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What really caused the Orlando attack America’s real enemy China’s 100-year strategy The Arab Spring—five years later “Germany is the Diabetes: Are you at risk? economic and military heart of Europe. Probably Germany will lead and dominate the coming United States of Europe. But Britain will be no part of it.”

— HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG 1956 COVER Herbert W. Armstrong prophesied 60 years ago that AUGUST 2016 | VOL. 27, NO. 7 | CIRC. 278,357 Britain would not remain united with Europe. (trumpet illustration)

FEATURES 1 FROM THE EDITOR What Really Caused the Orlando Terrorist Attack

2 COVER STORY What’s Next for Britain? The Bible prophesied Brexit. What does this source of advance news say will follow?

5 What’s Next for Europe? Why Europe will emerge stronger than ever

8 America’s Real Enemy The real source of the nation’s problems is being overlooked.

11 Diabetes: Are You at Risk?

12 China’s Hundred-Year Strategy 14 One Man to Rule a Billion

16 Three Men Who Saved Millions

18 INFOGRAPHIC The Arab Spring Five Years On

20 Scientist, Astronomer, Mathematician—and Father of Nations

22 Lessons From a Broken Land

DEPARTMENTS 28 WORLDWATCH

31 SOCIETYWATCH

33 PRINCIPLES OF LIVING Stuff Breaks—Deal With It

34 DISCUSSION BOARD

35 COMMENTARY Orlando Massacre: The Wrong Lesson BREXIT The votes have been counted— Britain is out of the European Union. 36 THE KEY OF DAVID TELEVISION LOG (melissa barreiro/trumpet)

Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Trumpet executive editor Stephen News and analysis A weekly digest Flurry’s weekly television program Flurry’s television program updated daily of important news theTrumpet.com/keyofdavid theTrumpet.com/trumpet_daily theTrumpet.com theTrumpet.com/trumpetweekly FROM THE EDITOR What Really Caused the Orlando Terrorist Attack

n Islamic State-supporting gunman massacred 49 he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out people at a homosexual nightclub in Orlando, Florida, with him” (Revelation 12:7-9). A on June 12. It was the largest mass shooting in modern The book of Revelation puts all prophecy in time sequence. American history and more proof that something very sinis- As I prove in my booklet America Under Attack, 30 years ago, ter and evil is happening in this nation. Satan and the demons tried to overthrow God, and God cast Orlando is the home of Disney World and many other them out of heaven! They are now confined to Earth. attractions synonymous with family fun. It is a children’s What are these evil spirits doing? Satan broadcasts to dream world! But no place in America mankind in attitudes, moods, feelings and emotions (Ephe- is safe today. sians 2:2). Think of his broadcasts as airwaves, like those that The Bible reveals the root cause of transmit radio and television signals. You see evidence of this extreme violence in the United States all the time: Notice how emotionally inflamed some people and throughout the modern-day can become, seemingly for no reason! Satan and the demons nations descended from ancient Israel. have a major influence on human beings. The Prophet Hosea wrote that “blood “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. toucheth blood”: There is hardly a Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is gerald flurry reprieve between mass shootings these come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth days. His warning is for this end time. that he hath but a short time” (Revelation 12:12). Satan and The terrorist, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, was born in America multiple millions of his minions now lurk in the dark places of but identified with foreign terrorist groups. He called 9-1-1 this Earth, working to destroy as many lives as possible before during the attack, pledging loyalty to the Islamic State and prais- Jesus Christ returns to kick Satan off Earth’s throne. Satan’s ing the men behind the Boston Marathon bombing. Mateen’s dominance over mankind is coming to an end very soon, and radical tendencies were well known; the fbi investigated him for he knows it. This fact makes him extremely angry. 10 months beginning in May 2013 for pro-terrorism statements. Satan is the original mass murderer (John 8:44). He swayed Mateen’s father is a supporter of the Taliban—killers of Cain to murder his brother Abel, tainting the first human many American soldiers. Why is this man allowed to raise a family with appalling bloodshed. He has caused man to slay demented child in America? Isaiah prophesied, “Your country his fellow man for the past 6,000 years. is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strang- Man cannot solve the problem of mass murder. Wars and ers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown violence will intensify until we realize our utter incapability by strangers” (Isaiah 1:7). This prophecy is for the United States to bring peace to our families, nations and planet. Christ must today (as we prove in our free book The United States and Britain return to save mankind from himself! (Matthew 24:21-22). in Prophecy.) Is Mateen’s father a “stranger”? His allegiance lies with terrorists, not the country where he now lives and pros- Who Is to Blame? pers. He passed on his radical Islamic ideology to his son. “And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he Islamic State radio station Al-Bayan called Mateen “one of persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child” the soldiers of the caliphate in America.” These terrorists see (Revelation 12:13). When Satan was cast down, he immediately themselves as soldiers, and they sacrifice their lives for an attacked and destroyed God’s Church, pictured here by a evil purpose. They understand that we are at war! America woman (you can read about this in our free book Raising the is under attack, yet Americans don’t seem terribly concerned. Ruins). Then Satan began his assault on the nations of Israel: America, Britain and the Jewish state in the Middle East. War in Heaven This is the unseen reason that America seems paralyzed in Here is a scripture that most people would overlook, but it has the face of radical Islamic terrorism! everything to do with what happened in Orlando: For most of its history, America has experienced a tremen- “And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought dous amount of peace, while so much of the world has been in against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, a constant state of war. Peace has made us naive. Our people And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in don’t realize the danger of handing power over to hostile heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, rivals who don’t value peace nearly as much as we do. called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: ORLANDO PAGE 36 u AUGUST 2016 1 BREXIT

