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piece of real estate. news living 32 Discussion Board . 11 Some Advice That Will Really 36 Television Log org . Make Your Day uk The Mystery of President Obama’s Visit to Israel On the president’s recent historic trip, many people were impressed by his strong statements of support for the Jewish state. But the truth about this man’s relationship with Israel goes deeper than mere words in front of a camera.

n March, Barack Obama made his first visit to Israel Why, then, would President Obama visit Israel now, at the since being elected president in 2008. The media provided beginning of his second term in office? pictures of the president with Israeli leaders talking and jok- Caroline Glick, who I believe is Israel’s best columnist, expressed I ing together. Mr. Obama assured Prime Minister Benjamin bewilderment over it: “Given that all of these [policies toward Israel] Netanyahu that Israel has a friend in the U.S. “We have your back,” are positions he has held throughout his presidency, the mystery the president said. surrounding his decision to come to Israel only grows,” Later, however, he talked about Israel’s “foreign army” in part of she wrote in a March 20 column. “He didn’t need to come to Israel the Palestinian territory. What “foreign army”? Even if you don’t to rehash policies we already know” (emphasis mine throughout). believe that God gave them that land, the fact is that the Arabs attacked the Jews, and in the war that followed, Israel won “[T]he administration that some of their land. The president could just as easily say that America has a “for- supports the ‘democratically eign army” in California, New Mexico and Arizona—after all, that territory did at one elected’ Muslim Brotherhood time belong to other people. President Obama made these anti-Israel in Egypt … is snubbing the FROM THE EDITOR remarks to Palestinians while a large pic- GERALD FLURRY ture of Yasser Arafat hung over his head in democratically elected Israeli the background. It is well established that Arafat, even while shaking hands and making agreements with government ….” caroline glick Jewish leaders, was inciting his own people to engage in terror- ism. The president was addressing Palestinians who are consid- She noted that the president also didn’t come to apologize for ered moderate and friendly, yet that terrorist spirit is still there. the anti-Israel policies of his first term. His administration still What was President Obama’s purpose for going to Israel? This speaks about its support for the Arab Spring as if it was excellent is a real mystery to Israel. But it’s not a mystery to me. policy, even after we can see how it empowered radicals within Libya, Egypt and other countries. This has put Israel’s very A ‘Mystery’ Visit survival in jeopardy! The president’s negative record on Israel is lengthy and unmistak- Glick drew attention to one revealing detail of the trip: the able. He has done much to isolate the Jewish state and to weaken president’s choice of speaking venues. On one hand, he turned the long-standing alliance between our two nations. down an invitation to speak before Israel’s elected representatives For example, when Prime Minister Netanyahu came to the at the Knesset, which is highly unusual. On the other hand, he White House in 2010, Mr. Obama insulted him terribly. The presi- chose “to address a handpicked audience of university students— dent wanted to bolster Palestinian confidence in a possible two- an audience grossly overpopulated by unelectable, radi- state solution, and he did so by giving Prime Minister Netanyahu cal leftists.” President Obama really identifies with academics, a list of 13 demands. One of them was that Israel immediately stop intellectuals and radicals. He went to Israel to speak to these radi- building in East Jerusalem. When Netanyahu didn’t immediately cal leftist students, and that is where he got a lot of the television agree to his terms, the president got up and left, leaving Netan- coverage. He actually denied a couple of colleges that wanted to yahu and his aides sitting in the White House for an hour. The send students that were more on the conservative side. images Jews considered it humiliating. I’ve never heard of such behavior As Glick pointed out, “What we can say with certainty is that getty

/ on a state visit to the U.S. in my life. the administration that supports the ‘democratically elected’ afp / As recently as last September, when Netanyahu visited Amer- Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and did so much to clear loeb ica and requested a meeting with Obama, the president refused to all obstacles to its election, is snubbing the democrat- 1 saul see him. Reuters called it “a highly unusual rebuff to a close ally.” ically elected Israeli government, and indeed, Israel’s THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 elected officials in general.” Mr. Obama has invited the Muslim That sounds good, and Israel likes to hear that. But forget the Brotherhood to the White House. He visited Cairo to address all words for a moment and look at the reality: This administration of Egypt and insisted that the Muslim Brotherhood attend, against has done nothing to prevent Iran getting a nuclear bomb! then President Hosni Mubarak’s wishes. Yet he won’t visit the You can be sure that Israel’s liberal leaders, hearing Mr. Obama Knesset in Israel! Isn’t that strange? It certainly proves that we making these statements, will put more pressure on Mr. Netan- can’t take what this man says at face value. yahu. They will argue that he doesn’t need to worry so much about Iran since America has his back. The pres- ident of the United States has guaranteed Forget the words for a moment our national security, they’ll probably say. He’s going to ensure Iran doesn’t bomb us. and look at the reality: This If Netanyahu was considering attacking Iran’s nuclear program, he’s going to have administration has done nothing to more opposition now. However, I would be absolutely shocked prevent Iran getting a nuclear bomb. if President Obama did anything to stop Iran! Here is a man telling Israel, America Glick considers it a mystery. But there is a definite reason has your back; we’re right there with you. But he wouldn’t even behind the president’s choices. pay a visit to the Knesset. That’s almost unheard of when a nation has serious problems like Israel has today! Undermining Netanyahu What is behind America’s foreign policy today? If you study the When President Obama spoke to those Israeli students, he talked decisions this administration is making on a wide range of inter- about the need to give the Palestinians a state. “[T]he Palestinian national issues, you would be hard pressed to think of any that people’s right to self-determination, their right to justice, must don’t have the effect of undermining America’s alliances, weak- also be recognized. And put yourself in their shoes. Look at the ening America’s global power, and strengthening the forces of world through their eyes. It is not fair that a Palestinian child can- evil in this world. not grow up in a state of their own—living their entire lives with There is a specific reason why this is the case. the presence of a foreign army that controls the movements not just of those young people, but their parents, their grandparents, The Spiritual Dimension every single day. It’s not just when settler violence against Pal- In the March edition of the Trumpet, I explained “The Hidden estinians goes unpunished. It’s not right to prevent Palestinians Cause of Society’s Deadly Decline.” There is an evil spiritual force from farming their lands or restricting a student’s ability to move on Earth that is working to bring down America as well as the around the West Bank, or displace Palestinian families from their Jewish state. homes. Neither occupation nor expulsion is the answer. Just as You cannot understand America’s foreign policy today Israelis built a state in their homeland, Palestinians have a right if you don’t see this spiritual dimension. to be a free people in their own land.” This subject is so important and urgent, I have produced a During this part of the speech, the audience cheered and new booklet about it: America Under Attack. It reveals the hidden applauded several times. It was as if, in their minds, the Palestin- dimension to events in this country and helps you to make sense ians are yearning for peace through negotiation—if only Israel of what would otherwise be a mystery. would cooperate. That is an egregious delusion. This understanding exposes the reason for the common thread President Obama then told those students, “[L]et me say this in the current administration’s dealings with Israel and other as a politician, I can promise you this: Political leaders will countries in the Middle East. It also specifically reveals the bibli- never take risks if the people do not push them to take cal reasons for the president’s anti-Israel views. some risks. You must create the change that you want to see.” Syria has been embroiled in turmoil for about two years, as That was rather insulting. He was obviously talking about inter- people have risen up to try to get rid of the violent dictator Bashar fering with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s policies. I don’t think Assad. Yet America has done nothing to help those people. In fact, that would have made Mr. Netanyahu very happy. as Glick explained it, the president’s “feckless handling of Syria’s Mr. Netanyahu was recently reelected, but not by near the mar- civil war ensured that the moderate opposition forces would be gin he thought he would be. This meant he had to form a weaker eclipsed by radical Islamists affiliated with al Qaeda, as has hap- coalition government. The new government includes some liber- pened.” You could say almost the same thing about the popular als who are pretty far left, which is going to cause him problems. uprising in Iran in 2009: The people rose up to dispute a phony President Obama spoke about “the prospect of a nuclear-armed election result that favored radical Islamists—and America did Iran.” He emphasized the need to keep trying to solve the prob- nothing. President Obama said it wouldn’t be appropriate to lem through diplomacy. But then he said, “Iran must not get a meddle in Iranian affairs. nuclear weapon. This is not a danger that can be contained— Contrast that with what happened in Egypt. There, when the and as president, I’ve said all options are on the table for public began protesting in Egypt to get rid of Hosni Mubarak, this 2 achieving our objectives. America will do what we administration stepped right up to turn its back on Mubarak and must to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran.” to support the protesters! “It is my belief that an orderly transition THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 must be meaningful … and it must begin now,” he said publicly. You absolutely need to understand the truth about what is hap- Egypt was at peace with Israel for 30 years! Yet America had a lot pening to America today. We have been protected in this coun- to do with removing Mubarak and bringing the terrorist Muslim try for a couple hundred years. We have not experienced the tur- Brotherhood to power. moil that many other nations have. Yes, we were involved in two The same is true of Libya. True, Muammar Qadhafi was world wars, but God has given us a lot of peace. As a result, our obviously unstable, but at one time he did get rid of nearly all people have kind of settled into an unreality about what is really of his weapons of mass destruction to cooperate with the West. happening around us. They don’t understand how deadly dan- But when protests started there, America decided that, again, it gerous this world is! needed to strengthen their cause. Now, al Qaeda groups rule Libya This is not God’s world. There’s a lot of evil in this world. It is and are talking about allying with Iran. Nothing yet has been full of tigers waiting to tear somebody apart. It has always been done about the terrorist attack on America’s outpost in Benghazi, that way. As Winston Churchill said, the history of man is the his- and it is clear that America isn’t going to do anything. So the ter- tory of war. Yet somehow we can’t come to grips with that today. rorists are encouraged and keep getting stronger and stronger. Are you willing to face reality? Most people are not. A haze of These geopolitical shifts have created a far more dangerous deception enshrouds our world. It is absolutely stunning how eas- world, especially for the tiny nation of Israel! The president’s for- ily the people in this land today are duped. eign policy is largely responsible for these developments, but he Many people are alert to the problems in America today, but won’t take the blame for any of it. Instead, he travels to Israel and have only become deeply discouraged and anxious as a result. But says that America will do whatever it must to prevent a nuclear- if you open your eyes to the spiritual dimension, then you will see armed Iran. the tremendous hope beyond the tragedy that is unfolding. Put- Nonsense! How long will Israel believe such diabolical non- ting these events in their full prophetic context shows how God sense? The nation’s survival is at stake! is using these events to serve His purposes—and how they are Biblical prophecy shows that very soon, Israel will know for quickly leading to the greatest event ever: when He will intervene certain that America is of no help, and it will instead turn to Ger- to establish His rule on Earth! many (ancient Assyria) for help (Hosea 5:13). We are already see- Please request my booklet America Under Attack—you will ing this prophecy racing toward fulfillment. clearly see that President Obama’s trip to Israel was no mystery! n

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schwartz opening new booklet America Under Attack. _ 3 dra America’s financial December 6, 2015 3 p.m. H K T Pearl Harbor is coming Hong Kong Twenty-one men representing China’s most powerful institutions file into a con- ference room atop the icc Tower looming over Victoria Harbor. The Politburo Stand- ing Committee has mustered the ceos of China’s four largest banks, Sinopec, and several other state-owned multination- als, plus officers from the Central Mili- tary Commission and a pair of academics from China’s top technology universities. The general secretary formally opens the meeting. “As you know, the United States of America continues to manipu- late its currency,” he begins. “It is devalu- ing its dollar, which steals away trade and reduces the value of its debts. The Standing Committee manages the yuan’s value to protect our manufacturing base and sup- port employment.” The secretary leans back ever so slightly to say what everyone in the room already knows, and the reason why they are here. “Three days ago, the Federal Reserve Sys- tem announced its sixth quantitative eas- ing policy in the past seven years.” And now, the marching orders. “The Central Politburo Standing Com- mittee of the Communist Party has agreed that it is time to use every financial mea- sure of the People’s Republic to preserve the state of its economy. It has approved liquidating the government’s holdings of U.S. treasuries.” The order from the stone-faced secretary sounds broad, even bland. But it means very specific, very powerful things to each man in this room. It means pulling the trigger on a huge number of massive initiatives. And it’s backed by more than a trillion dollars. The Chinese economy will suffer some

collateral damage as well, but the decision trumpet has finally been made. To encourage and

to enforce the point, the secretary con- illustration cludes with a proverb: “Good medicine tastes bitter.” : He could’ve used a different one: “Wait patrick

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It’s a normal day on Wall Street. Markets images are up after last week’s Fed announce-

