HE IS ILLEGAL: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

ELIGIBILITY TAKES CENTER STAGE AT NATIONAL PRESS CLUB!

NOW YOU KNOW:

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Oh, yes!  One hundred times worse than Watergate:

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U.S.-FUNDED FLOTILLA RUNS AGROUND

TALK ABOUT THE BRILLIANCE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE!

WAIT UNTIL YOU READ WHAT JUST CAME OUT IN "VIRTUAL JERUSALEM".

GOD BLESS YOU, DR. ALAN BAUER.

"A novel lawsuit in a New York court demands the seizure of any boats in the planned flotilla to Gaza, which are accused of violating American laws.


The latest counterterrorist lawfare action is based on a rarely-utilized "informant" that allows a plaintiff, an "informer" in legal language, to privately seize ships outfitted in the United States for use against a U.S. ally, in this case Israel.

 Dr. Alan Bauer, who along with his son Jonathan was seriously wounded in Palestinian Authority Arab suicide bombing attack in Jerusalem in 2002, filed the suit in a federal court in Manhattan. He is represented by Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of the Israeli-based Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center) and New York attorney Robert J. Tolchin.

Israel has placed a maritime embargo against ships trying to reach Gaza. Last year, a six-ship flotilla sponsored by Turkey and the terror-linked IHH was stopped on the high seas before they could reach Gaza. The Israel Navy stopped five of the boats without opposition, but approximately 40 IHH terror activists on the sixth boat, the Mavi Mamara, brutally attacked Navy commandos as they reached deck. Nine attackers were killed before the commandos were able to take control of the boat and lead it to the port in Ashdod.

The flotilla supposedly was carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, but a search in Ashdod revealed the Mavi Mamara was not carrying any aid. Instead, the terrorists had prepared lethal weapons and brought on board two guns for a planned confrontation with the Navy.

Last week, Turkey said it would not allow the Mavi Mamara to leave its shores. Activists still are planning to sail the other boats to try to break the embargo against the smuggling of terrorists and weapons not Hamas-controlled Gaza.

Bauer's suit seeks to confiscate 14 ships outfitted with funds "unlawfully raised in the United States by anti-Israel groups, including the Free Gaza Movement." The lawsuit contends that furnishing and outfitting the ships, which are being used for hostilities against a U.S. ally, violates American law.

Attorney Darshan-Leitner said, "We intend to seize the Gaza flotilla ships and turn them over to a victim of Palestinian terrorism. The extremists organizing these hostile provocations against Israel must not be allowed to illegally raise funds for their operations in the U.S. Escalating attacks on Israel from all directions require new and innovative responses. This unprecedented private action will help block their efforts to breach the coastal blockade and smuggle materials to Hamas in Gaza."

Attorney Robert Tolchin added, "This lawsuit will bring judgment to people who have until now ignored the law. Each flotilla ship is an attack on Israel and thus a slap in the face to the United States and every other nation that is at peace with Israel. The flotilla organizers, and the owners of these boats, should be held accountable for the damages and deaths they cause."

Dr. Alan Bauer was born in Chicago to parents who fled Hitler's Germany as children. He lives in Jerusalem, and came to Israel in 1992 on a Fulbright Fellowship to the Hebrew University, holds four U.S. patents in the area of diagnostics, and consults and has a start-up in food safety."

In the meantime . . . the slow learner, Hussein Obama, warns of "tensions" between the U.S. and Israel, our only real friend in the Middle East.  How many more tornadoes, fires, floods, earthquakes, economic upheavals, and hurricanes will it take for the light bulb to go "ON"?

Latest Flood:  Disastrous. Unstoppable. Historic. Unprecedented. All words used to describe what city, county and state officials warn is an imminent assault on all residents of the Souris River Valley.

THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON

It looks peaceful enough, doesn't it?  It was surprising to see a McDonald's there as we drove down the Valley of Megiddo. 

But someday this vast valley will be filled with untold numbers of soldiers.  Amazingly enough, this
valley connects with the Great Rift Valley at the Jordan River.  From Haifa to Bozrah is 180 miles (check out Rev. 14:26 at the bottom of this page).

Zechariah 12:10 tells us that the Jewish people will suddenly "look on me whom they have pierced".
This is another way of declaring that a time will come when the eyes of the Jewish people will be opened and they will realize that Jesus is the Messiah whom they rejected and crucified when he came the first time.

But before their eyes are opened, there will be a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit on them as a nation.  Zechariah 12:10 says, "Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem."