HEADING OUT Supporters of the ‘Leave’ campaign celebrate early referendum returns.

soon-coming resurrected ‘Holy Roman Empire’—a sort of soon-coming ‘United States of Europe’—a union of 10 nations [will] rise up out of or following the Common Market of today (Revelation 17). Britain will not be in that empire soon to come” (emphasis added). WHAT’S NEXT In 1956, even before Britain joined the EU, Herbert Armstrong wrote: “Germany is the economic and military heart of Europe. Probably Germany will lead and dominate the coming FOR BRITAIN? United States of Europe. But Britain The UK’s decision to leave the European Union was prophesied in the will be no part of it!” Bible! What does this source of advance news say will follow? The Trumpet has consistently pro- by richard palmer claimed the same message. “We have … said for many years Britain would not be a part of the final European Union,” wrote Trumpet editor in chief Gerald n the day of the vote, stay. And little wonder. Bookmakers Flurry in 2012. June 23, the pound indicated there was less than a 20 per- Now that Britain has voted out, there sterling reached its cent chance that Britain would vote to is a huge amount of uncertainty. The

strongest level all year. quit the European Union. pound experienced its biggest drop getty The financial markets But one man forecast this outcome since the 1980s. The stock market

images were absolutely con- decades before. Herbert W. Armstrong dropped hundreds of points. Some fident: Britain would wrote in Mystery of the Ages: “[T]he banks saw their share prices fall over 30 O2 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET percent. British Prime Minister David current account deficit is at 7 percent of anti-foreigner hate—are in part Cameron promised to step down by of its gdp—the highest peacetime level responsible for Cox’s death. October. since record-keeping began in 1772. At “For the last few weeks Farage, and his Where is Britain going? What will its the heart of this problem is the simple allies Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, relationship with Europe be? Who will fact that Britain is importing far more has chosen to play the race card,” reads even be running the country in a few than it is exporting. one pro-Remain leaflet. “The Leave months? So much is up in the air. The state of a nation’s society is much campaign’s anti-immigrant rhetoric Amid all this uncertainty, it makes harder to quantify than the state of its has stoked the British public’s fears to sense to turn to the same sources that economy, but here too the situation is the point that we now find ourselves in forecast Britain’s exit. dire. Theodore Dalrymple concisely a country riven by hate. History tells We didn’t know for sure if Britain’s summarized some of the most dis- us that scapegoating those we think exit would come in this vote, but we turbing statistics in an article for the are not like us always has terrible knew it would happen. Equally, we Australian five years ago, in the midst consequences. Jo Cox’s tragic murder cannot forecast exactly what will hap- of England’s worst riots in decades: is possibly only the start.” pen next. But the broad outlines are “British youth lead the Western world Such an accusation against the already clear. in almost all aspects of social pathology, Remain camp is wrong and deeply from teenage pregnancy to drug taking, unfair. But it doesn’t make the divide New Dawn for Britain? any less real. Journalists, politicians “Dare to dream that the dawn is Britain has no leaders and even Church of England clergymen breaking on an independent United that can unite the have all called the Brexit campaign Kingdom,” announced the leader of the racist. UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, nation. Every major Britain has no leadership that can as the votes came in. political party unite the nation. Every major political “Let June the 23rd go down in our party encouraged its voters to stay in history as our Independence Day!” he encouraged its voters the EU. Three quarters of Britain’s said to cheers. to stay in the EU. M.P.s who declared a position on the EU Is this a new birth of freedom for Brit- voted to stay in. ain? At the Trumpet, we have certainly from drunkenness to violent criminal- The referendum also exposed a gen- pointed to the flaws in Britain’s relation- ity. … British children are much likelier erational divide. Seventy-five percent of ship with Europe. We have lamented to have a television in their bedroom voters under the age of 24 voted to stay, the loss of sovereignty to Europe. So is it than a father living at home. One third according to a YouGov poll. sunlit uplands from now on? of them never eat a meal at a table with Meanwhile, both Scotland and Lon- Sadly, no. While the EU has certainly another member of their household— don voted overwhelmingly to stay, only caused problems for Britain, the biggest family is not the word for the social to be overruled by the rest of the coun- wounds are self-inflicted and won’t go arrangements of the people in the areas try. “Scotland has delivered a strong, away even when this divorce is finalized. from which the rioters mainly come” unequivocal vote to remain in the EU, Britain has a huge debt problem. (Aug. 11, 2011). and I welcome that endorsement of our Householders are forecast to borrow These problems are all uncon- European status,” said Scotland’s First at an unprecedented rate this year, nected with the European Union. Minister Nicola Sturgeon—hinting, as higher than at any point since records Many EU nations do not share them, she has in the past, that Scotland will began in 1987, the official for Budget and leaving the EU won’t fix Britain’s try to break away from the UK in order Responsibility warned in March. Total social problems. to stay in the EU. household debt is at $2.17 trillion—an Who can provide a unified vision for average of around $44,000 (£30,000) A House Divided Britain in order to face the uncertainty a person. Among the G-7 group of The EU referendum has left Britain ahead? Who can rally Britain to con- advanced economies, only Canada has more divided than at any point in front its problems? No one. higher debt-to-income ratios. history. Just one week before the vote, “UK historic goal is to stop hostile Last year, Britain’s government Jo Cox, a British member of Parliament power dominating Europe,” wrote vet- borrowed an equivalent of 4.4 percent and mother of two little children, was eran analyst Joseph de Courcy ahead of of its gdp. The only EU nations with killed by a far-right madman. The the vote. “Brexit [would] mean hostile higher borrowing levels are Spain and shooting horrified the nation. EU whose first move will be to procure Greece, both troubled economies that To many Europhiles, the pro-Brexit UK breakup.” The fault lines are many, have required some form of bailout. group that just won the vote is a group and Brexit hasn’t changed that—it’s Britain’s trade is in a dire position. Its of racists, who—in creating a climate made them worse. AUGUST 2016 3 BREXIT