ment of QE6. Thanks to this latest round of (3) money-printing, gold is holding at $2,000 preprogrammed fail-safes. Trading halts this the start of WW3?” Rumors begin per ounce, oil is $95 per barrel. The dollar temporarily. But in Tokyo, Singapore and to swirl on the trading floor and on tv index is steady at 82. New Deli, they’re still trading. American screens around the world that America’s Squawk Box is running a story saying traders call for calm, saying that a full-on biggest banks are caught short and unable China’s new East Asian free-trade zone dump of China’s U.S. treasury stockpile to cover their multibillion-dollar positions seems to have been fast-tracked. Mongolia, would be “mutually assured destruction.” in the derivatives market. Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Chi- Thirty minutes later, trading resumes— na’s recently reincorporated province of with an eerie calm. 12:03 P.M. EST Taiwan are all sending signals that they’re Bank of America ceo Brian T. Moynihan suddenly ready to sign up. Trade will be 11:44 a.m. EST denies that the bank has a liquidity problem. conducted in Chinese renminbi. An Asso- Moscow ciated Press story getting some play quotes As markets settle into an uneasy wait-and- 12:07 P.M. EST an unnamed official from Japan’s Ministry see, Russian President Vladimir Putin Citigroup ceo Michael Corbat calls the of Finance saying that since most of Japan’s appears at an unscheduled press confer- buzz about his bank’s derivatives posi- trade is now with China, it too will eventu- ence. Holding up a gold coin, he announces tions “malicious rumors started by specu- ally be forced to join the East Asian Pros- that the Central Bank of Russia completed lators that are just false.” The bank is “fun- perity Cooperation. Even Australia is con- the largest bullion transfer in modern his- damentally sound,” he insists. sidering participation. The markets yawn. tory in October: 850 metric tons from the International Monetary Fund. “Russia 12:15 P.M. EST 10 a.m. EST would like to thank the United States, Can- Warren Buffet warns of contagion to the The Dow Jones Industrial Average hits ada and Great Britain for approving this insurance sector. 16,000—a new record. Gold bumps up $20 historic purchase of their gold holdings. In per ounce. The dollar index is showing this age of unrestrained electronic money 12:30 P.M. EST strength. Market Makers is praising Federal printing and currency devaluations, it is Federal Reserve Bank Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s master- the opinion of the central bank that physi- New York ful handling of the economy, despite stub- cal gold bullion remains a critical compo- Visibly agitated, Federal Reserve Bank bornly high unemployment numbers. The nent for national wealth and power.” Chairman Ben Bernanke says that due to lower third is flashing bulletins about sur- Putin then throws down this chal- market conditions the Fed will temporar- prise resource acquisitions and land deals lenge: “The gold is here for anyone to ily purchase “unlimited” amounts of trea- across Africa and Central Asia by some audit. I suggest that investors follow Rus- suries to restore confidence in the mar- Chinese state-owned oil and mining giants. sia’s example and demand an independent ket. “The Federal Reserve is committed Stuart Varney’s show devotes a 30-second audit of Fort Knox.” to a strong dollar policy and any damage chuckle to “irrational Chinese exuberance.” With this shock announcement, Russia to the banking system is limited and con- becomes the world’s third-largest holder of tained,” he said. 10:48 a.m. EST gold after the European Union and China. His announcement has the opposite Beijing Putin adds that Moscow is also negotiat- effect. Instead of instilling confidence, Chinese Central Bank governor Zhou Xia- ing for entry into the East Asian Prosper- investors take it as confirmation of a ochuan is on television, announcing that ity Cooperation and, starting in January, worst-case scenario—and a giant sell sig- China can no longer afford the Fed’s aggres- will use the Chinese yuan for international nal on the dollar. The dollar index drops sive money-printing. “It has become evident currency transactions—with the notable into free fall, gold jumps by more than that with America’s stagnant economy and exception of oil and gas exports to Europe, $700 per ounce, and silver hits $100. Ten aging population, it will not be able to pay which will now be priced in euro marks. minutes later, Bill Gross at bond giant its debts. It is defaulting on its debts by using Putin’s itar-tass transcript goes viral. pimco is being interviewed by Lauren inflation. China has lent America more than Twitter and Facebook explode. Lyster on msnbc. She asks if we are wit- $2 trillion. The People’s Bank of China has To Wall Street and the world, it is now nessing the end of the dollar as the world’s no choice but to stop purchasing treasur- clear that something momentous is hap- reserve currency. Gross confirms that he ies. We have spoken our concerns for sev- pening. It looks like a pre-planned attack began shifting most of his $1 trillion-plus eral years, but the Fed has ignored its largest on America’s anemic economy. Before fund out of dollar-denominated assets creditor. We are cutting off the credit card.” Putin finishes his announcement, inves- more than a year ago. He put the money in tors erupt in sell orders. The Dow plum- Europe back when everyone else thought 10:56 a.m. EST mets 30 percent in nine minutes. Institu- it was falling apart. “The writing was on New York Stock Exchange tional investors dump U.S. treasuries at the dollar’s wall a long time ago,” he says. The markets reverse sharply. Dow fire-sale prices—trying to get out before “America’s mushrooming debt and the futures plunge 1,200 points. Gold, sil- China unleashes its hoard. Jim Rickards is lack of political will to address its spend- ver and oil fall as investors impulsively on cnn saying it’s a “full-on revolt against ing problems assured the demise rush for cash. Treasury yields skyrocket. the dollar standard.” The ZeroHedge blog of the dollar. I just didn’t realize 5 Within seven minutes, the frenzy triggers has it up in doomsday 100-point font: “Is it would happen so fast.” THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 In an hour and a half, the dollar has lost 1:02 P.M. EST millionaires and speculators from taking more than half its value. Washington, D.C. money out of the country. I am also issu- Fox News is saying people should spend President Obama holds an emergency press ing an executive order that will limit pri- their dollars now before they are worth- conference. “This morning, December 7, vate ownership of gold. I am also directing less. Dennis Kneale is actually comparing 2015—a date that will live in infamy—the Congress to pass new tax legislation and the collapse of the dollar to the Argentine United States of America was suddenly and tariffs on Chinese goods. peso and the Greek drachma. deliberately attacked by overseas govern- “Unfortunately, some elements in our ments in an attempt to discredit the dol- cities seek to gain from this crisis: specu- 12:39 P.M. EST lar and take away its status as the world’s lators on Wall Street and rioters on Main Atlanta, Chicago, reserve currency. Street. To protect the common good, I Phoenix, Oakland … “Let me be clear: To even entertain the hereby declare a temporary state of emer- Riots are reported in shopping malls and idea of the United States of America not gency and authorize Homeland Security, business districts across several major cit- paying its bills is irresponsible. It’s absurd. fema and the National Guard to restore ies, as people awake to the fact that the value “Some have questioned the integrity order to our great cities ….” of their cash is evaporating. Their savings of our nation’s bullion reserves. Believe and investments have lost more than half of me, the gold is there. When Germany 1:2 5 P.M. EST their purchasing power compared to other requested its gold holdings back, we New York currencies. Local news footage shows empty began returning it. I now urge my Ger- The plunging markets go into free fall store shelves and malfunctioning atms. man counterparts to confirm Europe’s after the president’s announcements. People panic and rush grocery stores to commitment to using the dollar as a Gold jumps another $800, silver is at $175, stock up. Customers claim widespread price reserve currency. oil at $250. The dollar hits an all-time low. gouging. Mobs of young people rampage “I have authorized Chairman Bernanke Investors around the world flee the dollar. through Birmingham, Cincinnati, Chicago. to implement capital controls to prevent American cities have started to burn.

for foreigners to buy and foreign goods more expensive to pur- Back in the real world … chase. This beggar-thy-neighbor strategy is highly contentious and Although the dates and events in this scenario are obviously fic- potentially explosive. titious, the principle isn’t. In 2012 alone, global central banks cut interest rates 75 times In fact, such an economic disaster is imminent enough that in an effort to weaken their currencies. the Pentagon held its first-ever financial war games back in 2009. “Ever since the Fed launched QE2 in August 2010, we have Instead of carrier movements, tactical strikes and aerial bombard- been in the currency war regime,” confirms Alessio de Longis, ments, the weapons were currencies, stocks, bonds, interest rates who runs the Oppenheimer Currency Opportunities Fund. “It and derivatives. But just like real war exercises, the purpose was will continue to be this.” the same: to discover fatal weaknesses and how the enemy might Regardless of who started it, the war is heating up. exploit them. Wall Street banker Jim Rickards participated in the war games. Latest Currency Shot In his book Currency Wars, he writes that the Pentagon is clumsy When Shinzo Abe was elected prime minister of Japan in Decem- at financial warfare. ber, it heralded a new stage in the global currency war. He imme- Financial war is not beyond America’s horizon. Whether or diately announced that Tokyo would no longer be neutral. It not politicians and the Fed will publicly acknowledge it, the war would implement a massive $1.4 trillion quantitative easing has already begun. (money-printing) plan to reduce the value of the yen. He said the In 2010, Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega was the yen had risen too high (in reality, the dollar, yuan and euro had first public official to confirm what everyone knew but no one fallen, making the yen appear to have risen). He then bullied the would admit. “We’re in the midst of an international currency Bank of Japan into doubling its acceptable inflation level. Abe’s war,” he told industrial leaders in Sao Paulo. “This threatens us intent was plain: to boost job creation by the same artificial means because it takes away our competitiveness. … The advanced coun- employed by the U.S. and China—currency devaluation leading tries are seeking to devalue their currencies.” to increased exports. And he was very open about it. While the U.S. and other governments might throw out phrases A “daring monetary policy is essential” if Japan is to beat defla- like “commitment to a strong dollar” every now and then, what tion and drive down the value of the yen, he said. “We strongly many of them are actually doing is actively and openly devaluing expect the boj [Bank of Japan] to conduct aggressive monetary their currencies to gain unfair short-term economic advantages. easing with a clear price target.” Faced with unacceptably high unemployment and a stag- Bowing to the pressure, the central bank announced it would nant global economy, the world’s leading economies are resort- potentially buy unlimited amounts of government bonds. Since ing to currency manipulation to steal a greater piece of then, the yen has lost 25 percent of its value against the euro and 6 a shrinking economic pie. The short-sighted goal is to about 13 percent against the dollar—and Japan’s exporters grabbed weaken the currency to make domestic goods cheaper market share. What can a financial crisis lead to?

¥ $ TRADE Imbalance Financial Crisis Currency War Trade War Hot War It starts with people When debt levels Politicians seek to As they work to steal Like currency wars, living beyond their reach the tipping cheat economic laws. trade from each other, first-mover advantage means and taking on point, the financial Governments print governments enact tariffs, goes to those who debt. Wages become system suddenly money to pay debts and taxes and subsidies. unexpectedly strike first. distorted, production and dramatically devalue their currency, Global trade plunges, costs escalate and destabilizes. Companies which temporarily exacerbating the financial industries move offshore. and individuals can no promotes exports and crisis. Unemployment The result: trade deficits longer borrow money. discourages imports. rises. Politicians again and an unsustainable Bankruptcies and Those who devalue devalue currencies national debt. unemployment soar. first gain the most. and enact more radical populist measures.

“Ever since the new government took control, it feels as though gold standard and were devaluing too, all in an attempt to renege Japan is filled with the spirit for economic revival,” Toyota execu- on debts and steal trade. tive Takahiko Ijichi said in March. When the short-term boosts gained through currency deval- Outside of Japan, Toyota’s competitors are filled with a dif- uation were exhausted, nations increasingly turned to tariffs, ferent spirit. taxes and trade barriers to protect local industries and jobs— China is “fully prepared” for currency war, its central bank all of which worked to retard economic recovery, increase social deputy governor, Yi Gang, said that same month. “China will take unrest, and escalate grievances between nations. into full account the quantitative easing policies implemented by central banks of foreign countries.” Just hours before the boj announcement, German Bundes- The world is fully engaged in bank President Jens Weidmann warned that populist governments threatened to unleash competitive currency wars, as politicians currency war and stands on pushed central banks to weaken currencies and steal trade. It was a message aimed at the big powers: America, China and Japan. the brink of full-scale trade war. Monetary policy risked becoming a political tool, he warned. By February, the risk of currency war morphing into trade What happened next in 1939 is well known. The currency- war was so high that the G-20 issued a joint declaration: “We will war-turned-trade-war was transformed into World War ii by a refrain from competitive devaluation …. We will not target our madman. exchange rates for competitive purposes, will resist all forms of Today, we see history repeating. protectionism and keep our markets open.” In January, Jin Liqun, chairman of the China Investment Cor- But joint platitudes aside, the world is fully engaged in currency poration (China’s massive sovereign wealth fund), warned Amer- war and stands on the brink of full-scale trade war. ica that “[t]here will be no winners in currency wars,” and that America’s money “printing machine will have to slow down for Return to 1930s people to have full confidence in the dollar.” It is as if the world is back in the 1930s. Back then, it was Great Brit- It was a thinly veiled reminder of what several Chinese officials ain that set off the chain reaction. Following the failure of Aus- have intimated over the past few years: that America’s biggest credi- trian bank Creditanstalt and another bank in Germany, Britain tor nation holds a disproportionately important role in maintaining com

. was forced off the gold standard and devalued the pound. Norway, the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency—and that if Amer- Sweden and Denmark quickly followed. America held off until ica isn’t careful, China could strip the dollar of that coveted status. 1933, when President Roosevelt confiscated all gold held in U.S. China isn’t alone in preparing for the post-dol- banks before devaluing the dollar against gold by 41 percent. By lar world. In March, China joined with Brazil, Russia, thenounproject / 7 pt 1936, Germany, France and the rest of Europe had abandoned the See DOLLAR page 36 ➤ THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 Can Science Unlock the Mystery of the Human Mind? New initiatives are making bold advances—but some fundamental understanding remains elusive. by dennis leap

s humans, we can identify as old as human history, and humans have engineers who have been challenged to galaxies light years away, we spent much of that history using their build human-like robots have learned that can study particles smaller advanced minds to try to unlock the secret functions of the human brain we take for “A than an atom, but we still of why their own minds are so advanced. granted are nearly impossible to duplicate. haven’t unlocked the mystery of the three Western philosophers have been writing Using relatively simple technology, engi- pounds of matter that sits between our ears.” and talking about the human mind since neers can build an assembly-line robot to These words signify the reality of man- the 18th century. Modern psychology and its paint a car in a controlled environment kind’s efforts to understand the human separate branches were brought or do other such routine tasks. Some very brain. President Barack Obama spoke to birth by the quest sophisticated robots can even perform sur- them at the White House on April 2 while to know the human gery on the human body. However, building spotlighting new human brain research mind. Since the a robot with a humanlike brain has proven that he compared to the Human mid-20th overwhelming. The hurdles are incredibly Genome Project. huge for giving a robot the ability to see as a The president wants to dedicate human sees, to hear as a human hears or $100 million to help scientists to have the common sense human create a dynamic map of the beings use every day. Science fic- human brain as it functions. tion would like us to believe The money will kick start that it is possible to recreate the brain (Brain Research ourselves into robots like t hrough Advancing Data from Star Trek: The Innovative Neurotech- Next Generation. But real- nologies) Initiative, a world scientists know that it huge project incorpo- is highly unlikely we’ll meet a rating advanced tech- Data anytime in the 21st century. nologies developed Steven Pinker, professor of over the last decade. psychology at Harvard, has In labs world- written several popular wide, researchers books discussing recent are investing unprec- research on the human edented efforts into neu- brain. In one national best- roscience—in a drive to understand the century, biologists, geneticists and even seller, How the Mind Works, he writes, “The intricacies of how our brain (and mind) mathematicians and astronomers have spent reason there are no humanlike robots is not works. From Germany to Taiwan, from millions of dollars on scientific research to that the very idea of a mechanical mind is Israel to Scandinavia, and many points in answer this seemingly simple-yet-unan- misguided. It is that the engineering prob- between, leading scientists are devoting swerable question. For all of this effort, the lems we humans solve as we see and walk more and more resources to brain research. scientists themselves admit that the impor- and plan and make it through the day are Scientists have been studying the brain tant questions remain unanswered. far more challenging than landing on the for decades. Yet, as the president admitted, Why can’t science unlock the mystery moon or sequencing the human genome.” it remains an unanswered mystery. of the human mind? For instance, humans navigate through liv- Why is the human mind vastly superior ing spaces and around furniture without to the animal brain? The two types are sim- Increased Knowledge even thinking about it. Our brains make gary ilar in biological composition, yet humans The struggle to understand the human that ability automatic. But it is a major dorning have scientific, communicative, social, artis- mind has borne fruits. Scientific research mechanical and computer software feat to / tic, and other capabilities that are has helped reveal that the human brain is build a robot to make such maneuvers. philip