I believe that the "spirit of prayer" has already been poured out on the Jewish people.  There is not one moment, day or night, when someone is not praying at the Wailing Wall.  And the Jewish people are joined by Gentile believers from all over the world at the Western Wall to cry out to God.  Many thousands of people have sold their homes and businesses, moved to Jerusalem, and are walking the streets interceding on behalf of that city and the nation of Israel.

Soon the "spirit of grace" will be poured out, too.  Then, and only then, will the eyes of the Jewish people be opened.  God's grace will open their eyes and their understanding.  This day will be here very, very soon.

All Israel will mourn!  And the nation will not merely mourn.  Israel and the Jews will mourn as for an "only son" (Zech. 12:10).  It will be that deep in their emotions.  It is easy to connect this phrase "only son" with John 3:16 in the New Testament.  This is probably the best-known verse in the Bible.

Truly, we are living in amazing days!

Acts 2:20 says the moon will turn to blood:   http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_6775/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=Dz3IznHT


We should not be startled by this because the New Testament tells us: "So all Israel will be saved!"

Israel is surrounded by five hostile muslim nations: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. Turkey, nearby, will probably produce the Anti-Christ and be the nation to lead the coalition against Jerusalem and the Jewish people.  The new leader of Turkey and his party are definitely anti-Israel.

Haddadrimmon (Zech 12:11): A place in the Valley of Megiddo. It is said that Ahab met his death at the hands of a Syrian named Haddadrimmon (Thunder god). 

Megiddo: A small town located on the top of a ten-acre hill. Archaeologists have discovered 26 layers on top of each other revealing a period of 35 centuries.

Har Megiddo: “Hill of Megiddo”. Mentioned 11 times in the Bible. Joshua 12:21; 17:11; Jud. 1:27; 5:19; 1 Kings 4:12; 9:15,27; 23:29-30; 1 Chron. 20:29; 2 Chron. 35:22.

Armageddon: The Greek word for Har Megiddo.

The Jezreel Valley: “God Sows”. Wadi Ara

Via Maris: One of the main routes used for travel between Egypt, Syria, and Mesopotamia is in this valley.

Megiddo is the classic battlefield of the Land of Israel.

In this valley General Edmund Allenby launched his attack against the Turks in 1917. Megiddo was the base for the IDF in 1948.

Major Battles in this valley: Egypt and Judah, 609 B.C.; U.K. and Turkey (Ottoman Empire) 1917-18.

Megiddo Airport: Called “Shadar 7” by the IDF.

Location of Josiah’s Death: 2 Kings 23:29-30; 2 Chron. 35:20-25.

Revelation 16:16, “And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon (Harmagedon).”

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821): “There is no place in the whole world better suited for war than this . . . all the armies of the world could maneuver for battle here . . . the most natural battleground of the whole earth.” Thirty-five battles have been fought in the Valley of Megiddo.

When the French troops were in Palestine, and besieging the city of Acre, Napoleon had already prepared a Proclamation making Palestine an independent Jewish state. He felt confident that he could occupy Acre and the following days he would enter Jerusalem and from Jerusalem he would issue his proclamation. He was unable to realize this project because of the intervention of the British. This proclamation was printed and dated the 20th of April 1799!

Rev. 14:20: “The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress in a stream about 180 miles long and as high as a horse's bridle.”

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DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

After traveling all over the United States and speaking in every major denomination in our country for almost the past fifty years, I have come to the conclusion that God's people are grossly ignorant of the contents of the Bible.

Instead of being ashamed that their parishioners do not know the Scriptures, pastors continue doing the exact same things that they have done for decades, giving their cute little three-point sermons, and quoting mostly from such great resources as TIME MAGAZINE.  As you well know, one of the definitions of "INSANITY" is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results.

Without a doubt, we need a huge revolution in organized religion.  The first time I visited Israel I witnessed 500 Jewish young people studying the Old Testament for eight hours a day, six days a week.  And this was just one of the hundreds of schools in various parts of the country.

When I compared this vigorous type of study of the Bible with our 45-minute-once-a-week "Sunday School Classes" here in the U.S. it was pretty humiliating.  Would to God that our Sunday School Classes were truly "CLASSES"  and  "SCHOOLS" where people actually learned something.