on the EU for its food so sure our forecast for the next few supplies. Britain’s mem- years is correct? bership in the EU’s Com- Our analysis is based on Bible proph- mon Agricultural Policy ecy. Already that prophecy closely means that the nation is matches what we see happening in the no longer self-sufficient world today. in food, and most of the The Bible says of Israel, which shortfall—70 percent of includes Britain, “[T]he whole head is the nation’s imported sick, and the whole heart faint. From food and non-alcoholic the sole of the foot even unto the head drink—comes from there is no soundness in it; but wounds, Europe. and bruises, and putrifying sores …” It is also reliant on (Isaiah 1:5-6). Britain’s problems are Europe for defense. deep and widespread. They cannot be If Britain’s vote becomes a Britain currently has repaired by a simple referendum. no aircraft carriers— The Bible also says that God has rush for the exits, the entire instead, it relies on an taken away “[t]he mighty man, and the EU could fall apart. agreement with France. man of war, the judge, and the prophet, If Argentina once again and the prudent, and the ancient, The took the Falkland captain of fifty, and the honourable Islands, Britain’s mili- man, and the counsellor, and the In Europe We Trust? tary is currently too small to retake it. cunning artificer, and the eloquent How will Europe respond to Brexit? The UK would have to rely on the Anglo- orator,” (Isaiah 3:2-3). It does not have This is perhaps the biggest unknown French defense treaty. With France any leaders who can unify the country of all. Some have argued that European working hard to create some kind of or rally it to solve the nation’s problems. nations earn a great deal of money European defense union, Britain could The Bible says further that Britain trading with Britain. Europe will not soon find itself reliant on a European will put its trust in this European punish Britain, they argue, because it military, even though outside the EU. power, but that its trust will be mis- would be cutting off its nose to spite its This dependency exists largely placed. Whether or not the EU pun- face. because Britain joined the EU in the ishes Britain for the Brexit, we don’t Others say that the EU will react first place. In 1962, when Britain first yet know; it is certainly possible. Either irrationally. They say that Britain’s exit began seeking European membership, way, soon Britain will deeply regret will be like a messy divorce, with bitter Hebert W. Armstrong warned that, “in placing its trust in Europe. recriminations on both sides. Still her economic distress right now, Brit- The Old Testament book of Hosea others point out that there are rational ain is … going to the Common Market, describes how Britain puts its trust in reasons for the EU to lash out at Britain. undoubtedly to be dominated by Ger- other nations instead of God. Mr. Arm- If the UK prospers now, other countries many” (Plain Truth, July 1962). strong cites this passage in his 1962 arti- may do the same. Within just hours He was right. Britain has already cle: “When they shall go, I will spread my of Britain’s referendum vote being heavily invested its trust in Europe. Now, net upon them: I will bring them down ... announced, major political parties in after Brexit, the nation is left simply I will chastise them …. Woe unto them! Italy, France and the Netherlands called hoping that this trust is not misplaced. for they have fled from me,” says God to for their own referenda. If Britain’s vote Britain today (Hosea 7:12-13). becomes a rush for the exits, the entire The Source of These Forecasts The Bible gives much detail about EU could fall apart. How was Mr. Armstrong able to pre- what is coming to Britain. With the This question will be played out in dict Britain’s EU exit—right from the Brexit vote, we see those prophecies tough negotiations that will probably moment it joined? Why is the Trumpet being fulfilled in a dramatic way. n take place over the next two years. daniel