8 many orders of magnitude greater of an incredible design. In everyday life, we draw upon trillions nice than any animal. The mystery is Roboticists and software and computer of bits of information, unconsciously. “No database could list all the facts we tacitly generations. Animals cannot grasp abstract almighty principle.” His definition of the know, and no one ever taught them to us,” concepts such as a developed system of human mind contrasts sharply against that Pinker continues. Why do we just seem to mathematics or physics. Animals cannot concept: “The mind is a system of organs of know these things? It is human to know appreciate art, music or architecture. computation, designed by natural selection so. For example, if our cat is in the yard, Human beings can think, reason and to solve the kinds of problems our ances- we know that it is not in the house. If we make choices. Animals can only do such tors faced in their foraging way of life, in go to the grocery store and buy a gallon things in a limited way based on either particular, understanding and outmaneu- of milk and then carry it home in the car, instinct or repetitive training. For exam- vering objects, animals, plants and other we can instruct a helper to get the gallon ple, animals cannot decide to go and visit a people. … The mind is organized into of milk out of the car. Generally speaking, sick friend. But humans can choose to serve, modules or mental organs, each with a our helper wouldn’t even question our share or cooperate—or to be jealous or hate- specialized design …. The modules’ basic request. Going to the car and retrieving ful. These are functions exclusively bestowed logic is specified by our genetic program.” the gallon of milk would be a simple task. upon humans and are attitudes of mind. Pinker doesn’t understand why the human It is not simple to program a robot to know To date, no scientist has been able to mind is the way it is, but he insists that it is about cats, yards, houses or how to retrieve explain why the human brain gives us only physical, and that our thinking, our a gallon of milk out of a car. these functions of mind. emotions, our love, our anger, our frustra- If your brain becomes damaged by Pinker states early in his book, “I will tion and our joy are based on the evolution accident or through stroke, you can lose try to explain what the mind is, where it of our biology and genetics. these abilities. In fact, much of our knowl- came from, and how it lets us see, think, Isn’t it incredible? Mr. Pinker’s mind edge about the human brain has come feel, interact and pursue higher callings can recognize that humans possess an about through the study of such calami- like art, religion and ties. Stroke often impairs our ability to philosophy. On the “[T]he engineering problems we humans walk, see, hear or speak. Brain injury often way I will try to throw solve as we see and walk and plan and destroys our memories. light on distinctively human quirks.” The make it through the day are far more Unexplained Paradox most important word To gain a better knowledge of the human in these two sentences challenging than landing on the moon or brain, researchers have studied animal is the word try! The sequencing the human genome.” STEVEN PINKER brains as well. But instead of actually learn- author spends nearly ing more about the human brain, scientists 600 pages trying, but his arguments never utterly fantastic, unparalleled, wonderfully have hit a quagmire of uncertainty. Neuro- do explain why the human mind is so vastly designed instrument—yet at the same time scientists have discovered that there is no different. He explains how the human mind he reasons that it was created by a mind- significant difference between the human is different, but never why! less process called natural selection! Why brain and the animal brain that can explain Here is why he cannot. cannot such a brilliant thinker admit that the light-years of difference between the two. this scientifically inexplicable, incredibly Pinker admits, “Neuroscientists like to Evolution vs. God designed, powerful human mind had to point out that all parts of the cerebral cortex With few exceptions, scientists do not even have been designed by a Creator? look pretty much alike—not only the differ- consider the likelihood of a nonphysical The brightest minds in science are vic- ent parts of the human brain, but the brains part of the human brain. This is why they tims of the illusion known as evolution. of different animals.” Human and animal cannot explain the human mind. Their The theory of evolution, the explanation brains are basically made of the same mate- research on the human brain is based of a creation without a Creator, severely rial. The human brain is slightly larger in exclusively on what can be seen, observed, limits science’s ability to honestly and logi- size than a chimpanzee’s, for example, or subjected to experimentation. Current cally explain the truth behind the human but it is much smaller than an elephant’s. human brain research, known as cognitive mind. Belief in evolution is a faith that However, the output of the human brain is science, has limited itself to evolutionary blinds human minds to truth that only immensely superior to both a chimp’s and biology and genetics. They have reduced God can reveal. an elephant’s. The output of the human their study of man’s mind to matter alone. No matter how detailed or well funded brain simply cannot be accounted for Pinker is one of the leaders in cognitive the initiative, scientists will never under- because of size, number of cells, or improved science. And it’s not that he’s never heard of stand the “three pounds of matter between design. That is the unexplained riddle that the idea that the human mind could con- our ears” unless and until they recognize scientists are racking their brains to solve. tain a nonphysical element. He admits, “I the Designer of the human brain, the Cre- Certain brain functions are solely want to convince you that our minds are ator of the human mind. human. Language is a prime example. not animated by some godly vapor ….” He Although animals communicate with states that, previous to advanced scien- What Is Man? sounds and movements, only human beings tific research, we have been “victims of an These plaguing questions about can talk and write. Only humans can build illusion: that our psychology comes from man, his mind and his God- 9 a fund of knowledge and teach it to future some divine force or mysterious essence or ordained purpose have puzzled THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 scientists, philosophers and even reli- life depends solely on oxygen we breathe by but very few” (ibid). Just like the false gious leaders. But these mysteries have from the air, food we eat from the ground, immortal soul theory, science also rejects been answered for those who are will- the continuing-yet-temporary oxidation of the knowledge of the true spirit in man. ing to listen. The answers to the most our blood. True biblical science corroborates This truth is spiritual and must be revealed intriguing questions about our own this similarity between the lives of human by the Creator of the human mind. minds are revealed in the Creator’s text- beings and those of animals. To return to the fundamental question: book, the Bible. And nowhere does the Bible say that Why is the output of the human mind so The Bible reveals what man is, why man man has an immortal soul. Herbert Arm- vastly superior to that of the animal brain? is, and where he is going. It reveals why the strong wrote, “Notice carefully that man, God placed within human brains a spirit human mind is so vastly superior to ani- made wholly of matter, became a living that gives us our distinctly human quali- mal brain, and why we can’t understand it, soul as soon as the breath gave him his ties and abilities. even with the most precise multi-parallel temporary physical life. The scripture “Let me make clear a few essential points imaging methods imaginable. does not say ‘immortal’ soul. Man does about this spirit in man,” Mr. Armstrong In The Incredible Human Potential, not have an ‘immortal’ soul. He is a soul wrote. “It is spirit essence, just as in matter Herbert W. Armstrong simply and clearly as soon as physical life enters him” (ibid). air is essence, and so is water. This human explained what the Bible teaches about Man and animals are similar in that we spirit cannot see. The physical brain sees, man. The book is eye-opening and sat- share the same physiological existence. The through the eyes. The human spirit in a per- isfying. It explains why evolutionary sci- Bible shows that man and animals die the son cannot hear. The brain hears through ence has never and will never unlock the same death (Ecclesiastes 3:19-20). the ears. This human spirit cannot think. secret of the human mind. “When man, in The brain thinks—although the spirit the name of science, denies—or by indif- The Human Spirit imparts the power to think, whereas brute ference, ignores—his Maker,” Mr. Arm- But there is a spiritual component in your animal brains without such spirit cannot, strong wrote, “he blinds his mind to what human brain that is not in any animal’s except in the most elementary manner.” he is, why he is, where he is going, and what brain! God explained the function of this is the way!” “But there is a spirit in man: and the human spirit in 1 Corinthians 2:11. Read From the beginning of human history, inspiration of the Almighty giveth them it, and you’ll understand what $100 mil- man has chosen to cut himself off from understanding” (Job 32:8). Mr. Armstrong lion in neuroscientific experiments will God. In the process, he has cut himself off wrote, “This is a great truth, understood fail to reveal. This spirit in man gives us from knowledge that only the the power and ability to know Creator can give us. It is time the things animals cannot we take a closer look at the come to know. The human Bible, the literature written by spirit empowers us to com- the Master Neuroscientist. prehend abstract concepts like The earliest pages of the Bible philosophy and mathemat- clearly reveal that man is not an ics. The human spirit gives us animal. Genesis 1 describes ani- the ability to appreciate litera- mals—birds, cattle, insects, rep- ture, art and music. Without tiles and fish—each after their the human spirit, the human own “kind.” But man was differ- brain could not come to know ent. “And God said, Let us make these things! This is the fantas- man in our image, after our tic truth that answers the seem- likeness: and let them have ingly unanswerable paradox! dominion over the fish of the Unlock the mystery This knowledge is a real sea, and over the fowl of the air, There is an unseen element to the breakthrough! The knowl- and over the cattle, and over all three pounds of matter between edge of the human spirit the earth, and over every creep- opens up new vistas of incred- ing thing that creepeth upon your ears. Request your free copy ible possibilities for mankind. the earth” (verse 26). Man was of What Science Can’t Discover The Creator had a great pur- made after the God kind. About the Human Mind to prove pose for putting the human God also reveals in the Bible that you possess so much more spirit in man. The reason that He created man for a great will astound you! It not only

than just a human brain. fanelie purpose. To achieve that pur- You have an incred- explains the quantum leap pose, He made man out of the from the animal level to the rosier dust of the ground; man is com- ible human mind— human level, but explains / posed wholly of matter and an incredible the quantum leap from the istockphoto 10 (Genesis 2:7). Just like human potential! human level to the incredible the animals, human human potential! n Some Advice That Will Really Make Your Day Go to bed. by joel hilliker

ood news! Scientists have quickly as well-rested ones. The main find- found a gene that enables those ing of the 2008 study was that “the brain who possess it to perform of the sleep-deprived individual is work- G extremely well on six hours of ing normally sometimes, but intermittently sleep a night. Bad news: It is found in less suffers from something akin to power fail- than 3 percent of people. For the other 97 ure,” Harvard’s Dr. Clifford Saper wrote in percent of us, six hours isn’t nearly enough. the study. Sleep-deprived people have peri- Do you get enough sleep? Most peo- ods of near-normal brain function “inter- ple don’t. Research shows that the average spersed with severe drops in attention and adult needs seven to nine hours nightly; visual processing. … [D]uring attentional teens need 8.5 to 10 hours. Yet three in lapses, the sleep-deprived brain enters a seven Americans ages 13 to 64 say that on sleep-like state.” It’s like your body is com- weeknights, they rarely or never get a good pensating by taking micro-naps. night’s sleep. (In related news, Americans Researchers recently discovered that neural plasticity—its ability to adapt to drink, on average, three 12-ounce caffein- for every lost hour of uninterrupted sleep, new situations. Among college students, for ated beverages every weekday.) workers spend 12 more minutes per hour example, four years of repeated sleep depri- The quality of your sleep significantly cyberloafing—using company time to check vation can have serious long-term conse- affects the quality of your life. Evidence personal e-mails and so on. And the Centers quences, “unleashing a neurological cycle overwhelmingly shows that proper sleep for Disease Control and Prevention estimate of degeneration” (Guardian, Oct. 9, 2012). makes you mentally sharper, increases your that 40.6 million American workers—30 The take-home lesson is simple—but concentration, improves your emotional percent of the civilian workforce—don’t get fiendishly difficult: Go to bed when you balance and creativity, enhances your enough rest. Harvard scientists estimated in know you should. physical performance, makes you a more 2011 that sleep deprivation costs U.S. com- productive worker, and even helps you panies $63.2 billion in lost productivity per You Must Get Sleep prevent weight gain. Nothing else delivers year, mainly because of “presenteeism” (as God designed us to require a certain quite the benefits that adequate sleep does. opposed to absenteeism)—people showing amount of sleep. Have you ever thought While you sleep, your brain is amazingly up but turning in subpar work. about why? God pulls an all-nighter every busy. It’s performing biological maintenance, What exacerbates this effect is that night (Isaiah 40:28), whereas we require keeping your mind and body running in top sleep-deprived people don’t notice their several hours of unconsciousness. condition and preparing you for the day decrease in performance. The 2008 study Surely God had several reasons for cre- ahead. “It is a common experience,” John found that “periods of apparently normal ating us this way. Perhaps He used it to Steinbeck once said, “that a problem diffi- functioning could give a false sense of help keep us humble—to remind us that, cult at night is resolved in the morning after competency and security.” while human, we are limited. It’s certainly the committee of sleep has worked on it.” Recent research at Harvard and Berke- also a means of developing character: mak- But it all hinges on one predominant ley has also revealed an amazing side effect ing choices to use our waking hours wisely, factor: going to bed on time. For far too of pulling an all-nighter: short-term eupho- and to exercise discipline in our bedtime. many of us, this is well within our capa- ria. A sleepless night increases your body’s Some believe they can catch up on bility, yet not followed near strict enough. dopamine levels. This chemical surge may lost sleep over the weekend. Not true. In briefly boost motivation and positivity; fact, sleeping late on Saturdays only lets Micro-Naps however, it encourages ill-founded opti- your sleep clock drift later, making it even Some people pride themselves on being able mism, addiction and impulsive behavior harder to wake up on Monday, according to perform well on less sleep. Well, it turns because the regions of your brain respon- to the book Chronotherapy. out, many of us can—sporadically. In 2008, sible for planning and evaluating decisions So what do you do? Few of us have the the Society of Neuroscience found that a simply shut down. option of sleeping in indefinitely. Our real sleep-deprived person can actually deliver The pathway where dopamine travels choice comes several hours before that— istockphoto / similar results to a well-rested person. But he is called the mesolimbic pathway. Some at bedtime. can’t sustain it, and for a very specific reason. research indicates that frequently overstim- So obey this law of health, and pecoraro We all lose focus at times. But brains that ulating this pathway by sleep deprivation go to bed on time. Your quality of 11 chris are sleep-deprived are unable to refocus as could permanently hamper your brain’s life depends on it. n THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 getty images

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It is a political rected and re-resurrected itself—it is Latin servative ranks of the priesthood. power. British political economist Rodney America that holds the greatest promise This prepared the way for the second TAtkinson placed it in its true historical per- for returning Rome to the glory days of part in this strategy to rope in Latin Amer- spective when he recently wrote, “Impe- the papacy. In tandem with the political ica and return Rome to prime global posi- rial politics rather than the religion of the leadership of the European Union, Latin tion. That would entail Pope Benedict per- Roman Catholic Church has been its criti- America offers a place where Rome and the sonally addressing the issue with the Latin cal characteristic.” Even more than Roman EU can extend their intercontinental influ- American bishops on their home turf. Catholicism itself, the Vatican’s chief char- ence and imperial reach. acteristic throughout its centuries of opera- During his papacy, Pope John Paul ii Benedict in Brazil tions has been political maneuvering—geo- visited 24 countries in Central and South In 2007, Pope Benedict xvi visited Latin political machinations involving empires. America. This was part of an effort to sta- America’s largest and one of its most pro- Take, for merely the latest example, bilize the region and strengthen its political gressive nations, Brazil, to attend the Pope Francis’s Easter message, “Urbi et and trade obligations to the EU as well as celam conference. Orbi.” What did this religious leader high- Even before he touched the deck in Sao light on this religious day? Almost every Paulo, the Vatican’s imperial politics were current combat zone on the planet. This at work. Just two weeks earlier, Mexican great church is not silent on the politics of legislators had indicated their approval of power—and it never has been. legal changes that would permit abortion The important political thread in this to be carried out in Mexico City. This was case is a centuries-long cord that inter- such a hot issue with the pope that he told twines the Vatican with Latin America. reporters on board his flight to Brazil that This thread tightened with Pope John ARGENTINE the politicians endorsing this legislation Paul ii’s first overseas visit, to Mexico and CONNECTION risked excommunication from the church. the West Indies, in 1979. It was strengthened President Christina While the pope was still in the air, Brazilian by Pope Benedict xvi’s 2007 visit Fernandez de President Lula da Silva made a very politi- to Brazil. It now consummates Kirchner meets cal public statement. He declared that he with the election of a pope Pope Francis. would oppose any liberalization of the cur- from Argentina. rent Brazilian law against abortion and any Understanding Vatican its religious unity with the Catholic Church. referendum taking the matter to the pub- politics and its connection to The post-Vatican ii era in the Catho- lic. The statement was clearly calculated to Latin America is much more lic Church in the 1960s had seen a surge place da Silva in the pope’s good graces on than an intriguing academic of liberalism sweep across Latin America. the eve of his visit to this Catholic country. exercise. When you overlay it The pope was profoundly concerned about At the celam conference, Benedict with Bible prophecy, it becomes a this trend, and sought to stop it—with the challenged Brazil, and all of Latin America, way to see the future. help of his chief enforcer, Cardinal Joseph through the assembled bishops, to a cam- Ratzinger—by removing its main instiga- paign of evangelizing the continent back to One Main Language, One Main Religion tors from positions of influence. its traditionally religious roots. “The great- From Mexico to the southern tip of South One of the driving forces of liberalism in est gift the church can offer to Latin Amer- America, the population of Latin America the Roman Catholic Church was the coun- ica is the Catholic faith,” the pope declared. generally speaks one common language, cil of bishops of Latin America, known by “Only from the Eucharist will the civiliza- Spanish. (Brazil’s Portuguese is related.) the acronym celam. 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This pontifical decree helped divide dismissing Latin American leaders who mission” (May 14, 2007; emphasis added). romano the entire Western Hemisphere between were tied to the liberation theology move- By specific papal command to two Catholic nations: Spain and Portugal. ment. Thus the Vatican initiated the pro- the assembled bishops, Pope 13 osservatore From that time on, a lasting cultural and cess of returning the church to conservative Benedict launched a strategy THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 Source of weapons imports to South America America South to imports weapons of Source else intheworld. America thananywhere more influence inL gives theVaticansociety This infiltration of predominantly Catholic. countries are 16 L in L C R colonists. from European are descended L research, most Per DNA Roots E A L IsHow Deep EuropeanAmerica? 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Armstrong predicted during his his during W. predicted bert Armstrong safe haven for Nazi ships and submarines. submarines. and ships haven for Nazi safe men, offering and officers Nazi sheltering that continents two the between ship south of the Rio Grande, across Panama Panama across Grande, Rio of the south and safety while Hitler’s regime was collaps was Hitler’s regime while safety and 1957, October In the documented. well are agents of Farben Bayer in Chile and Vene and Chile Bayer in of Farben agents agricultural and corporate industries in in industries corporate and agricultural and clear down to southern Argentina. Argentina. to southern down clear and Cementing the Bonds the Cementing “Since then, German businesses, with with businesses, German then, “Since As we wrote in our booklet He Was Right booklet our in we wrote As Why is this trend so significant? significant? so trend this is Why Thus revived the symbiotic relation symbiotic the revived Thus Now, that revival will receive fresh energy energy fresh receive will Now, revival that In Revelation 17 and 18, God labels labels 17 18, God Revelation and In . The Germans had high-level mil high-level had Germans The Trumpet has con has ii ------, mike kiev/istockphoto Ezekiel 27, the same empire appears under The most significant factors that will that communism would fail to entice the the name Tyre, the most powerful trading cement this transatlantic alliance are the Latinos and that British and American center of the ancient Mediterranean world. Roman Catholic religion and the Spanish influence would dwindle,” we wrote in He Based on these scriptures, Mr. Arm- language. This union, however, will not Was Right, our booklet on Mr. Armstrong’s strong long said that the alliance between be a union of equals: The Latin American many fulfilled prophecies. “He knew it Europe and South America would grow countries will again become vassal states was Europe that would ultimately achieve strong. The May 1962 Plain Truth predicted, to the Holy Roman Empire! its long-term goal of economic and reli- “The United States is going to be left out in As the July 1965 Plain Truth foretold, gious domination of Latin America. Today, the cold as two gigantic trade blocs, Europe “Flowing across the Atlantic to feed the Europe has significantly achieved that goal.” and Latin America, mesh together and hungry furnaces of the Ruhr and the other German leaders learned from the expe- begin calling the shots in world commerce.” industrial complexes of Europe will come rience of two world wars that aggression as This shocking prophecy is unfolding the rich mineral wealth of Latin America.” a means of empire-building was counter- before us. “Herbert Armstrong knew far in advance productive. For their third attempt at global A Brief History of Catholicism in Latin America

