen back in 1989, some 12 years ago, are now in focus at this time. This letter by "Tool or Fool" (not sure which way it was intended) which is discerned as being a "railing accusation" by Lucifer ends up fulfilling what JESUS said would happen 12 years ago. It seems ironic that George Bush Senior led us into the TRAP that JESUS had warned this nation against for many years when he led America into the Persian Gulf war of 1990-1991, and that it now seems apparent that his son, George W. will likely end up fulfilling this prophecy in the coming years by leading America into that disaster in Persia. Here are my notes from May 25 t1 the day we received this third communication from Lucifer via a person who identified herself as "Tool or Fool." (Quote)
JESUS to Chuck-JOHNEL May 25, 2001 at about 2 p.m. Today we received a third poison pen letter only this one was mailed from Indianapolis, Indiana on May 18th. The format was consistent with the first two false prophecies and as the two previous, Lucifer is clearly the author. I perceive a childishness in this letter. Threats and condemnation, and as before they don't have their facts straight although this time round they spelled the name Jesus gave me correctly. The statement that the Prophetic Mission Report was "Lies" is astoundingly ignorant and in grave error — we gave an accurate accounting of what happened, how it happened and what we understood --- there is no lie in the report. We brushed it off, as it seemed yet another lame effort of the enemy to trouble us. I cannot say that I was angry and really didn't give it too much thought. While doing err ands JESUS spoke to me and referring to these three who have attacked us repeatedly, said this:
"THESE HAVE FORFEITED THEIR LIVES. TWO WILL GO INTO HELLFIRE AND ONE WILL BE CAST INTO OUTER DARKNESS. THE JUDGMENT THEY MADE AGAINST YOU IS THEIR OWN SELF JUDGMENT AND THEY SHALL PERISH ACCORDING TO
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THE WORDS OF THEIR MOUTHS AND THE INTENT OF THEIR HEARTS AS THEY SPEAK AGAINST ME AND MY ANOINTING. I WILL GRANT THEM A STAY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THAT THEY MAY REFLECT ON THEIR SIN AND SO WE GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO REPENT AND ESCAPE. THE CLOCK IS TICKING FROM THIS DAY AND I WILL MAKE THIS CLEAR TO THEM. IF THEY HARDEN THEIR HEARTS, THEY WILL REAP ALL THAT THEY HAVE SOWN TO THEMSELVES. I WOULD HAVE YOU SHARE MY WORD IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER. THEY WILL SEE AND THEN THEY HAVE A CHOICE." Thus saith the Lord God JESUS CHRIST. They crossed boundaries: These women continually threatened me with the
judgment of God and death, but in this 3 ra letter they invoked JESUS by Name — they called God into judgment and they were judged by their own words. I cannot imagine a more dangerous thing to do than this, but I have seen people do this over and over and the consequence almost always leads to death. Nancy-TONI and I forgave the two women who came here on April 28 th and we prayed for them, but now they crossed a boundary that leads to death and it is of their own making. We pray that they heed God's Word
given here before the time the Lord God in His loving kindness has granted them runs out. This is no joking matter nor do I take JESUS' Word given here lightly. These women judged and ignoring Jesus' Word in the Bible they have judged themselves worthy of death.
What did JESUS mean by, "THESE HAVE FORFEITED THEIR LIVES."? It is worse than physical death for I perceive that He means that they have forfeited their salvation. Worse yet, they did this to themselves by accusing and judging in and out of the "Grievous Wolves Doctrine." End of report. TN
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