Again, no one can detail exactly how sorabji these will play out, but we can point out You need to understand what else the Bible says about / some fundamental trends and how they Britain’s near future. The same prophecies also contain afp / align with Bible prophecy. vital warnings to America. To understand those prophe- getty Britain is reliant on the EU. Nearly cies, request our free book by Herbert W. Armstrong

images half of all its exports go to the EU. On a The United States and Britain in Prophecy. more fundamental level, Britain relies 4 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET EMERGENCY MEETING Members of the French The European Council president put it government attend a cabinet meeting after slightly differently in the immediate Britain voted to leave the EU. aftermath of the vote: “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.” The Brexit crisis could be transfor- mational for Europe.

Everyone Hates Europe It is not just Britain that is disappointed with the EU. A Pew poll published in June found that only 27 percent of Greeks view the EU favorably, com- pared with 71 percent who see it unfa- vorably. The French dislike the EU even more than the Brits do, with 61 percent unfavorable. Even in Germany, the EU has at best lukewarm support, with 50 percent viewing it favorably, compared to 48 percent seeing it unfavorably. Anti-EU parties are making waves far beyond Britain. In Austria, a fringe- right Euroskeptic party came close to winning the presidency. In Italy, the antiestablishment Five Star Movement won mayoral positions in Rome and … AND WHAT’S NEXT Turin. In Rome, the party tripled its support from just three years ago. Brexit is a wake-up call to Europe’s leaders. They need to transform the FOR EUROPE? union from the ponderous unpopular bureaucratic machine, or they’ll be The time ahead will be tumultuous—but here is why faced with Spexit, Frexit and Departugal. Europe will emerge stronger than ever. Some in Europe are preparing for by richard palmer others to leave. Schäuble has called for Europe to change course to a core Europe. Former Vice President of the EU Commission Viviane Reding said, hen German nothing much happened in the weeks “We need a ‘core Europe,’ this must be Finance Min- and months immediately after. imposed quickly” (June 19). ister Wolfgang But Brexit didn’t happen in isola- Europe’s six founding members held S c h ä u b l e w a s tion. Europe is reeling from the euro a crisis meeting the day after the Brexit asked in March crisis, the migrant crisis and renewed result was announced. In that response w h at G e r m a ny terrorist attacks. Euroskeptic parties and its need for a quick decision, we Wwould do in the event of a Brexit, he are rising to unprecedented heights in can already see the direction the EU said, “We would cry.” France, the Netherlands, Spain, Greece, is heading: a smaller, leaner, quicker In the wake of Britain’s vote, there is Portugal, Denmark, Finland, Sweden union with more punch. a real sense of crisis in Europe. and even Germany. In that environment, Part of the reason for the EU’s unpop- images

If the vote happened in isolation, it the EU just received what some believe ularity is that it is stuck halfway toward would probably have been a bit of an is a knockout blow in the form of Brexit. a superstate. It is powerful enough getty / anticlimax. Britain wakes up to Brexit Europe’s crises just got much worse. to cause problems but not powerful afp / on June 24, but then doesn’t actually But as one of Europe’s founding fathers, enough to solve them. Europe’s open leave the European Union until 2018 Jean Monnet, put it, “Europe will be borders spread the migrant crisis across naegelen or 2019. The sense of radical change forged in crises, and will be the sum of the Continent, for example, but the EU

jacky on June 24 would quickly dissipate, as the solutions adopted for those crises.” lacks any common border control. AUGUST 2016 5 BREXIT