I could list hundreds of times when church people have asked me basic Bible questions that should have been learned in kindergarten when they were six-years-old!  The entire system needs to be fixed.
Anyone with an ounce of sense can see that we are producing "SPIRITUAL MORONS".  It is no wonder that pastors spend most of their time changing diapers in "counseling sessions", when they should be using their time studying, praying, and learning how to teach God's Word.

I will not name the denomination (because they are pretty much all alike), but in one church where I taught the people had never heard of the return of Jesus!

One Sunday School student asked: "That war over in Israel . . . that's Jews killing Jews, . . . right?"

Another recent example of American ignorance:  Several pastors contacted me when a minister in California predicted "THE RETURN OF JESUS MAY 21".  Each one asked me if I thought the man might be accurate in his prediction.  PASTORS WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM SEMINARY ASKING THIS QUESTION!!!!!  DUH.

These are the people who are leading congregations all over America.  These are the men who stand in the pulpits each Sunday morning supposedly teaching the people.  And they are writing to me asking if this guy in California might be right?  Holy Cow!

So . . . looking back over almost 50 years I have typed below just some of the Biblical concepts (in bold type) that church people were totally unaware of, and asked me specific questions about:

“Knowledge is power.”


Sir Francis Bacon. 1597, Religious Meditations

If knowledge is power, then it is easy to understand why the church in the West is powerless.

Today, there is absolutely no excuse for being ignorant.  Within just a few seconds a Google search will answer almost any question you may have.  If you have been "dumbed down" it is your own fault.  Never in history have we had such a quick and easy way to learn. 

“I would not have you ignorant.” 1 Cor. 12:1

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” Hosea 4:6.

“But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end, when many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase” (Daniel 12:4).

“But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. Only those who are wise will know what it means” (Daniel 12:10b).

Jesus died on the cross that we might 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” (John 3:16).

“If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9).

You are going to live somewhere forever!

“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal” (Mt. 25:46).

“And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the Lake of Fire” (Rev. 20:15.

Jesus rose from the dead.

“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him” (1 Thes. 4:14).

“ . . . God raised Christ from the dead” (1 Cor. 15:15).

After he rose from the dead he was on this earth for 40 days.  Many Christians in America do not know this simple Biblical fact! 

“During the forty days after his crucifixion , he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive” (Acts 1:3).

More than 500 people saw him at one time.

“I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. He was seen by Peter and then by the Twelve. After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles” (1 Cor.15:3-7).

The last thing Jesus said . . .

“The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere---in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:7-8).

He was taken up into a cloud. This is called the ascension.

“After saying this, he was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see him” (Acts 1:9).

“When the Lord Jesus had finished talking with them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the place of honor at God’s right hand” (Mark 16:19).

Two white-robed men said, “He will return.”

“As they strained to see him rising into heaven, two white-robed men suddenly stood among them. ‘Men of Galilee,’ they said, ‘why are you standing here staring into heaven? Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday he will return from heaven in the same way you saw him go’” (Acts 1:10-11)!

Jesus said he would return.

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know the way to where I am going” (John14:1-4).

Ten days after the ascension, the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Day of Pentecost. Pentecost means “the fiftieth day”, which was 50 days after Jesus died on the cross. The disciples received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit ten days after Jesus ascended to his Father.

Please take the time to go to my web site (FLC7.com/audio.html), "Articles by Wesley Smith", Part 1-6.  Again, most Chrisitians in America do not even know the six basic doctrines of Christ.

“On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability” (Acts 2:1-4).

There will be a Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

“If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you, follow me” (John 21:22).

“I will come and get you” (John 14:3).

“Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again” (John 14:28).

“ . . . you are looking forward to the coming of God’s Son from heaven—Jesus, whom God raised from the dead. He is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment” (1 Thes. 1:10).

We believers will be raptured in the twinkling of an eye.

“We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown” (1 Cor. 15:51-52).

“And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died. We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. So encourage each other with these words” (1 Thes. 4:13-18).

We will be given new, indestructible bodies . . . like the Lord Jesus Christ.

“ . . . Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back” (1 Cor. 15:23).

“ . . . our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength. They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are spiritual bodies” (1 Cor. 15:42-44).

“Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man. Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly man” (I Cor. 15:48-49).

“Our bodies will be transformed into bodies that will never die” (1 Cor. 15:54).

“But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever” (1 Cor. 15:51-52).

Then we will return with Jesus to this planet and join him in The Battle of Armageddon.

“Then the Lord my God will come, and all his holy ones (saints) with him” (Zech. 14:5).