hen Christopher Columbus arrived in America, the Catholic One letter to the Spanish king in 1768 warned of the need for “constant Church moved quickly to establish its control in the newly discov- vigilance to preserve suitable conduct and healthy principles of obedience W ered territory. In 1494, just one year after Columbus’s famous voy- and love for Your Majesty among the clergy.” Another, in 1789, stated that age, Pope Alexander VI published a bull dividing the new territory between “the conduct of the people depends in large part on that of the clergy”; it said Spain and Portugal—provided the natives were converted to Catholicism. the best way of stopping a riot was not to call in the army, but rather “to As Hernán Cortés tore through the Aztec Empire, he was following a let- station a friar with a holy crucifix in the nearest plaza.” ter of instruction that said, “The first aim of your expedition is to serve God By 1767, the Portuguese, Spanish and French had grown distrustful and spread the Christian faith.” of the power of the Jesuits. They ordered their expulsion from their lands, The first missionaries arrived shortly after the fall of the Aztecs. Most of breaking the Jesuits’ power in Latin America. The Jesuits were escorted the missionary work was done by Catholic orders—the Franciscans, Domini- from the Spanish Empire, in many cases with a military escort to prevent cans, Augustinians and Jesuits. Thirty-five years after the first dozen Francis- the natives from breaking in and freeing them. cans arrived, there were 800 missionaries in Mexico alone. Contemporary At the start of the 19th century, Spain began an effort to assert control over reports say the Franciscans alone baptized 5 million—roughly 1 percent of the the Catholic Church as a whole. This was the nation’s undoing. The church world population at the time—although these reports are impossible to verify. caused the Latin American countries to revolt rather than have their power The priests built new towns and villages for their converts. They con- weakened. “The clergy provided many of the political and military leaders of structed huge churches, larger than many of the cathedrals in Europe. The the insurrection,” writes historian Paul Johnson. “Priests persuaded their entire Jesuits took this to an even higher level in South America, where hundreds parishes to ‘pronounce’ for the revolution. It was the clergy who drew up the of thousands lived in Jesuit-run autonomous colonies, complete with their first scheme for separation from Spain, in 1794, and provided most of the press own Jesuit armies. propaganda. They were active politically throughout Spanish America, but in Despite decrees baring their entry into the New World, hebreo cristianos Mexico they also provided the military leadership” (A History of Christianity). (Hebrew Christians), nuevo cristianos (New Christians), Moriscos (Moors), and One official wrote, “the ecclesiastics were the principal authors of this other “heretics” began to show up in Latin America alongside the Catholics. To rebellion … one can count by the hundreds the generals, brigadiers, colonels deal with these non-believers, the Spanish Inquisition also made its way across and other officers, all clerics, in the bands of the traitors, and there is scarcely a the Atlantic. On the recommendation of the Inquisition, thousands of “heretics” military action of any importance in which priests are not leading the enemy.” throughout the continent were tortured until they died or confessed to charges “Thus Spain forfeited the New World by reforming its colonial pillar, they faced. Over a thousand people were executed in Lima, Peru, alone. the church,” concludes Johnson. “The attempt failed; the church emerged As the Inquisitors labored to purge the continent of non-Catholics, the stronger; it retained its political and financial privileges. But it now reigned new Spanish and Portuguese governors encouraged the spread of Catholi- in isolation, without the support of the crown, and so in turn has tended cism among the native populations, and not just because it gave them polit- to fall victim to the violent anti-clericalism of the 19th and 20th centuries, ical support from the Vatican. The Catholic Church was key to their until, quite recently, it has resumed its revolutionary role in defense of a ability to control the continent with only a small military. new orthodoxy.” richard palmer

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THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 The Resurrection of a Secret Plan atin America’s growing alliance with Europe may at first appear to be the The continent is composed of two tariff unions that are about to merge L haphazard result of undirected forces. The truth, however, is that Ger- into an economic and political alliance. Argentina may not be the head of many has had a goal to control Latin America for at least a century. this union, but it is certainly a major member, and the former “dollar colony” It is well known that German Kaiser Wilhelm II had plans to use Mexico of Brazil is already on board as the dominant member of the forming Union as a launch pad to invade the U.S. if America entered World War I. The rev- of South American Nations. elation of this plan in the Zimmerman Telegraph is what finally prompted How did this happen? Not overnight! America to enter the war on the side of the Allies. In 1996, the American government declassified a World War II intelligence What is not as well known, however, is that in addition to this proposed document relating shocking details of a secret Nazi meeting of industrialists alliance with Mexico, the Germans also sought a strong presence in the that took place on Aug. 10, 1944, in Strasbourg, France. The Nazis’ purpose was southern part of South America. to instruct German industrialists how to conduct “a postwar commercial cam- Shortly before hostilities broke out in World War I, the famous German paign” to finance the Nazi Party, “which would be forced to go underground,” general and propagandist Otto Tannenberg wrote that “Germany will take thus ensuring that “a strong German Empire can be created after the defeat.” under its protection the republics of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay; These industrialists were specifically told to strengthen Germany “through their exports” and to “make contacts and alliances with foreign firms.” Many “Argentina will one day be at the head of the corporations represented at this meeting, such as Krupp and Volkswa- of a tariff union comprising genwerk, chose Latin America as their site of foreign investment. the nations in the southern half From 1943 until his death in 1967, Alfried Krupp chaired the board of directors of Fried Krupp AG, predecessor of today’s industrial colossus Thys- of South America.” Joseph goebbels senKrupp. Though he was convicted for war crimes at Nuremberg in 1947, furthermore, the southern third of Bolivia and the southern portion of Brazil” the Allies released him from prison in 1951 and let him resume sole pro- (Michael Sayers and Albert E. Kahn, The Plot Against the Peace, 1945). prietorship of Fried Krupp AG. Loyal to the instructions his representative Germany’s defeat in World War I brought a temporary halt to these plans. received from Nazi officials at the Strasbourg meeting, Alfried immediately They resumed, however, once Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party came to power. went to work creating new export markets in Eastern Europe, Africa and Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels wrote in the March 26, 1944, Latin America, especially in Brazil. edition of Das Reich that “Argentina will one day be at the head of a tariff When he died in 1967, Krupp’s personal copy of Mein Kampf was still on union comprising the nations in the southern half of South America. Such a his nightstand. focus of opposition against the United States of America will, together with Almost all of the Nazis and their industrial agents have since died, but Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, form a powerful economic bloc; and their children and successors are still working to strengthen the relationship eventually, by way of Peru, it will spread northward to place the dollar col- between Latin American countries and the German Fatherland. The situation ony of Brazil in a difficult position.” is just a bit more subtle and a bit more sophisticated than in the previous It is unsettling how closely today’s South America matches Goebbels’s two world wars. The racist political activists of yesterday have become the prediction! respectable businessmen and technocrats of today! andrew miiller domination, they chose to start with trade. provided for “the bilateral, progressive and empire—in reality the biblically prophe- The outcome in Europe was the original reciprocal liberalization of trade, with no sied seventh and final resurrection of the common market that morphed into today’s sector excluded.” The agreement has had Holy Roman Empire. German-dominated European Union. its ups and downs, but it has undeniably Pope Francis’s role in absorbing Latin Berlin and Rome are using a similar been the EU’s main means of cementing America into Europe’s imperialist drive method to create their alliance with Latin trade interdependence with Latin America. is crucial. As Langley Intelligence Group America. Analysts such as Stratfor’s George But this is not an end unto itself. It is a Network said, “he will be very strong Friedman observe that Latin America is means to achieve the much greater imperi- towards bringing Argentina, Venezuela positioned to supplement China as a low- alist vision of the Rome/Berlin axis. With and Cuba into the Catholic fold.” wage, high-growth world epicenter (Beyond trade interdependence well established, Jorge Bergoglio grew up in the Latin the Post-Cold War World). That resource Rome now seeks to cement its religious and American nation most sympathetic to is not lost on Europe, which is seeking to political power over Latin America. Hitler’s vision of world conquest. Argen- replicate its European common market Enter the new pope. tina was a chief recipient of Nazi gold, endeavors with the Mercosur trade bloc. and indeed of Nazi personnel, courtesy heinrich The Mercosur alliance includes Argen- Reviving an Empire of the Vatican Ratlines (in which Joseph

tina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Ven- Taking the papal throne under the watch- Ratzinger was heavily involved under the hoffman ezuela. Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador ful eye of Pope Emeritus Benedict xvi, papacy of Pius xii). Its politics inevitably / and Peru are associate members. The EU Pope Francis looks set to begin the third became heavily influenced by this connec- public has built formidable free-trade and final act in Rome’s effort to draw tion. In fact, Argentine President Nestor

16 ties with this bloc since signing the continent of Latin America under its Kirchner (who preceded the current pres- domain an agreement in June 1999 that influence and forge an intercontinental ident, his wife) was the son of a Nazi. Many Nazis who escaped the Allies’ war it was the opposite of holy!” (You can read coming upon these modern-day descen- crimes tribunals ended up as active par- more about this history in our free book- dants of Israel because of their disobedience ticipants in the Argentine security, police let Germany and the Holy Roman Empire.) to God. Verses 47-51 describe a devastating and military forces and helped shape the Belatedly, some of the press and mass assault by “a nation of fierce countenance”— postwar development of these institutions. media have come to this realization. The revealed in other prophecies to be Germany. Pope Francis’s anti-British attitude, sensationalist conservative British tabloids “And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, reflected in his aggressively outspoken Daily Mail and Express have more recently until thy high and fenced walls come down, statements against British possession of the featured articles on the rise of the Fourth wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy Falkland Islands, no doubt springs from Reich. The pundits are late in catching on land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy his education in the postwar, anti-Brit- to this prophesied reality, and the Anglo- gates throughout all thy land, which the ish, pro-German Argentine culture of his Saxon politicians are way behind them. It Lord thy God hath given thee” (verse 52). youth. His ready deference to the Bavarian was ever the case in Britain and America. These “gates” refer to land and sea gates, pope emeritus, Benedict xvi, may as well. Now it is time we faced the reality. such as the Panama Canal, through which Either way, this new pope, conscious This political backdrop, viewed in light America and these other nations receive and proud of his Italian roots, and hail- of the history of the Holy Roman Empire so much of their imports. This is a proph- ing from one of the most German-influ- and its prophesied final resurrection, ecy of a besiegement that will reduce these enced cultures in Latin America, would shows the true significance of the instal- nations to conditions of dire poverty! Isa- seem to be of a ready mindset to identify, lation of a Latin American pope of Italian iah 23 sheds further light on this prophecy together with his brother pope emeritus, heritage linking with the spiritual vision by foretelling a great economic siege against with another man that biblical prophecy of an incumbent German pope emeritus. the United States. speaks of: the populist political leader of At the helm in Rome we have a his- Germany and the Vatican are build- the Rome/Berlin axis. All indications are toric duo, each having his ethnic and ing a transcontinental alliance that will that this political leader will soon emerge cultural roots deeply entrenched in the on the world scene; as editor in chief Ger- nations that produced the fascist and ald Flurry has observed, he could even Nazi populist leaders of yesteryear. Vet- come to power as a result of the upcoming eran Vatican watcher Robert Moynihan federal elections in Germany in September. has observed that by his behavior to date, Francis is giving every indication that he ‘The Holy Roman Empire Is Back’ will tenaciously follow Benedict’s spiritual Three years ago, our editor in chief made vision. These papal representatives share TWO POPES a startling announcement: “The Holy a common vision for cementing relations Watch for the new pope Roman Empire Is Back!” between Latin America and Europe. (Francis, left) to embrace “The Holy Roman Empire became offi- Indications are that it is time for the the guidance of the old cial Jan. 1, 2010,” he wrote in the February prophesied northern power to cross the (Benedict, right). 2010 edition. “On that date, the European ocean and forge the imperial link that Union implemented its diplomatic service will empower it as a real intercontinen- ultimately include 10 European kings, an and appointed other officials. That made tal empire, in a true déjà vu Holy Roman anti-Iranian alliance of Arabic regimes, the Holy Roman Empire official. Empire moment! and a loyal network of Latin American vas- “Now they have already begun to build Bible prophecy declares that the inter- sal states. With its left arm, this Vatican- their own military, which is destined to dependence between the EU and its trad- dominated conglomerate will reach down become a world-shaking superpower! ing partners will inevitably lead to the lat- southward and eastward into the Mid- “The EU constitution was signed in ter’s total trade dependence on the former dle East to conquer the Holy City, Jerusa- November 2009. It is far from being a (Revelation 13). lem. Then with its right arm, this “Holy” democratic constitution. The EU is More is prophesied for this European Roman Empire will reach southward and absolutely domineered by Germany—a empire, however, than a mere trade alli- westward across the Atlantic to take nation that started World Wars i and ii! ance with Latin America. In Isaiah 10, control of Latin America and besiege “The empire is to be guided by the Vat- God says Assyria (modern-day Germany) the United States! ican. That makes it a church-state com- would be the rod of His anger used to pun- Recent events are destined to accelerate bine—hence, the name Holy Roman ish the hypocritical nations of Israel (mod- the onset of some of the greatest end-time Empire. But if you ern-day America, Britain, and its domin- prophecies in your Bible—prophecies lead- look at the previous ions) and Judah (the Jewish state of Israel). ing up to the fulfillment of that greatest of six heads of that How might Latin America factor into all prophecies: the return of the Savior of empire, you this scenario? humankind to set up His Kingdom of glo- flickr / will see that Deuteronomy 28 describes several curses rious peace and plenty—forever! n vincit What’s so holy about the Holy Roman Empire? Learn about its bloody past and what is in store for this newest incarnation. Request our free booklet Germany and the Holy Roman Empire. 17 christus

THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 History of the Papacy THE ‘FATHER’ OF EUROPE

a.d. 732 a.d. 754 1122 Charles Martel Pope Stephen II, a.d. 1075 Pope Calixtus II defeats a who allied with Church and signs Concordat Muslim invasion Pepin to recapture a.d. 772 a.d. 960 state clash over of Worms with a.d. 554 of Europe in what would Adrian I counters At the request supremacy as Holy Roman Justinian I issues the Battle of become known Lombard of the pope, Pope Gregory VII 1098 Emperor the Pragmatic Tours-Poitiers, as the Papal invasions by Otto the Great fights with Holy The first of Henry V, Sanction, cementing States, anoints allying with invades Italy Roman Emperor many massacres setting aside a.d. 476 reuniting Italy Europe as him and his Pepin’s son and defeats the Henry IV in of the Crusades differences after Rome falls to with the Eastern a Christian sons “patricians and successor, descendants of the Investiture takes place the Investiture the Barbarians. Roman Empire. continent. of the Romans.” Charlemagne. the Lombards. Controversy. in Antioch. Controversy.

a.d. 529 a.d. 622 a.d. 751 a.d. 755 a.d. 800 a.d. 962 a.d. 1095 1099 1273 Based on Byzantium Catholic bishops Pepin invades Leo III crowns Pope John XII Pope Urban II Jerusalem falls In Aachen, Catholic law, Emperor anoint Pepin Italy and defeats his defender, makes Otto I kicks off the to the Crusaders, Pope Gregory X Emperor Justinian Heraclius the Short, king the Lombards at Charlemagne, emperor of the bloody history who massacre crowns Austrian begins issuing begins a “holy of the Franks— the request of “the 73rd Holy Roman of the Crusades Muslims and King Rudolf of his “Corpus Juris,” war” against the first time the pope. emperor of the Empire. with a rousing Jews. Habsburg king the basis of all the Persians, a the Catholic fourth world speech at of the Romans, European law forerunner of Church appoints empire.” the Council of reviving the Holy for centuries to the Crusades. monarchs for a Clermont, saying Roman Empire. come. European power. those who fight against Muslims will have their sins forgiven.