The EU is left with 27 nations European defense in the coming identity and will have moved forward, without Britain. It has five different months,” afp reported a French govern- deepening in key areas like monetary presidents. the European Council, the ment source saying. It wrote that “heavy- union and defense.” Council of the European Union and the weights France and Germany—both Council of Europe are three different founding members of the bloc—will find The Rise of a German Europe governing bodies. The governance of themselves under pressure to defend Just days ahead of the Brexit vote, the EU is a mess. what’s left of their vision for Europe.” Andrew Peek at the New York Daily The euro crisis and the migrant crisis “They may be forced to only pursue News expressed his fervent hope that have increased the pressure on Europe issues such as security, as enthusiasm Britain would stay. “Britons would to act. In response, it has taken some for the bloc has eroded due to a morose certainly be justified in junking the major steps toward a fiscal union. It has economic outlook and as populist rhet- also sped up plans for a European border oric gains ground,” it continued. “Taking Britain’s guard, aiming to have it operational by French Economy Minister Emmanuel the end of summer—instead of around Macron told Le Monde that “to avoid voice out of the 2030 as previously planned. These are contagion from Brexit” the EU must EU will make its major changes, but they don’t solve the launch “a positive project for Europe.” lumbering bureaucracy at the heart of Many see a European defense union members countries the European project that makes every being just such a project. more likely to follow response to a crisis tortuous. Germany, wherever Now the pressure is on to act. A Chance to Move Forward One area where Europe could move Brexit will also remove one of the big- it leads.” the quickest is defense. France has gest obstacles to EU integration: Britain. ANDREW PEEK been pushing for unity on this issue Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Alliance since the November 2015 terrorist of Liberals and Democrats for Europe whole thing when they go to the polls on attacks. Germany is also keen for and former prime minister of Belgium, Thursday,” he wrote. “But it is better for greater pan-European defense, but expressed exactly this hope in an Americans, 3,000 glorious miles away, talk on this was delayed until after the interview with the EU Observer on June if they stay. The reason is Germany. Brexit vote. The turmoil in the wake of 3. “The whole discussion and referen- “The basic problem of Germany hasn’t dum around British membership is an changed in nearly a century-and-a-half Some say that ‘to opportunity,” he said. “Why? Because if since its unification in 1870. With it is a ‘No,’ we need to start negotiations.” the highest population and largest avoid contagion Summarizing his comments, the EU economy on the Continent, Germany from Brexit,’ the Observer wrote, “No matter what the naturally dominates Europe” (June 20). result of the British referendum on “It has historically tacked between EU must launch ‘a 23 June, it will lead to changes in the Russia and the West, playing one off positive project.’ European architecture.” against the other, creating turmoil and Many see a defense German EU Commissioner Günther insecurity among its smaller neigh- Oettinger also believes the EU will bors,” Peek warned. union being just such advance after a Brexit. “[M]y expecta- “Taking Britain’s voice out of the EU a project. tion would be that the European project will make its members countries more would gather new dynamics,” he told likely to follow Germany, wherever it Brexit may delay it a little further, but Politico. The EU may have to wait until leads,” he wrote. Europe will not put off the discussion the next series of elections are finished Brexit puts Germany in a dangerous much longer. in 2017, but then “I believe we will gather position. On the one hand, Europe Ahead of the Brexit vote, Agence more power and strength,” he said. has just lost a major power with some France-Presse wrote that there is The Telegraph reported that anony- ability to keep Germany in check. Ger- disagreement within Germany and mous European bureaucrats had made many’s power and influence in Europe Europe on how to react to a British