“Then I saw heaven opened, and a white horse was standing there. Its rider was named Faithful and True, for he judges fairly and wages a righteous war. His eyes were like flames of fire, and on his head were many crowns. A name was written on him that no one understood except himself. He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God. The armies of heaven, dressed in the finest of pure white linen, followed him on white horses. From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress. On his robe and thigh was written this title: King of all kings and Lord of all lords” (Rev. 19:11-16).

It is during this battle that the blood will flow up to the horses’ bridles for 180 miles.

“The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress in a stream about 180 miles long and as high as a horse’s bridle” (Rev. 14:20).

I measured it on a map of Israel: From Haifa, Israel (where the Valley of Megiddo begins) to Bozrah, Jordan, it is 180 miles!

Compare Is. 63 and Hab. 3.

Ultimately, Jesus’ feet will stand on the Mt. of Olives and it will split apart.

“On that day his feet will stand on the Mt. of Olives, east of Jerusalem. And the Mt. of Olives will split apart, making a wide valley running from east to west. Half the mountain will move toward the north and half towards the south. You will flee through this valley, for it will reach across to Azal.” (Zech. 14:4-5). “Azal” is four miles south of Jerusalem. It has two names: Hill of Evil Counsel and Government House. And it is the location of the main headquarters of the United Nations in Israel! The Mt. of Olives has three peaks: Scopus, where Hebrew University is located, Mt. of Corruption, and the Mt. of Olives.

Satan will be thrown into the bottomless pit, where he will remain for 1,000 years.

“Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan---and bound him in chains for a thousand years. The angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan could not deceive the nations any more until the thousand years were finished. Afterward he must be released for a little while” (Rev. 20:1-3).

After the battle of Armageddon we will rule and reign with Jesus Christ for 1,000 years.

“ . . . they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years” (Rev. 20:6).

At the end of 1,000 years Satan will be loosed. He still has not learned his lesson. He goes out to deceive the nations.

“When the 1,000 years come to an end, Satan will be let out of his prison. He will go out to deceive the nations---called Gog and Magog---in every corner of the earth. He will gather them for battle---a mighty army, as numberless as sand along the seashore. And I saw them as they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded God’s people and the beloved city” (Rev. 20:7-9).

At this point in time the Bible uses half a sentence to describe what will take place. Don’t be concerned. There will not be another war.

“ . . . fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them” (Rev. 20:8b).

Satan and his followers will be thrown into the Lake of Fire for eternity.

“Then the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and forever” (Rev. 20:10).

The final judgment!

“And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide. I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds. Then death and the grave were thrown into the Lake of Fire. This Lake of Fire is the second death. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the Lake of Fire” (Rev. 20:11-15).

After earth and heaven “disappear”, a new heaven and a new earth will appear, and the New Jerusalem will come down from God out of heaven.

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. And I saw the Holy City , the New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband” (Rev. 21:1-2).

On this new earth we will live forever, in our new bodies, worshiping God and serving him in endless discoveries.

“I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, ‘Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever’” (Rev. 21:3-4).

“Look, I am making everything new” (Rev. 21:5)!

The Bible does not tell us much about the future from that point forward, but we know that it will be glorious beyond human imagination.

“Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations” (Rev. 22:1-2).

“In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all. The cow will graze near the bear, the cub and the calf will lie down together, the lion will eat hay like a cow. The baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra. Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes without harm, nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the Lord” (Is. 11:6-9).

Some final words of Jesus:

“Look, I am coming soon! Blessed are those who obey the words of prophecy written in this book” (Rev. 22:7).

“Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds. I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” (Rev. 22:12).

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. I am both the source of David and the heir to his throne. I am the bright morning star” (Rev. 22:16).

“Yes, I am coming soon!” (Rev. 22:20).

Latest story from Israel:

"A Palestinian woman from Gaza arrives at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba for lifesaving skin treatment for burns over half her body. After the conclusion of her extensive treatment, the woman is invited back for follow-up visits to the outpatient clinic. One day she is caught at the border crossing wearing a suicide belt. Her intention? To blow herself up at the same clinic that saved her life.


What kind of culture leads one to do that?

Sadly, it is a culture infused with resentment and hatred.

It is this culture that underlies the Palestinians' and the broader Arab world's refusal to accept Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.

This is the root of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. It is not about the '67 lines."






Wesley Smith, Full Life Crusade, P.O. Box 398, Winona Lake, IN 46590 Website: FLC7.com