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October 1979 Becomes the March 2006 Drops “patriarch of the West” from his list of March 18, 2013 Meets with first pope to visit the White House. official titles—because it implied a limited jurisdiction. Argentina’s president, who requests his November 1979 Makes September 2006 Makes incendiary remarks against Islam. help against Britain to intercede and a historic, three-day visit to 2007 Pressures Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi to resign “facilitate dialogue” to help Argentina Turkey , holding a religious after a dispute over the legality of homosexual “marriages.” wrest away Britain’s Falkland Islands. summit with Greek Orthodox October 2009 Vatican announces that the Catholic Church March 19, 2013 At the pope’s Patriarch Demetrios I. States will offer a free ticket to Rome for all Anglicans who choose to request, an Orthodox Church leader his determination to reduce or reject the policies of their liberalized hierarchy. attends his installment, marking the end “intolerable” divisions in November 2009 Decrees the establishment of the first such occurrence in a millennium; Christianity. Ordinariate to allow Anglicans to enter into the full after the inauguration, Bartholomew I 1982 Is first pope to visit Britain. communion of the Catholic Church while retaining much of says he foresees a reunion between 2004 Receives Medal of Freedom, their heritage and traditions. the Orthodox and Roman churches. the highest U.S. civilian award, July 2012 Appoints a fellow German theologian, Bishop March 22, 2013 In his address from President George W. Bush. Gerhard Ludwig Müller, to head the Congregation for the to the diplomatic corps accredited 2005 Rowan Williams, then Doctrine of the Faith. to “the Holy See,” he indicates that archbishop of Canterbury, 2012 Appoints 28 cardinals in just one year. (Sixty-seven he will maintain the same essential becomes first Anglican leader in of the cardinals who elected Francis were appointed by spiritual vision of his predecessor, Pope history18 to attend a pope’s funeral. Benedict xvi; the other 48 by his predecessor, John Paul II.) Benedict xvi. andreas solaro/afp/getty images, derrick ceyrac/afp/getty images, getty images (2) Numerous Bible prophecies describe a great religious power that heavily influences EU political and guides European politics (Revelation 17:1-5). That power is the Catholic Church, which, for more than 1,500 years, has led Europe through its darkest chapters. religion Percentage of European heads of state and heads of government 1929 1939 who are Catholic, 1440 1517 1545 1804 Pope Pius XI Cardinal Euginio 2004 versus other belief Pope Nicholas V Martin Luther Council of Trent Napoleon signs Lateran Pacelli, who With the systems. crowns publishes his marks beginning crowns himself Treaty with negotiated the blessing of Pope Frederick III, Ninety-Five of Counter- emperor of the Mussolini, gains Reich Concordat John Paul II, the the first of the Theses. Catholic Reformation, Holy Roman control of Vatican and helped constitution of 38% Habsburg kings control of a forceful Empire, claims City in return for Hitler’s rise, the European Catholic to receive the Europe starts to response against the throne of supporting the becomes the Union is signed title of emperor. crumble. Protestants. Charlemagne. Fascists. new pope. in Rome.

33% Catholic daughters

29% Other or unknown 1492 1530 1801 1926 1933 1940s 2009 Spanish Jews Pope Clement VII Pope Pius VII Mussolini The Catholic Pius XII Pope ordered to makes Charles V and Napoleon takes over Italy, Church signs the undermines Benedict XVI convert or leave. Holy Roman sign a concordat proclaiming Reich Concordat Catholic declares Pius XII Emperor. The that makes his regime to with Hitler’s Nazi resistance as “venerable,” Habsburgs’ Catholicism the be the Holy government. in Germany; a step toward Catholic empire state religion Roman Empire. Bishops must stays silent, or granting “Hitler’s peaks, controlling and requires swear allegiance worse, during pope” the status Germany, Spain, bishops to to the Nazi Nazi invasions; of sainthood. Italy and part of swear loyalty to regime. ignores, trivializes Latin America. the government. Holocaust. Do You Realize What Happened Germany just conquered this island nation, in Cyprus? seizing a crucial, strategic piece of real estate. by gerald flurry

he government of Cyprus no “It has been joked that ‘a mosquito can’t Germany wants control of the island as it longer rules its own country. In take off in Tehran without the radar watch- watches a new power rise in the region. March, the world watched in ers in Cyprus knowing,’” Trumpet contrib- I addressed this subject in our January shock as the Cypriot government utor James Leigh and Predrag Vukovic 2011 issue: “More than one crusade has Tprepared to obey the Germans and raid the wrote in an article for the gloria Cen- been launched from Cyprus. Will we see bank accounts of its own citizens. ter. “Cyprus is also a listening post from the last crusade launched from there as Why should you be concerned about which to monitor electronic communica- well? Is history about to repeat itself? … this small island in the Mediterranean? tion media, very helpful for signals intel- Cyprus is now a member of the EU. Are Cyprus is one of the world’s most strate- ligence. With the surveillance technology European leaders already thinking about gic pieces of property. It will play a sig- installed in Cyprus, for decades, Britain Cyprus as a launching pad from which to nificant role in the near future, and has been able to share intelligence data with protect their Jerusalem interests? You can will probably be the launching pad the United States, and now, no doubt, with be certain that they are thinking about how for World War iii! the EU, as a member state” (Dec. 22, 2011). to protect the holy places in and around The tiny island nation is also greatly Jerusalem. The Europeans have thought Why Cyprus Matters significant as a military base. Fighter jets like this for almost 2,000 years!” Cyprus is a powerful watch-post for any- based in Cyprus can cover much of the body who wants to survey events in the region without refueling. Germany Determined to Get Cyprus Middle East. This is precisely what Ger- Cyprus has been a bridge between The European Union currently has 27 many and Rome are interested in. Europe and the Middle East for millennia. presidents, or kings, but according to bib- A confidential note from America’s It has allowed European nations to proj- lical prophecy, that number will soon be embassy in Cyprus published by WikiLeaks ect their power into the Middle East, and reduced to 10. Already, it’s becoming clear proves that America’s diplomats see the for Middle Eastern powers to push against that Cyprus will almost certainly be part of importance of that island. Cyprus itself, Greece and southern Europe. Even today, it those 10 nations, or groups of nations, that they wrote, “simply is too small, too distant still serves as that bridge. When the German will constitute the Holy Roman Empire. and too lacking in natural resources to affect military began patrolling Lebanon’s coast After being completely destroyed in barbara U.S. interests.” However, Cyprus houses in 2006 as part of a United Nations mis- World War ii, Germany now rules Europe

British intelligence installations and radar sion, those ships were based in Cyprus. This again. And it has Cyprus in bondage. The laborde stations that America relies on. If America island is vital for getting ships, planes and German government is so determined to / afp

lost access to these British bases, it “would even soldiers into the area around Israel. get control of the island that it is willing to / getty pose a threat to our national secu- Germany is deeply aware of the signifi- ignore the opinion of its own people to get it.

20 rity interests in the eastern Medi- cance of this island. It is moving into the In a poll released in late February, 63 per- images terranean,” the embassy said. Middle East even as America moves out. cent of Germans were against bailing out Why is Cyprus so important to Germany? avtÍo, sovereignty Despite protesting against Germany and the EU, indebted Cypriots watched their government bid its own liberty goodbye.

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Cyprus. Only 16 percent were for it. Sixty The Coming Clash these powers are planning for this conflict percent said the issue was something “very This Cyprus takeover marks the beginning right now! important” or “important” when it came to of one of the greatest military missions in This will be the final crusade to take selecting Germany’s next chancellor. our time. Cyprus provides an intelligence Jerusalem. It will sweep the entire world Voters don’t want their tax money spent outpost, a naval base, a launching pad and into war on an unprecedented scale! on Cyprus—which they see as merely a safe an aircraft carrier for Europe to send its Then, the Bible promises, Jesus Christ haven for corrupt Russian businessmen— forces into the Middle East. will return and establish His headquar- even if it does give Germany control over Europe is watching radical Islam spread ters in Jerusalem. In the 1980s, Herbert strategic real estate. throughout northern Africa. Islamists are W. Armstrong brought this message to Still, Chancellor Angela Merkel made gaining control of the Red Sea and the Suez Cyprus’s acting president at the time, Geor- the very unpopular decision to bail out Canal. Germany conquering Cyprus is a gious Ladas. Mr. Armstrong told him, “The Cyprus anyway. To appease the German preparation step for confronting Iran and God of all of our religions is going to step in public, Merkel’s government insisted that radical Islam. supernaturally, by supernatural power, and Cyprus come up with some of the bail- All these maneuvers and coming con- is going to shake up this world, and is going out money. Cyprus had to provide nearly flicts center on Jerusalem. Radical Islam to bring about such a condition that He is €6 billion (us$7.7 billion). That’s a lot of wants to control Jerusalem, one of its most going to change the nature in us.” money for such a tiny island. For Ger- holy sites. But Europe, the Holy Roman Ultimately, this is what this confron- many—whose 2012 tax revenues are esti- Empire, also wants that city, which it also tation between the modern Holy Roman mated to be €600 billion—it’s closer to considers one of its holiest sites. Empire and radical Islam is about. It will be pocket change. But in order to control We are watching the preparations for a a terrible time—but it is going to bring about Cyprus without upsetting its core voters repeat of the Crusades! a wonderful change to man’s nature. No overly much, Germany imposed condi- You ought to take note of this coming longer will human beings live the way of get. tions on Cyprus that are so severe they clash. The Trumpet has forecast this very We will learn to live the way of give, which could upset the financial stability of the event for many years, but most people will cause peace and happiness. This com- eurozone! remain uninterested. ing clash is the final step before God gets rid This bailout won’t be the last. It did not These events all bring to light the key- of Satan and the satanic nature in man that fix Cyprus’s economy. Just like Greece, note prophecy in Daniel 11:40. The king of causes all our conflict and suffering. That Cyprus is now dependent upon Germany. the north and king of the south are proph- means we are only a few years away from Every few months, it will need German esied to clash. The king of the south (led by the reign of God on Earth! These recent approval for the money it needs to keep its Iran) is already pushing at Europe (led by events are a sign that man’s rule economy and government going. And it will Germany). Sometime soon, Germany will over man, and the suffering that 21 have to meet Germany’s conditions to get it. attack and destroy radical Islam. Both of comes with it, is almost over! n THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 How Germany Conquered Cyprus

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The official beginning: Cyprus joins Cyprus adopts The bank Lehman The euro- The EU euro coins and notes the European the euro as its Brothers files for bank- zone and the finances a become legal tender. Union. currency. ruptcy. The cascading International bailout for financial crisis exposes Monetary Ireland. weaknesses not only in Fund agree to the U.S., but also at the Greece’s first heart of the eurozone. bailout.

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At an EU summit, Angela Merkel That evening, EU lead- Friday evening and Saturday morning: German Cypriots rush reassures Anastasiades that the ers depart, leaving Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble tells to get what bailout terms won’t be too harsh. their finance ministers Anastasiades that if he wants a bailout, money they She gets him to agree to a small behind to negotiate a he must remove €6 billion (US$7.8 billion) can out of tax on bank deposits. This estab- bailout for Cyprus. Anas- from the bank accounts of account holders. atms, and take lishes the principle of withdraw- tasiades stays behind, Anastasiades refuses and walks out. “The to the streets ing money from people’s per- but is reportedly not president said, ‘I can’t do that,’” one mem- in protest. sonal accounts. allowed in the meeting. ber of the Cypriot delegation told the Finan- cial Times. A German board member of the Euro- Schaüble pean Central Bank (ecb) gives Anastasiades the ultimatum: It’s this, or the ecb cuts off its emergency lending to Cyprus’s banks and lets its economy collapse, leaving the government with a bill of tens of billions of euros. Anastasiades

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images Cyprus: A Vassal State of Germany prostrate before Germany” (emphasis added). ,

he banking sector was the engine of Cy- more money, it will need approval from Germany Moore isn’t the only one to notice Germany’s louisa prus’s economic growth. Taking money di- and have to meet Germany’s conditions. “From victory. “History shows it is, always, only a mat-

T rectly from depositors has destroyed that en- now on … it cannot make decisions for its own ter of time before Germany ends up dominating gouliamaki gine. Cyprus has no easy way to get its economy good,” wrote Charles Moore, former editor of the Europe,” wrote the Daily Mail’s Simon Heffer. / growing again, leaving it dependent on Germany. Spectator and Daily Telegraph. “It is a tiny, far- “After years of refusing to assert itself, Germany’s afp / This bailout has solved none of the island nation’s flung, vulnerable part of the new German Europe.” time has come again. The Fourth Reich is here getty

problems, and created some new ones. German voters, wrote Moore, “dislike shell- without a shot being fired: and the rest of Europe, images As the hated bankers leave Cyprus, some ing out for what they see as feckless Mediterra- and the world, had better get used to it.” , may say “good riddance.” But where else is Cy- neans: they detest the idea of doing so for what The effects of the Cyprus bailout will stretch odd

prus going to get the money to pay back its loans they see as crooked Russians. The conflict be- far beyond the Mediterranean island. As Heffer andersen from Europe? Germany killed Cyprus’s golden tween Teuton and Slav has never ceased. Mrs pointed out, the fact that the deal forced bank / afp

goose. Without the money from the banking Merkel’s policy for Cyprus has to be constructed depositors to cough up funds “sends an omi- / getty system, Cyprus cannot raise the cash to keep its round what her Teutons want.” nous signal to other EU nations.”

economy afloat. Like Greece, it will struggle to Moore concluded, “After victory in 1945, Stratfor’s founder George Friedman de- images meet the bailout conditions. Each time it needs Churchill broadcast that Germany ‘lies prostrate scribed what a turning point this is: “What is It is now well known that the euro, Europe’s common currency, was, from the it is administered by a common government. Since 1829, Greece has spent start, designed to fail. This failure would ultimately force reluctant European about half the time in default. Giving countries with this type of bankruptcy nations to relinquish power to a German-controlled central authority. A record access to the eurozone’s cheap credit is inviting disaster. For European common currency creates economy-crashing imbalances—unless and until imperialists, the trick is not to let the disaster go to waste. nov. 29, 2010 may 16, 2011 Feb. 21, 2012 Dec. 4, 2012 Feb. 24, 2013

The EU The EU finances a second bail- Cypriot Presi- Backed by Angela finances a out for Greece. Its terms dictate dent Deme- Merkel, Nicos bailout for that anyone who owns Greek tris Christofias Anastasiades wins Portugal. debt will get just under half announces that Cyprus’s presidential what they are owed. Cyprus’s Cyprus has no elections by a banks, which are already shaky, choice but to landslide. “We have lent a lot of money to Ath- accept a bailout. will be absolutely ens. Their balance sheets skew Spiegel Online consistent and wildly. The nation is all but says Cyprus “will meet our promises,” doomed to become the next to effectively lose Christofias he says. “Cyprus need a bailout. its sovereignty.” belongs to Europe.”