similar statements. They wrote about has increased. exit. “Consequently, several sources “senior sources” who are “insisting that But in a sense, Germany also lost an believe that the EU partners would turn the union will emerge stronger than ally. Germany may have a lot of power, their attention to issues where there is before if its most reluctant member in terms of realpolitik, but many EU greater consensus, such as security and does choose to withdraw ….” decisions are made by votes. Britain defense,” it wrote (June 21). The Telegraph quoted one source held a similar economic view of the “We are going to talk a lot about as saying, “The EU will have found an EU as Germany. With Britain gone, 6 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET Germany is now more likely to be out- EARLY FORECAST Herbert W. Armstrong voted and could have economic policies warned of Europe’s rise for decades. imposed upon it that run against its fundamental interests. Germany will be forced to consolidate its power within Europe to prevent that happening. George Friedman warned in his book Flashpoints that other European nations would try to get their hands on Germany’s wealth. Brexit could acceler- ate that. “Germany will have a choice of accepting the punishment or using its vast resources to transform wealth into power,” wrote Friedman. “Germany will face stark choices, and increasing its strength in all dimen- sions will become more bearable than the alternatives,” he wrote. “Germany In 1948, Herbert W Armstrong wrote about will therefore become a full-fledged the unification of “10 nations in Europe”: power, first flexing its political muscles and in time its military ones “It will be a ‘United States of Europe,’ but that as pressures develop.” Germany will probably will never become its official name.” be forced to push the EU away from decisions made by votes, and ensure that power is more directly controlled by Germany. This shrinking of the EU, or the November-December 1954 Plain Truth. To Trumpet readers, this post-Brexit formation of a new 10-nation European He also wrote that the common Europe will sound very familiar. This is body, certainly implies the EU has a market would become a military exactly what we have been forecasting, tumultuous time ahead of it. Going from power. “The nations of Europe have based on Bible prophecy, for decades. 27 nations to 10 may not be easy. During been striving to become reunited,” he the euro crisis, in 2011 Trumpet editor in wrote in the January 1979 Plain Truth. A Post-Brexit Superpower chief Gerald Flurry warned that nations “They desire a common currency, a In 1948, when the dust was still settling would leave the eurozone and maybe the single combined military force, a single from World War ii, Herbert W Arm- EU. “When that happens, the pundits united government. They have made a strong wrote about the unification of will say European unification is dead, start in the Common Market.” “10 nations in Europe.” that the European Union has failed,” he Mr. Armstrong also forecast Germa- “It will be a ‘United States of wrote. “Don’t listen to them!” ny’s dominance. “This will be the heart Europe,’ but that probably will never The Bible also forecasts the arrival and core of the united Europe,” he wrote become its official name,” he wrote. of a stronger leader in Europe—some- (Plain Truth, June 1952). “Leading statesmen in both America thing the EU sorely lacks. The union Remarkably, Britain’s vote for an and Britain are actively advocating the will require a “confidence-inspiring EU exit could dramatically hasten idea of a United States of Europe” (Plain leader,” Mr. Armstrong wrote in the every single one of these trends. n Truth, December 1948). He continued to warn about this as European nations came together in the Coal and Steal Community and the You need to understand common market. Bible prophecy is clear that this where Europe is headed. power will be made up of 10 nations Especially now that its progress in that direction is or groups of nations. The EU, minus speeding up. Our free booklet He Was Right demon- Britain, has 27. The Trumpet and Plain strates Herbert W. Armstrong’s dramatic accuracy in Truth have said for decades that this global forecasts, as well as teaches you what the Bible number will shrink. Could that happen says will happen in modern Europe.

trumpet in the wake of Brexit? AUGUST 2016 7 America’s REAL Enemy melissa

Politics in America today is full of people barreiro pointing fingers and casting blame. /

But the real source of the nation’s problems trumpet is being overlooked. by gerald flurry

8 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET eptember 11 is a knew straightaway that it was an al Could there be a more deadly plan date that borders Qaeda-linked attack, administration against America? And it is coming on sacred to most officials, including then Secretary of from within! Something has gone A m e r i c a n s . T h e State Hillary Clinton, downplayed it as profoundly and horrendously wrong. day in 2001 when a spontaneous demonstration against It’s all about the death of our Islamic terrorists an anti-Muslim YouTube video. Rather nation! (Ezekiel 33:11). murdered nearly than countering the murderous A pall of the blackest kind of evil 3,000 people on American soil per- terrorist attack, they directed their is hanging over this land. It is about Smanently changed the nation. It is loudest condemnation at the video for to bring a measure of suffering seared in our minds. its religious intolerance! They went worse than anything this world has Eleven years later on that day in to tremendous lengths pretending ever experienced! 2012, as Americans were honoring this “inflammatory” video was to those victims, Egyptians attacked blame—even farcically arresting the Amassing Power the American Embassy in Cairo. They filmmaker—while doing nothing to This president has not been weak on ripped the American flag to shreds bring those terrorists to justice! everything. Far from it. At the same and hoisted a black Islamist flag. Investigations have since made time the Obama administration The same day, terrorists attacked abundantly plain just how numerous has undermined America’s power the United States Consulate in and blatant the administration’s abroad, it has amassed power within Benghazi, Libya. They murdered four lies about what happened that night the nation in the federal government, Americans, including the ambassa- really were. Never has a president especially in the presidency itself. dor to Libya, Christopher Stevens. and his staff been so brazen and This may seem contradictory, but in The Benghazi attack in particular deliberate in using deceit! fact it is another side of the same story. was horrific and deeply shameful for To this day, nothing has been done In case after case, this administra- a number of reasons. Less than a year about those Libyan terrorists who tion has taken more power for itself before, the U.S. had provided the mili- killed America’s ambassador and and increased its control over the tary power to overthrow Libya’s dicta- three others on the most painful American people. President Obama tor, Muammar Qadhafi. Ambassador date possible! This is a massive insult modified and ignored a number of Stevens was personally involved. He to our country and our dead. But it provisions of the Affordable Care risked his life to help ensure the Lib- doesn’t infuriate our people the way Act with barely a pretense of legality. yans would have a more democratic it should. He launched a military campaign government. Because of his efforts to America’s pathetic response to in Libya without congressional promote democracy, Stevens became the Benghazi attack was far more approval. He evaded the constitu- the target of a terrorist group affili- dangerous than it was insult- tional requirement that the Senate ated with al Qaeda. He knew about it ing—because it showed the entire confirm high-level government and told Washington that his life was world how weak this nation has officials by appointing “czars.” He under threat. The last day of his life, become. It was a spectacle of asserted the right to kill American he was pleading with the American American weakness. It did a lot citizens without due process if a government to send more help to pro- to inflame the disrespect, disgust “high-level official” says they pose an tect him. There is evidence that the and contempt that our enemies are imminent threat to the nation. consulate staff was appealing for help showing with growing brashness. Examples of this trend abound. while shots were being fired—and Should it surprise us to see Amer- Here is a short list: President Obama help was denied. ica under such attack today—when deciding to ignore laws he does not Why didn’t the U.S. fulfill that the nation’s own president won’t like, choosing not to deport illegal request? Why not send help to a man even defend it? The Obama admin- immigrants who would have been so dedicated, so willing to risk his istration’s response to Benghazi was allowed to stay in the country if Con- life for his country? That is a mad- consistent with how the president gress had passed the “Dream Act”; dening question. has repeatedly apologized on behalf the Federal Bureau of Investigation Sadly, however, it was only the first of America and acted like our ene- admitting it uses surveillance drones of several aspects of the Benghazi mies’ hatred is justified. In his view, over U.S. soil; the powerful Internal attack and its aftermath that should America is the cause of the world’s Revenue Service targeting the presi- be a source of dismay and sadness grievances and ills. The United States dent’s enemies, mostly conservative for every American, and for anyone is the real problem. and pro-Israel groups, to suppress concerned for America. How could a U.S. president their political involvement before First, the administration of Pres- undermine America’s interests so the presidential election; the Justice ident Barack Obama immediately completely? How could he be so Department secretly seizing the implemented an aggressive strategy sympathetic to his country’s ene- records of more than 20 Associated to cover up and deflect blame for mies—and so casual about defending Press phone lines in what was called what had happened. Though they his country’s honor and welfare? a “massive and unprecedented AUGUST 2016 9 intrusion”—while the attorney general forced to do so. However, the nsa says terrorists is this program catching? claimed to know nothing about it; the there is no cause for concern: An agency Some analysts say jihadists tend to use National Security Agency (nsa) conduct- spokeswoman said that “[i]ts operations online resources that popular search ing illegal, covert surveillance programs will be lawfully conducted in accor- engines don’t even see. That means in violation of the Fourth Amendment, dance with U.S. laws and policies.” Does these surveillance tools are basi- keeping phone and Internet records that reassure you? Has this administra- cally only good for gathering data of millions of Americans with the full tion done anything to suggest that it is on law-keeping citizens. cooperation of nine major Internet com- careful to follow the law? William Binney, a 32-year veteran panies. Such revelations have surfaced When a ceremony was held in May of the nsa turned whistle-blower, was repeatedly throughout this presidency. 2013 to celebrate completion of the asked where the surveillance data was Before President Obama was Utah data center’s exterior, it was heading. He said: “It’s really a turn- reelected, Franklin Graham, the son of “closed to the public—an exclusive, invi- key situation, where it can be turned the famous preacher Billy Graham, said tation-only gathering that barred even quickly and become a totalitarian Could there be a more deadly plan against America? And it is coming from within! Something has gone profoundly and horrendously wrong.