MARCH 16 MARCH 19 MARCH 22 MARCH 25 MARCH 27 MARCH 28

After repeated The parliament gives Monday morning, Cyprus Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijssel- Cyprus announces capi- Banks open after being delays, the government power finally agrees to a bail- bloem indicates that the Cyprus tal controls: Those with shut for almost two Cyprus’s par- to break up banks and out deal. Germany gets bailout could be a template for Cypriot bank accounts weeks. liament votes impose capital controls. its way. The EU doesn’t future bailouts. Others deny are severely limited in on the deal. It Anastasiades can now have to provide any extra his statements, but investors what they can take out is defeated: 36 go back to Europe to money. Instead, those with are left worried that the Cyprus of the country. This puts no votes and negotiate a new deal over €100,000 in Cyprus’s model will be copied in other Cyprus halfway out of 19 abstentions; without having to get top two banks will lose a countries. the eurozone, as Cypriot zero yes votes. parliamentary approval huge chunk of their sav- euros can no longer be afterward. ings. Those with money in freely exchanged with the Bank of Cyprus would euros from another lose around 40 percent of country. all savings over €100,000. At Laiki, they could lose up to 80 percent. Dijsselbloem images

getty / afp / certain is that an EU country, facing a crisis in its unpredictable consequences. the strong eurozone countries have the better financial system, is now weighing whether to But the most important change comes from hand—and they should not be afraid to play it” laborde pay for that crisis by seizing depositors’ money. within Germany. The think tank Open Europe (translation by Open Europe). And with that, the Europeans have broken a bar- wrote on March 26, “In our daily monitoring of The think tank concludes: “The implications barbara , rier that has been in place since the 1930s. They the German press, we’ve sensed a hardening of of a Germany more prepared to assert its view- images didn’t do that casually and they didn’t do that tone and rhetoric throughout the crisis, not least point [have] huge implications for the future of

getty because they wanted to. But they did it.” in response to the overtly anti-German tone of the eurozone and the EU as a whole.” / afp

/ We could be seeing the start of the new many of the anti-austerity protests in the south.” The euro crisis has many dramatic chapters still

thys precedent for solving Europe’s financial crisis. In Die Welt, Thomas Straubhaar, director of to come. Several other nations could need a bail-

john Jeroen Dijsselbloem, head of the group of Eu- the Hamburg Institute of International Econom- out, and those that have already received one may , rozone finance ministers, indicated that Cyprus ics, called the bailout deal a “turning point.” “Up need another. But what happened this March in images could be a template for other until now, the bankrupt countries have been Cyprus changes the game. Germany rules Cyprus,

getty countries. This new precedent able to use fear of a domino effect to extort and its new uncompromising attitude is certain to / afp

/ could have far-reaching and Europe,” he wrote. “That is now over because contribute to the further spread of German power. gobet

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The Philadelphia hat is God like? Many people’s ideas 4. Is the law of God good? Romans 7:12. God is good! Trumpet, in conjunction about God are rather hazy. 5. Is the law of God just? Same verse. God is just! with the Herbert W. When God formed Adam out of the 6. Is the law of God holy? Same verse. God is holy! Armstrong College dust of the ground, He made him in His 7. Is the law of God spiritual? Verse 14. God is Bible Correspondence W own “likeness,” or form (Genesis 1:26). God gave this spiritual! Course, presents this unique shape to man alone. God also created in man the 8. Is the law of God perfect? Psalm 19:7. God is brief excursion into gift of intellect­ —the ability to think, to reason, to make perfect! the fascinating study choices and decisions. This God-like attribute of mind The character of both God the Father and Christ of the Bible. Simply and character was not given to any animal—only man. the Son is spiritual holiness, righteousness and absolute turn to and read in Why did God create man with His likeness and perfection. It is the opposite of the “get” way of Satan your Bible each verse with unique intellect? The answer to that question is the devil that we see so dominant in this world. It is the given in answer to the profound—and is plainly revealed in Scripture. way devoid of coveting, lust, greed, vanity, selfishness, questions. You will be Our purpose in human life is to become like God! competition, strife, violence, destruction, envy, jeal- amazed at the new God intends that we grow in His righteous character— ousy, resentment and bitterness. understanding gained that we, as Jesus Christ expressed it, “Be [or rather, God’s inherent nature is the way of peace, jus­tice, from this short study! become] ye therefore perfect, even as your Father mercy, happiness and joy radiating outward toward which is in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). those He has created. What, then, is the char­acter of God? 9. Will the character of God ever alter? Malachi 3:6; God embodies perfect, holy and righ­teous charac- Hebrews 13:8. Therefore, is the law of God—including all ter! He lives the way of perfection—of outflowing His commandments—subject to change? Psalm 111:7-8. love. That way of life is a code of conduct, a law. God’s law is unchanging and eternal, standing fast Let’s look into the Scriptures to learn more about God forever and ever. God is eternal, and so is His law, because and the kind of character He wants to develop within us. the law expresses the character and nature of God. God’s law, by definition, matches His charac­ter. It is The Love of God the way of love. It is the way of giving, serving, helping. 1. How does the Bible define the nature and character God has that character! He has an outgoing concern for of God? 1 John 4:8, 16. What is the love of God? 1 John 5:3. all of humanity. He gave His only begotten Son to rec- The spiritual law of God enables us to know what oncile us to Him, thereby making the joys of His charac- God is like because it describes His character and way ter and everlasting life possible for us. He showers on us of life—summed up by the word love! every good and precious gift, including the Holy Spirit. 2. How did Jesus summarize the law of God? Mat- thew 22:36-40. The Power of God God’s law of love is defined in the two great com- The Holy Spirit is the key ingredient that enables mandments: love toward God and love toward neigh- human beings to begin to manifest some of the very bor. It is further divided into 10 points by the Ten character of God. It is the power by which God imparts Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17). The first four tell His nature. We can receive this Spirit of power from us how to love God, and the last six tell us how to love the Father after we repent and turn from the wrong our fellow human beings. way of Satan’s world, begin to resist it, and turn to God 3. What was Jesus prophe­sied to do regarding through faith in Jesus Christ as our personal Savior. God’s law? Isaiah 42:21. What are two examples of 1. What are some of the divine characteristics or how Jesus “magnified” the Ten Commandments? “fruits” of God’s nature that begin to be exhib­ited by Matthew 5:21-22, 27-28. God’s children after they are begotten by His Spirit? When you apply a spiritual “magnifying glass,” so to Galatians 5:22-23; 2 Timothy 1:6-7. speak, to the Ten Commandments, they are enlarged Righteous, holy, godly character is the possession and

in spiritual principle into many more points. And in a practice of love, joy, peace, patience, mercy, kindness, luz

larger sense, the entire Bible is a magnification of God’s goodness, faith, gentleness, humility, tem­perance, self- bratcher law. The law is the basis of all Scripture. It defines restraint and right self-direction. Character also involves / 24 God’s way of life­—the way to peace, success, happi- knowledge, wisdom, pur­pose and ability—all properly flickr ness, joy and eter­nal life. God’s law is just like God! controlled and developed through independent choice. 2. What is the greatest single attribute of God’s supreme power cannot do nature? 1 Corinthians 13:1-8, 13. Why? 1 John 4:16. How of Himself instantaneously! can we have it? Romans 5:5. King David mused on The word “charity” in the King James is agape in the God’s purpose for man: Greek, which is the love of God. Love is the single great- “When I consider thy heavens, est attribute of God’s nature. We can have the Father’s the work of thy fingers, the love if we have His Spirit and strive­ to live the way He, moon and the stars, which Himself, lives by keeping His commandments in both thou hast ordained; what is the “letter” and the spirit—the principle or intent. man, that thou art mindful Jesus magnified the Ten Commandments by of him?” (Psalm 8:3-4). showing how their principles expand to cover virtu- Hebrews 2 quotes this ally every possible human infraction. 2 Corinthians 3 psalm. It then reveals that shows that God’s law is to be applied in principle. It is God has determined to com- summed up in one single word—love. plete His most spectacular There are just two possible ways of life: God’s way, creation—in man! God’s expressed by His law of love and summed up in the supreme goal is to create Ten Com­mandments, the “give” way; and Satan’s way perfect and righteous spiri- of competition, greed and vanity, which we call the tual character in man. His “get” way. This is the way of disobedience to God. All ultimate purpose is to bring suffering—all unhappi­ness, fear, misery and death— man into the God Fam- has come from living by Satan’s way of “get,” instead ily! Yet God cannot do this of living by God’s way of “give,” which is the only way by Himself. Man has his to peace, happiness and joy­. own part in this supreme ICON OF THE 'GIVE' WAY One third of the angels failed to develop the godly masterpiece. The Tree of Life symbolizes God's character that would have guaranteed them everlast- For God to complete loving, outgoing way of life. ing peace and happiness. They believed Satan’s way mankind’s spiritual cre- of get was better than God’s way of give and therefore ation, humans must learn developed evil character. Rebellious Lucifer had dis- not only to look like God but also to think like God, qualified himself from ruling the Earth. Someone had developing His attitude­ and character while flesh to qualify to replace him. So God created Adam and and blood. Perfect character must be developed— gave him the opportunity to develop the godly char­ over time—by free choice. But even then, only the acter required of a righteous ruler. But Adam failed. Holy God can instill it. So Adam’s descendants—all mankind—have been Perfect, holy, righteous character is the ability born in Satan’s world of competition, strife and vio- of an individual to discern the true way of God lence, and have transgressed God’s law. God has actu- from the way of Sa­tan; to choose to uncondition- ally allowed this for a great pur­pose. He wants man to ally surrender to God; and to determine, even learn, through experience—which requires time—that against temptation, to do the right. Satan’s way of “get” and disobedience to God’s spiritual God is now in the process of creating His same law causes only misery, suffering, heartache and death. godly character in Spirit-begotten Christians as Those who are called of God and voluntarily choose they choose to live His righteous way of life with the This short study to reject and resist Satan’s way and live a life of obedi- help of His Holy Spirit. is a sample of the ence to God develop the holy, righteous, perfect char- At the resurrection to eternal life, when God’s Spirit- method employed acter of God. They qualify to rule and reign with Jesus begotten children are born, God will have finished this in each lesson of Christ, the second Adam, who will replace Satan as supreme masterpiece of creation! Then, when we are the free Herbert world ruler at His return to restore the government resurrected—changed into immortal spirit members W. Armstrong of God to the entire Earth! of God’s Family—we will possess the supreme charac- College Bible ter and awesome powers of God! Correspondence God Now Creating His Supreme Masterpiece! Those whom God has called and who have volun- Course. Over 50,000 What is the supreme feat of accomplishment possible tarily chosen to work with their Creator in complet- people have enrolled for Almighty God the Creator? The angels? The heav- ing His supreme creation within them while flesh and in this exciting, ens and the Earth? The entire universe beyond? Was blood will at last be a “finished” creation—created in dynamic course. it the first man? God’s own spiritual “image” with His perfect, righ- Ordering information It was none of these! teous, sinless, holy character—eternal members of His is on the back cover of The supreme pinnacle of God’s works is the cre- divine ruling Family! (1 John 3:9). this magazine. weeks

ation of His very own perfect, holy, righ­teous charac- ter within His begotten children! kellie You can read previous articles in this series online at trmpt.co/bcc / 25 pt But this is something that even God with His T THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 latin america, africa WORLDWATCH trade between these two nations was a massive $59.9 billion. That equates to nearly a third of all Sino-African trade. While there has been much trade between China and South Africa, it hasn’t come without some resistance to Chinese advancements in the nation. According to the South African Institute of Inter- nal Affairs, “Chinese investment in S.A. is smaller than S.A.’s into China. Despite the strong Chinese appetite for S.A. min- ing resources and the attractiveness of its China’s Xi greets locals as open market, S.A.’s significantly more Tanzania’s Kikwete looks on. complex socio-economic structure … has 1 | tanzania 2 | d.r. congo 3 | south africa largely constrained the expansion of Chi- nese interests in Africa’s largest economy” (Aug. 29, 2010). Xi’s tour through South Africa feeds Chinese dragon Africa is another indication of China’s intensifying desire to loosen South Afri- hinese President Xi Jinping’s have helped Tanzania build a more solid ca’s constraints and to increase Beijing’s first visit to Africa on March 24 economic foundation. Why the generos- investment in the country. highlighted China’s increasing ity from China? The truth is, Sino-Tan- One nation that will undoubtedly see Cinfluence over African resources. zanian relations benefit Tanzania short- more of China in the coming months is Considering that Xi was officially sworn term, China long-term. the Democratic Republic of Congo. in as president a mere 10 days prior to the In building Tanzania’s infrastructure, China imported 5.4 billion tons of oil visit, the trip also showed where China’s China plays the “good Samaritan,” help- from the Democratic Republic of Congo economic focus lies. ing a poor nation that lacks the means to last year. While this is a comparatively Xi’s tour sent him from Tanzania to construct roads and railways across the small amount—only 2 percent of China’s South Africa, then on to the Democratic nation. But what do these roads and rails imports—there is room for expansion. Republic of Congo. The choice of nations carry? Raw goods that flow straight to the The Democratic Republic of Congo has was not coincidental. All three nations docks, onto a ship, and off to China. one of the largest and deepest ports in are serving to further China’s trade domi- China is Tanzania’s largest trad- West Africa. The only thing this under- nance of the African continent and thus to ing partner and second-largest source developed nation needs is capital. propel the Chinese economy to new levels. of investment. Bilateral trade reached The recently elected Chinese president’s Some African nations will advo- us$2.47 billion in 2012, up 15.2 percent visit to these three nations sheds light on cate China’s actions as an effort to foster from the year before. China has exploited the booming economic power’s broader mutual economic growth and encourage Tanzania’s lack of basic consumer goods, strategy for Africa. Chinese imports from independent, sustainable development exporting necessary items for Tanzania’s Africa are skyrocketing. 2012 saw China for their nations. However, examining day-to-day functioning in exchange for import an immense $113 billion worth of China’s involvement will show that it is the nation’s valuable minerals. materials from Africa. It holds the title of the one getting the better end of the deal. China was once a small economic Africa’s largest trading partner. Any benefits to the Africans are coming power itself. It was embraced as a friend, China is growing. It consumes more as a side benefit to China’s purposes. a nation that could replace the European raw materials than ever because of its The first stop on the president’s tour influence. Most African nations have not industrial and economic boom. It is gaz- was Tanzania, where he spoke before awakened to the fact that since China has ing hungrily at resource-rich Africa and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete in grown to become the second-largest econ- planning its future expansion. China has Dar es Salaam. Since the African coun- omy on Earth, it is capable of throwing its an important role to play in the fulfill- try’s departure from British rule in 1961, weight around and making demands. ment of prophecy in the latter days. Read China has invested in over 100 vital eco- The second nation the Chinese presi- Russia and China in Prophecy and see for nomic initiatives, many of which have dent visited was South Africa, meeting yourself what China is planning to do john been agriculture-based. These initiatives with President Jacob Zuma. Last year, with the resources it is devouring. lukuwi / afp

numbers / getty Billions of dollars Percent of populace Governments brought down by euro crisis: Bul-

26 in Chinese trade in Venezuela that garia, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Netherlands, Spain, images 166 with Africa in 2012 92 is Catholic 11 Portugal, Czech Republic, Latvia, Hungary, Ireland 5 | VENEZUELA Workers for French-owned Areva install drills in an 5 End of an era underground uranium World lead- mine in Arlit, Niger. 2 ers paid their last 1 respects to Ven- ezuelan President 4 3 Hugo Chávez on March 8. Chávez’s 4 | argentina death has left the country in uncer- Falklanders make voice heard tainty. Venezuela On March 10-11, the debate on whether is deeply divided, the Falkland Islands belong to Argentina and Chávez’s death or Britain went to the polls in a referen- could usher in big dum. Ninety-two percent of eligible vot- changes for the ers showed up, and 99.8 percent voted to govern- remain a British overseas territory. Argen- ment in EU moving in on Africa tina is suffering terrible economic woes, Caracas. uropean Commission President José Manuel Barroso so the government is trying to distract the Both met with the chairman of the African Union (AU) on Feb- population by focusing on the Falklands. oppo- Eruary 20 to emphasize the importance of strengthening It may not have the islanders’ support, but sition EU-AU ties. Barroso stressed Europe’s commitment to the eco- it does have America’s support, which has leader Chávez nomic development of African nations and cited the EU inter- repeatedly called on Britain to sit down Henrique Capriles vention in Mali as an example of joint EU-AU security policy. and talk to Argentina about the islands. and incumbent Expect the emerging European empire to continue pushing Britain wants the fate of the islands to Nocolas Maduro south and east into North Africa and the Middle East. images remain in the hands of the islanders. As are seen as being getty / Britain loses its allies, and the cost of more friendly “The strengthening of the relations afp / defending the islands keeps rising, expect to the Catho- between the European Union and Africa loeb British support to waver as well. lic Church, which is one of my top political priorities.” saul , Chávez had sup- José Manuel Barroso Falkland Islanders celebrate as referendum images pressed within the European Commission President

results are announced on March 11. country. Following getty / Pope Francis’s elec- afp / tion, Maduro cred- klein ited Hugo Chávez for swaying Jesus alexander , to inspire the Col- U.S. losing ground to China on Africa trade lege of Cardinals Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware warned on images to elect the first March 7 that America is losing ground to getty / South American China on African trade. He called for an early afp 4 | Argentina / pope. “Some new renewal of trade benefits for Africa as part of verdy Falklands on pope’s radar hand arrived and a broader strategy to counter growing Chi-

pierre Argentine President Cristina Fernandez Christ said, ‘Now nese investment and influence. The chairman , de Kirchner met with Pope Francis on is the opportunity of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommit- coons images March 18, becoming the first head of state for South Amer- tee on African Affairs said in a report, “China, getty

/ to converse with the new pontiff. Kirch- ica,’ it seems to which has made dramatic inroads across the continent in recent afp / ner asked the pope to intervene in the dis- us,” Maduro said. years, may undermine or even counter value-driven U.S. goals pute over the Falklands. Before Cardi- Regardless of the in the region.” He said that this should be “a wake-up call for ramirez nal Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope, he election outcome, enhanced American trade and investment.” Meanwhile, Scott leo , made statements to the effect that the Brit- Bible prophecy says Eisner, vice president of African affairs at the U.S. Chamber of images

ish were usurpers who wrongfully took that soon, Europe Commerce, said the United States “probably has a small win-

getty the Falklands from Argentina. Expect and Latin Amer- dow in the next couple of years before China, India and Brazil /

afp the world’s first Latin American pope to ica will draw much take over all the ownership on the continent and trade relations / strengthen alliances between Europe and closer—cemented are theirs to own.” Keep watching the race for African charter Latin America, at the expense of Britain together by the trade; global struggles for natural resources are proph- 27 tony and the United States. Catholic Church. esied to intensify in the near future. THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 WORLDWATCH europe 1 | Germany 1 | Germany 1 Political party Arming the Middle East calls for EU 3 2 ermany superstate A German Frankenthal class 4 exported minesweeper patrol boat The European 5 G€1.42 billion Commission 6 7 (us$1.88 billion) should expand its worth of weap- powers to become ons to the Arabian a fully fledged Gulf during 2012, European govern- 2 | Bulgaria 3 | Slovenia Süddeutsche Zei- ment. That’s the tung reported Feb- position of Germa- Euro crisis brings down ruary 22. In 2011, ny’s Social Demo- governments that figure was only €570 million ($751 million). Two thirds of cratic Party (spd) Protests triggered by rising energy prices those exports went to Saudi Arabia, an increase of 900 percent. in a draft of its forced Bulgaria’s government to resign The rest went to Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and the United manifesto that was on February 20. “The people gave us Arab Emirates. More than €1 billion went to border security reported by the power, and today we are returning it,” equipment for Saudi Arabia. The newspaper claimed it received German media on Prime Minister Bojko Borisov said— the data after a formal question from Germany’s Left Party. March 9. Germa- just a day after insisting that he would Earlier in the month, German media reported that the gov- ny’s second-largest not step down. “I will not participate ernment had given Saudi Arabia permission to buy €1.5 billion party reportedly in a government ($2 billion) worth of patrol boats, enough to buy 60 to 150 vessels. wants to trans- under which police Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote as early as form the Euro- are beating peo- 1994 that Saudi Arabia would be among several Middle East- pean Union into ple,” he said. “Every ern countries to ally themselves with Germany. His forecast a superstate, with drop of blood is a was based entirely on biblical prophecy, since back then, Ger- its new govern- shame for us.” Bul- man arms trade with Saudi Arabia was almost non-existent. ment elected by the garia’s currency, In the entire decade of the ’90s, Germany sold the Saudis 36 European Parlia- the lev, is pegged Borisov reconnaissance tanks and 100 diesel engines. Now, Germany ment. It also rec- to the euro. Bul- is using strategic arms sales to build an alliance of anti-Iranian ommends adding garia has been planning to join the euro nations across the Middle East. The explosion of its arms trade a second chamber in 2015. Although protesters voiced other in the region is gaining the attention of the world—and should to the parliament grievances against the government, strengthen readers’ faith in the accuracy of the Bible’s proph- that would repre- many of the country’s problems trace ecies. For more information on this alliance, see our article sent national (for- back to the euro peg. Combined with “Next in Line, Please” in the December 2012 Trumpet. merly sovereign) local factors, the social problems that governments. The arose from the ongoing euro crisis are to spd could do well blame for bringing down the Bulgarian in Germany’s Sep- government. tember elections. Just a week after Bulgaria’s prime | 1 Germany Naval presence encircling Iran Current polls show minister was forced to resign, the prime Germany has deployed the frigate Hamburg to the waters off Angela Merkel and minister of Slovenia was also forced out Iran’s coast. Both the choice of vessel and its patrol zone are sig- her allies receiving of office. Defectors from his own party nificant. The Hamburg, Germany’s latest and most advanced 45 percent of the joined with the opposition to force Janez air-defense frigate, reportedly employs stealth technology and vote, and the spd Jansa out of office in a no-confidence sensors that can detect stealth-equipped targets. The Ham- and its ally receiv- vote. Alenka Bratusek, leader of the larg- burg has joined Carrier Strike Group Eight, which sails with the ing 43 percent, est opposition party, succeeded Jansa, thomas uss Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. so it is currently becoming Slovenia’s first female prime

Its mission includes war games with the U.S. Navy, according to too close to call. minister. Slovenia is a eurozone member glapa

German-Foreign-Policy.com, the second time the Bundesma- Regardless, all of and is struggling with its banking sys- , samuel rine has joined the U.S. Navy for such a function. German-For- Germany’s major tem and economy. The fall of the govern- eign-Policy.com claims, “Experts believe that German war ships parties are pro-EU. ment is another example of the destabi- kubani will practice this function more often in the future” (March 5; Watch for this type lizing power of the euro crisis. The chain / afp

translation ours). This is in keeping with the defense strategy of of vision of a Euro- reaction has affected several countries / getty German elites: to gradually encircle Iran and to bide pean superstate already, and will continue to spread as

28 their time until they are ready for a swift reaction to to become more long as Europe suffers from staggeringly images Iran’s ongoing push against Europe. popular. high unemployment rates. middle east Bahraini protesters run from tear gas on February 14. 4 | Iran Supplying Hamas with missiles Iran successfully tested two types of short-range missiles in mili- Ahmadinejad tary operations on March 9 during a three-day drill by ground and Zardari forces in the country’s southwestern province of Khuzestan. The 4 | Iran two missile types were the Fajr-5 and the Nazeat-10. 5 | Pakistan The Fajr-5 made global headlines when a number were launched in the missile barrage from Gaza into Israel in A Middle East November. Hamas forces in Gaza readily admit they get ‘peace pipe’ weapons from Iran. The Fajr-5 can travel about 45 miles; the Iranian and Paki- Nazeat-10 can reach up to 62 miles. stani officials met In 2008, Israel launched Operation Cast Lead to stem Gaza- on March 11 for based attacks, but Hamas came back stronger than ever in 2012, the groundbreak- using rockets such as the Fajr-5. Israel’s response, Operation Pil- ing ceremony of lar of Defense in late 2012, again failed to wipe out the enemy. a controversial Watch Iran and its allies. Missiles developed and tested in gas pipeline that Iran invariably find their way to the Gaza Strip, where they are defies U.S. sanc- launched not at practice targets, but at Jews. tions. Iranian President Mah- moud Ahmadine- 6 | Egypt jad and Pakistani 7 | Bahrain President Asif Ali Zardari shook Women fear Tahrir Square Arab Spring fever stirs hands and prayed fter two years of the “new Egypt,” sexual harass- Protests were held in Bahrain on Feb- together follow- ment in the country has increased beyond pre-revolution ruary 14, the second anniversary of the ing the announce- A levels. Egyptian women are now walking city streets in fear beginning of unrest in the small Mid- ment of the deal. of attack and exploitation in a way they never did before. It is yet dle Eastern nation. The day of protest- When it is com- more evidence that Egypt’s “new and improved” government is a ing, demonstrations and street fight- pleted in late 2014, far cry from the democracy the Western world hoped for. ing led to the death of a 16-year-old and the “peace pipe- Since February 2011, 531 acts of sexual harassment have been numerous arrests as police attempted to line” will run reported in Cairo. Some victims blame President Mohamed suppress the uprising. Numerous Shiite the 700 miles Morsi and claim that their attackers are sent by people seeking opposition factions have been protest- from Assaluyeh to quell any uprising against his administration. Women make ing in an attempt to pressure the ruling in southern Iran up a large portion of protesters; if they can be frightened off the Sunni monarchy into relinquishing some to Nawabshah in streets, protests will lose numbers and their momentum will slow. of its political power. The king has made Pakistan. Iran will In December, soldiers were caught on camera stripping a female some concessions, and talks between the then be able to protester and dragging her through the streets. Scenes such as monarchy and opposition factions began pump 750 million this have become more common in post-revolution Egypt. on February 10, but so far there has been images cubic feet of natu- As the current administration pushes a more radicalized little headway. getty / ral gas per day into agenda, watch for the women in the country to suffer under This tiny nation serves as a strate- afp / Pakistan, mean- more oppression. This abuse should be setting off alarm bells gic ally both to neighboring Sunni-dom- shaikh

- ing plenty of cash worldwide that the Egyptian democracy project has failed. inated Saudi Arabia and to the United al for Iran. Iran has States, which uses the country to launch the second-largest operations in the Persian Gulf. Just 150 mohammed

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/ violence against is a lifeline serv- women on perfectly placed to help tip the kenare ing to sidestep the February 6. scales in the Middle Eastern 29 atta sanctions. balance of power. THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 WORLDWATCH asia Former President Hu Jintao 3 | China (left) and President Xi Stealth frigate 2 launches amid 3 1 tensions China launched the first ship in a new class of stealth missile frigates, the country’s state media reported on February 26. The 1 | North Korea launch comes dur- 3 | China ing ongoing dis- The truce is over putes between On March 11, Pyong- China and neigh- Enlightened dictatorship? yang officially nullified its boring nations n March 13, China’s parliament formally elected 1953 truce that ended the over Beijing’s mar- Xi Jinping as the nation’s new leader, placing the final Korean War. The North’s Kim Jong-un itime claims. The Oseal of approval on a generational transition of power. intensifying provocations People’s Libera- Xi’s appointment as president came four months after he was appear due in part to the desire of Kim tion Army Navy is appointed as both chairman of the Central Military Commis- Jong-un—who recently rose to power— building 20 Jiang- sion and general secretary of the Communist Party, giving him to prove himself worthy to his hardline dao-class frigates all three top offices—party, army and state—through which military. In February, Pyongyang con- to replace less- he is expected to rule for the next decade. Xi has demanded ducted its third nuclear weapons test, advanced mod- complete loyalty from the military and other officials, and has prompting the UN to impose new sanc- els and to boost scorned any turn toward Western-style political liberalization. tions on the isolated rogue state. The China’s ability to China has been traveling in this direction for some time, in one North responded by threatening preemp- conduct patrols sense. But its new president/military ruler could use his consoli- tive nuclear attacks on South Korea and and escort ves- dated powers to take China toward unprecedented belligerence. the U.S. In 2010, North Korean artillery sels in parts of killed four South Koreans, and also sunk the South China “I think that he’s attracted to the idea of a kind of a South Korean ship, killing 46 sailors. and East China enlightened dictatorship, or neo-authoritarianism. Pyongyang was only slapped on the wrist seas, disputed He [Chinese President Xi Jinping] rejects for those incidents; it appears to believe it water that Beijing fundamental political reform.” can antagonize again without retaliation claims. China has Li Weidong Political commentator from the U.S. If North Korea increases its made no attempt provocation and America continues to to disguise its goal struggle for an effective response, it may of extending its signal to China—and Russia, Iran and navy’s global reach, | | other nations—that they too can afford and nations of Asia 3 China 2 Russia ‘You and I are good friends’ to push the U.S. around. are taking note. On his first foreign trip as president on March 22, Chinese Presi- China launched dent Xi Jinping honored Russia, highlighting the importance of its first aircraft Beijing’s warming ties with Moscow. The visit signaled that Rus- 2 | Russia carrier last year, sia and China want to boost their collective power as a geopoliti- and the navy has cal and financial counterweight to Washington. Russian Presi- To patrol the Mediterranean injected its fleet dent Vladimir Putin has long worked to diminish America’s The Russian Navy plans to resume a per- with a growing international power, and China is irate about the U.S.’s expanded ed

manent presence in the Mediterranean number of nuclear military and economic presence in its backyard. Moscow and jones Sea, a source in the General Staff said submarines and Beijing have joined forces to thwart Western-backed measures / afp

on February 26. It is slated to begin in ultra-modern sur- in the Syrian war, and Russia has loyally backed China’s support / 2015. President Vladimir Putin has been face ships. The of North Korea. Putin said Xi’s visit “will give Russian-Chinese getty rebuilding Russia’s influence in its for- West is concerned ties a new and powerful impulse.” Xi replied that he and Putin images

mer Soviet periphery and beyond; Mos- about China’s “always treat each other with an open soul. … You and I are , getty cow’s plan for the Mediterra- mushrooming good friends.” Watch for Russia and China’s lockstep movement

30 nean reflects an intensification naval might, and across the global stage to continue, and for it to give European images of these efforts. rightly so. nations more impetus to rally behind Germany. Put First Things First What are the ‘big rocks’ in your life?

n one of his books, author Stephen Covey related a story about a professor who placed a one-gallon container on a table in front of him. He then set about a dozen fist-size I rocks on the table and, one at a time, placed them into the jar. After putting all the rocks inside the jug, he asked, “Is this jar full?” “Yes,” the class said. He then grabbed a bag of gravel from under the table and pro- ceeded to dump these smaller rocks into the jar. He shook the con- tainer, working the smaller pieces into the spaces between the bigger rocks. “Is the jar full?” he asked again. “Probably not,” the class said, sensing that he was going to take it a step further. “The light of the body is the eye:” Jesus taught, “if therefore thine He then poured a bag of sand into the eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light” (Matthew 6:22). If container and again shook the jar to help your mind is focused right, then your whole life will be full of light! the sand fill in all the cracks between the Later, Jesus said, “Take no thought for your life, what ye shall larger rocks and the gravel. Finally, the eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put Principles of Living professor grabbed a pitcher of water and on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?” Stephen Flurry emptied it into the jar, filling it all the way (verse 25). God knows we have physical needs (see verses 31-32). to the brim. What Jesus is saying is that God will help to supply those needs as “What is the point of this illustration?” he asked the class. long as we tend to the spiritual needs first. “No matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard, you Notice! “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righ- can always fit some more things into it!” one student blurted out. teousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (verse 33). “No,” said the professor. “The truth this illustration teaches us is: After establishing the right priorities, we must maintain our If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all.” focus on each of those priorities. “Focus is the most important fac- Spiritually speaking, the two biggest rocks we must place into tor in determining whether you’ll achieve a goal or stick to creat- the jar every day have to do with our relationship with God. Prayer ing a new habit,” Leo Babauta wrote in The Power of Less: The Fine and Bible study are our most important activities each day. And Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential ... in Business and in Life. unless we get into the habit of placing those two rocks in the jar “If you can maintain your focus on a goal or habit, you will more first, they may not fit into the jar later as it fills with other material. often than not achieve that goal or create that habit. If you can’t Galatians 6:7 says, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for maintain your focus, you won’t achieve the goal, unless it’s such whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” As any farmer an easy goal that it would have happened anyway. It’s that simple.” knows, in order to reap a bountiful harvest, you must first pre- Our overarching spiritual goal is to seek first the Kingdom pare and work the soil, carefully planting each seed and nurturing of God and God’s righteousness. But we must go after it! As Mr. each plant as it sprouts, protecting it from weeds, watering it, and Armstrong wrote in The Seven Laws of Success, “You must make so on. Then, at the absolute end of that process, you will finally the decision. You must set this right goal. You must set your will. be able to reap the fruit. You must expend your full effort. You must work at overcoming, The principle God is teaching with this parable is that diligent growing and developing spiritually, and sticking with it. Yet God work and effort always precede fruitful blessings and rewards. supplies the all-important ingredient—His power, His love, His And sometimes, those blessings don’t appear until after many faith—His guidance—His life!” months or even years of hard, diligent labor. What a fantastic, life-altering promise! Seek first the Kingdom We can’t skip all the hard work and rush to the harvest! God of God and His righteousness. Make that your first goal—your big- istockphoto / says that if we want to reap the blessings of growth and prosper- gest rock. Then, work to maintain your focus on that singular objec- ity, we must sow the right way. As Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 9:6, tive. Put God first, and everything else will fall into place. sadowski “He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which Then, at the end of the day, you will have squeezed 31 todd soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.” more into the jar than you ever thought possible! n THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | May/June 2013 Unrequited love discussion board How on Earth can Obama and Biden believe this country is loved by the lead- The buck stops here better. The progressives ers of Europe when we started the pres- Spending problem, moral choose this name to indi- ent meltdown of global finances with our problem, value problem and cate they are moving forward greed and lack of integrity? (“America’s the list goes on and on (“We to a better form of govern- New Best Friend,” April). We prove this Don’t Have a Spending Prob- ment. But the proof of their every day as we selfishly print billions of lem,” April). Out-of-control “success” or evolving or pro- empty dollars and then expect the world spending and debt will bring gression is failure after fail- to honor them as worth anything. Dollars this nation to see its reality. ure. They are actually devolv- are backed by nothing except faith, and Once there is no more money, ing and regressing into a far there is little faith in a fading country that this country will only be left worse state of governance. is now devoid of God. with its wretched value system to stand The further they devolve the nation, the Terry Szall—Pennsylvania on. This will result in full-fledged chaos. more we become their slaves and the Thank God that He has a plan for all of more our freedoms are lost, which is in The president’s numerous anti-British this to work for our own good. direct proportion to the destruction of “gaffes’ seem to expose a veiled hatred for Christina Godfrey—Pennsylvania the Constitution. God’s Kingdom contin- Britain. (Incidentally, the British jailed ues to look better and better as each day his grandfather.) This could be another Strong families are needed! of destruction passes. reason his administration looks to Ger- What an excellent and timely article (“Sex Roland Young—Kansas many and Europe instead of the “unex- Is More Important Than You Think,” ampled” Anglo-American “brotherhood” April). Thank you for reminding people of Our forefathers had the nobility to write that Sir Winston Churchill spoke of so just how important strong marriages and a document that was way beyond its time. insightfully. strong families are needed! Unfortunately It is a work that encompasses the founda- Richard Howard—United Kingdom in this world, men are taking a second role tion of law and holds the vital element of under women; this will never work as we vision. Plain and simple for the American What’s good about Germany taking lead can see from looking at the world today. It people, as God says: Where there is no Germany is already working towards get- grieves me to see everything upside down. vision the people perish. ting its free hand, and when it finally does Toby Lynn Johnson—Colorado Moses Figueroa—California it will not be a good thing for America and Britain, or anyone else (“Why Does Iran is picking the wrong fight A sense of pride Germany Want Its Gold Back?” April). Whichever country controls Algeria and This is a very moving article (“Broken That line of thinking that Germany could other North African states (Libya, Egypt Will—Broken Soldiers,” April). When be the answer to the world’s problems and Morocco) will control the Mediterra- I was a nurse I saw, firsthand, what war is what will finally bring this world very nean, Middle East and southern Europe does to our soldiers. I haven’t prac- soon to an atomic World War iii. Only “Watch Algeria!” April). Germany is not ticed nursing since my children were the return of Jesus Christ will be able to going to allow Iran to control the region. born but I will tell you I noticed a differ- stop it before all civilization is completely Iran is picking a fight it will soon regret. ence between the soldiers who fought in annihilated. That’s what will finally be Theo World War ii versus those who fought good about Germany taking the lead. in Vietnam. The World War ii veterans Al Paille—Rhode Island “You are going to see these two powers clash I took care of did not have the mental very soon—like a year or two or three.” It health issues that the Vietnam veterans Love God above all else has been building and this time frame had. They had a sense of pride with no I hope to make this more than just an seems very plausible. With so much proph- regrets. The Vietnam soldiers I took care excellent article in my daily life (“A Word ecy having been fulfilled so far in 2013, and of had many regrets and suffered from About Love,” April). We can read great so much more eluded to real soon, this too ptsd. Many of these had health issues articles like this and still not realize how is real. Can we see it all building rapidly? related to their substance abuse. The human we really still are. It’s when we’re Gary Restall­—Massachusetts new counterinsurgency is dishearten- put to the test that we find out what we ing. True soldiers would rather die doing need to do and what we need to change Not evolving into something better the right than live with themselves not to become love as God is love (1 John 4). Outstanding article (“The War Against having done so. I can understand why It’s only by applying what this article so the Constitution,” April). Al Gore and we have so many broken soldiers. God beautifully illustrates that we start to others talk about an evolving Constitu- speed the day when “nation shall not lift understand God as He is defined as love. tion. The false theory of evolu- up sword against nation, neither shall Thank you for giving your time to write 32 tion is based on the idea that they learn war anymore” (Isaiah 2:4) this article! animals evolve to something Christine—Connecticut Aimee Goulet—Oklahoma THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | may/june 2013 online conversations willing to fulfill their role as God defines it would arise out of the conclave. Since all 115 within marriage, today. This does not mean the cardinals currently fit that description, however, Why Does Bible’s teachings about marriage are contradic- there was no way of knowing for sure which the Vatican tory or wrong. Rather, it’s difficult because virtu- one it would be. Insist on ally all humans today have rejected God’s laws Pope Francis fits the description of the sort Priestly regarding the roles of husband and wife. of man the Trumpet predicted would be pope. Celibacy? thetrumpet.com/go/10443 We cannot say with 100 percent certainty that he will be the last pope, but we can say that he Kurt Johnson: With all due respect, the Pope Francis: will be instrumental in the final transformation Apostle Paul never married (during his What the of the EU into the Holy Roman Empire. ministry at least) and was celibate. Doesn’t Mainstream that make him the biggest hypocrite con- Media cerning this subject? The Bible contradicts Doesn’t Europe itself by teaching marriage is the right Know thetrumpet.com/go/10462 Dominates of every man and woman, yet in today’s South society, if you’re a Christian, especially a Scott K.: No disrespect intended, but why America’s struggling true Christian, you will be very didn’t the Trumpet know ahead of time Militaries thetrumpet.com/go/10332 hard-pressed to find a like-minded mate! I who the next pope would be? You very say this from personal experience and not accurately predicted Ratzinger, well done. Roland R.: All of Argentina’s destroy- trying to be sarcastic or anything. But I don’t remember seeing any articles ers are German? So, what you are saying at all about Bergoglio. (You guys at the is that Type 42, otherwise known as the Brad Macdonald (author): Marriage was cre- Trumpet are so good at knowing what’s “Sheffield class,” were built in Germany? ated by God, and is a God-plane relationship. going to happen before it actually hap- On a practical level, marriage and sex within pens it’s amazing.) Richard Palmer (author): According to Jane’s marriage is encouraged by God in order for Fighting Ships, Argentina’s type 42s are unlikely humans to reproduce, to display love for one Andrew Miiller: As the Apostle Paul wrote in to be fully operational. One of them sank another, and, as the Apostle Paul explained, to 1 Corinthians 13:12, where prophecy is concerned, recently. The other is no longer designated as a avoid fornication and sexual impropriety. How- we can only “see through a glass, darkly.” The destroyer by the Argentine Navy, but as a “fast ever, while God encourages humans to marry, Bible tells us to watch and pray, but we can only amphibious transport.” He does not command it for every human see the general trends of end-time prophecy. being. A person is not disobeying God’s law by By combining Bible prophecy with current corrections not marrying. (Although one is clearly disobey- events and world history, the Trumpet staff is The article on page 1 of the March issue ing the law by participating in sex outside of often able to connect the dots and make very incorrectly cited verse 14 of 1 Corinthians 6 marriage.) Therefore, the Apostle Paul is not specific predictions. This is why editor in chief rather than verse 18; it also cited verse 7 of being hypocritical by encouraging marriage Gerald Flurry and the news bureau accurately Isaiah 10 instead of verse 6. while he himself remained single. predicted Ratzinger in 2005. The Bible predicted A quick word on your second point. The a strong, pro-European, ultra-traditionalist pope, The map on page 17 of the April issue Bible defines the godly lifestyle, which includes and Ratzinger was clearly a behind-the-scenes had the Democratic Republic of the Congo a stable, healthy marriage for most men and manipulator routinely making news headlines. incorrectly labeled as Congo. women. A godly lifestyle can only be created This time around, the Bible also indicated The Trumpet regrets the errors. when God’s laws—about the roles of the sexes, that a pro-European, ultra-traditionalist pope and the roles of husband and wife, for exam- ple—are implemented. You are right, it is dif- images ficult to find a “like-minded” mate, someone getty / Get the news before it happens afp / One week before the headlines were dominated by Germany’s economic subjugation of garcia Follow us: Cyprus, Trumpet editor in chief @theTrumpet_com Gerald Flurry posted a Web exclu- daniel , sive video titled “Cyprus in

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upheaval, violence, riots and burning. strife. grants held in local detention centers. In / istockphoto Pinal County, Arizona, Sheriff Paul Babeu said on February 26 that Immigration and , Unclaimed corpses online Customs Enforcement had released more getty

than 500 detainees in his county alone. images For the first time, the Cook County medical examiner’s office in Though numbers have been disputed, a getty , Chicago has posted photos of unclaimed bodies on its website in spokesman for Babeu claimed that immi- mariapazmorales an effort to identify them. As drug cartels and street gangs spread gration officials plan to release nearly images ,

throughout the city, the death toll has risen to a point where it is becom- 10,000 illegal immigrants. This unex- dny ing hard to identify all the dead. The program is generating controversy because of the pected influx of illegal immigrants will 59 / / graphic images, but for the sake of people whose loved ones are missing and likely fuel a rise in crime. The biblical book istockphoto istockphoto 34 have been murdered, officials believe the ends justify the means. It is a chilling of Isaiah foretells a time when foreigners picture of the sad state to which one of America’s great cities has descended. burn the cities of end-time Israel. THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET | may/june 2013 COMMENTARY government defined marriage as a male-female union. The Defense of Marriage Act was passed by large majorities in the House and Senate. Now, Bill Clinton says it was a mistake. The Same-Sex current administration says doma is unconstitutional. Eight fed- eral courts have agreed. Most observers believe the law is about ‘Marriage’—the to be killed. After all this time, we’ve suddenly recognized that defining marriage as a male-female union violates the found- ing document of the country. New Mainstream Mainstream opponents of same-sex “marriage” are being shouted down as they try to argue logically why homosexuality by joel hilliker is okay but homosexual “marriage” is not. Homosexuals have already won the arguments that homosexuality is morally accept- ublic perception of homosexuality is undergoing able, that homosexuals are entitled to legally recognized “civil a rapid, unprecedented change. Aggressive homosexual unions,” and that homosexuals should raise children (through activism has shifted the fringe view to the center and artificial fertilization or other means). P shoved the center to the fringe. In March, as the Supreme And—they have absolutely won the argument that the Bible Court considered two cases aimed at granting homosexuals the has no place in determining public policy or law. Discussing the right to the legal status of marriage, the subject dominated the Supreme Court cases, a major Fox News personality said disdain- national conversation—with unambiguous bias. fully that same-sex “marriage” opponents’ only argument is to One cnn talk show was held in a theater-in-the-round format, “thump the Bible.” Yes, as much as the Constitution is under attack, with the host—plainly pro-same-sex “marriage”—in the center the Bible’s status is far worse. “While most politicians take their at a table with a lesbian celebrity in a 12-year relationship. A man oaths of office on the Bible, many of them prove by their actions in the audience was given the unenviable task of defending tra- that they don’t believe, or follow, what’s in it,” wrote Cal Thomas ditional marriage in a noticeably unreceptive crowd. Welcome recently. “Better they should place their hands on Rolling Stone to modern America: a land of nationally televised bullying over or People magazines, which more accurately reflect the direction homosexual “marriage.” and attitude of contemporary culture.” “I find it extraordinary that you … don’t want [this woman] to Where did marriage come from? The Bible. It was created by have the right to marry,” the host lectured the man. The two at God at the beginning of human history, in the second chapter the table asked the audience to voice, as a mob, their disapproval of Genesis. The laws defining and governing marriage are con- of the marriage advocate’s position, showing this man how out- tained throughout its pages: restricting sex to marriage; forbidding numbered he was. The host concluded, “The idea that you want divorce; placing the man as the head of and provider for the family; to stop people … from getting married in America in the modern enjoining parents to love and teach their children; putting children era, I just find a bit offensive these days. It’s not fair, it’s not toler- under the authority of their parents. People can vote on these things ant, it’s not American.” (The host is British, by the way.) if they’d like, judges can ignore them, governments can define and Public opinion at large is not nearly so enthusiastic for same- redefine. But God’s laws of marriage do not change. sex “marriage” as that cnn studio audience. Polls show that its When we break those laws, we suffer. To see the proof, just look supporters have just edged past half of the country. Nevertheless, around. Our “traditional” marriages have trashed God’s laws to it’s clear we’ve passed a tipping point. Suddenly, defense of tradi- the point where fornication, cohabitation, adultery, divorce, shat- tional marriage—until recently a majority opinion in America— tered homes and fatherlessness are epidemic. Many people rec- is something the mainstream media now feel able to character- ognize the resulting crises and are desperate for answers: how to ize as out of touch and intolerant. News networks aren’t merely have harmonious marriages; how to control wild kids; how to reporting; they are pushing homosexual “marriage” toward public bring sanity to their home lives. Sadly, too few look to the Creator acceptance using schoolyard intimidation. of marriage and family for answers. It was just as instructive to hear this man’s argument for tra- Advocates of same-sex unions are completely ignorant of how ditional marriage. “I think all Americans have the right to live marriage even came to exist. They ignore God’s wisdom in cre- and to love how they choose to,” he said repeatedly. His primary ating humans to reproduce through male-female sex, which He concern over the Supreme Court cases was not morality versus safeguarded within marriage so every child would grow up with immorality, but states’ rights versus federal power. “It’s up to citi- his father and mother, having strong male and female role models. zens to vote for what marriage is,” he argued. They have no idea of the profound, inspiring purpose for which Of course, popular resistance to same-sex “mar- God created marriage and family in the first place. riage” is in rapid retreat. A cnn poll showed that They can dress up what they’re doing in the language of love, whereas in 2007, 60 percent of Americans were and say it will help “fix” marriage and family. But this bullying, against it, that number has since shrunk to 47 per- freight-train crusade to stretch the definition of marriage is a cent. Soon enough, letting states vote on it will pro- supreme example of a “solution” far worse than the problem. n duce the same result as a Supreme Court shortcut. Only 16 years ago, a liberal, Democrat To understand the biblical answers to why God created the sexes and marriage, request a free copy of president signed a law to ensure the federal Why Marriage—Soon Obsolete? ➤ DOLLAR from page 7 India and South Africa to create a brics bank to fund interna- tional development outside the purveyance of the U.S.-based financial system and the World Bank. 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