two of his ministries were targeted by the mayor of Bluffdale,” the Associated state pretty quickly. The capacities the irs. He believed a newspaper ad Press reported. “The nsa also rejected a to do that is being set up” (emphasis they ran supporting an amendment request by city officials to take a group mine throughout). That is a chilling against same-sex “marriage” triggered of visiting Utah mayors on a bus tour of statement—it gets to the heart of the an audit jeopardizing their tax-exempt the outside of the facility. The agency issue! Look at the potential power the status. The process took more than said all tours—even of the exterior— government already has. twice as long as usual, and it wasn’t fin- are prohibited” (June 13, 2013). What kind of a mind-set is behind ished until just after President Obama Why all the secrecy? Washington the nsa secret data warehouse in was reelected. Many other conservative claimed it needs all this information Utah? This nsa veteran says “it can be groups told similar stories. This indi- for America’s war against terrorism. It turned quickly and become a totali- cates an unprecedented amount of was expanding the nsa’s powers expo- tarian state pretty quickly”! political meddling! This administra- nentially, using the war on terrorism as Are we afraid to even ponder what tion blatantly manipulated the political the rationale. Yet at the same time, the the radical left’s agenda really is? process, and the nation is too weak to president gave a speech telling Ameri- Fox News’s Bob Beckel, a Democrat, do anything about it! cans that there is no war on terrorism. said the nsa data mining “is strikingly If you aren’t paying attention to this “This war, like all wars, must end,” he close to authoritarian rule that has no trend, you should be. Many people are said. America shouldn’t be on “a per- place in this country and no place cer- trying to pretend there is no real prob- petual wartime footing.” He claimed tainly under our Constitution.” Herbert lem, and that those who are concerned that the war is winding down, thanks to Meyer served as an intelligence specialist are overreacting. But this should deeply several victories by his administration. in the Reagan administration, as special trouble every American! There is an If this is all true, what does the govern- assistant to the cia director and vice unparalleled spirit of lawlessness ment need that Utah facility for? chairman on the National Intelligence here—and it is leading to an outcome Despite all the data the government Council. This man compared the actions far worse than most people realize. is collecting, it did not stop the Boston of this administration to what the Nazis Marathon bombers in 2013. It didn’t did under Adolf Hitler. (He didn’t say Data Collection stop an Islamist from killing four these officials are like the Nazis, but In June 2013, we learned that the nsa Marines at two military installations that they are going about their plan the has a secret data warehouse in Utah, a in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 2015. It same way the Nazis did.) Even the Ger- “billion-dollar epicenter” where it can didn’t stop two Muslims from killing mans have severely criticized President store massive amounts of information. 14 people in San Bernardino that Obama for his nsa program! Some critics Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, Facebook, year. It didn’t stop a man who pledged say he’s acting like the Gestapo. YouTube, aol, Skype, PalTalk and allegiance to the Islamic State from The nsa is amassing enormous power. Apple were caught handing over to the killing 49 people in Orlando, Florida, If it ignores the laws of the land, it can government all kinds of information in June. The “underwear bomber” get practically anything it wants. about Americans—including phone wasn’t stopped in 2009 by the surveil- Imagine what a tyrannical govern- records, e-mails and other digital com- lance program, but by a tip from the ment could do with all that information. munications—and claimed they were would-be bomber’s parents. How many AMERICA’S REAL ENEMY PAGE 25 u 10 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET will die from it an estimated 12 to 14 years prematurely. Other repercussions include nerve damage, blindness, kidney failure, infections leading to amputations, and medical costs two to five times higher than those of the average person (International Journal of Health Sciences). The steady rise in diabetes is to a large degree a manifes- tation of our flawed, modern society. Fueled by rapid urban- ization, unhealthy foods and increasingly sedentary lifestyles, the rise in diabetes has closely paralleled that of obesity, as almost 90 percent of people with type 2 diabetes are over- weight or obese. Some refer to this overlap as “diabesity” (U.S. National Library of Medicine). Still, science fiddles while Rome burns, seeking the unlikely prospect of a cure via the pharmaceutical pipeline or a discov- Are You at Risk? ery that puts the blame squarely on genetics. Yet the “miracle cure” to diabetes might be as simple as changing your lifestyle. Hundreds of millions are. Here’s how to escape the danger. by jorg mardian Effective Diabetes Lifestyle Tips Studies show that exercise may be one of the most powerful iabetes is now one of the top 10 killers in the ways to control diabetes. It increases the number of insulin world. According to the World Health Organization receptors in muscle and the sensitivity of the body to insu- D (who), it ranked number eight in 2012, killing 3.7 lin, which releases the pancreas of the burden of constant million people each year. Since 1980, new cases of diabetes insulin production. Exercise also results in the release of have nearly quadrupled worldwide, rising to a staggering 422 neurotransmitters and appetite-suppressing hormones that million people annually. help forestall overeating (GreenMedInfo.com). Once considered a disease of affluence, diabetes has now Nutritionally, you should eliminate all refined grains, sug- spread to every corner of the globe. Two thirds of cases occur ars and processed foods, especially those made with fructose in low-to-middle-income countries. The who said in its first and high fructose corn syrup. Global Diabetes report that the crushing $827 billion annual Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, advo- cost of the disease is a burden to the economies of all nations. cates building your diet around real foods: fruits and vegeta- bles supported by lean protein and a smaller consumption of What Is Diabetes? whole grain carbohydrates. Diabetes occurs in three main forms. In type 1 diabetes, the This approach also stays clear of chemicals and genetically pancreas stops producing the hormone insulin and, as a result, modified organisms, focusing on organic and sustainable sugar builds up in the blood instead of being used as energy. principles of food. This form has no known cure. In type 2 diabetes, the body uses insulin ineffectively. This is the most common form. The third What Can You Do? form, gestational diabetes, is a temporary condition in women Scientists have proved that even small amounts of weight who have high blood glucose (sugar) levels during pregnancy. loss (10 pounds or more) can reduce your blood sugar levels The mechanisms of the disease are intricate. According to toward a healthy range and reduce the risk of diabetic com- Dr. Robert Lustig, professor of pediatrics at the University of plications. But further, you can actually reverse diabetes or California, San Francisco, the way your body stores fat is a come off medications altogether, according to Ann Albright, carefully regulated process controlled primarily by the hor- Ph.D., director of diabetes translation at the Centers for Dis- mone leptin. If you gain excess weight, the additional body fat ease Control and Prevention. produces extra leptin that sends satiation signals to the brain, In one study, people with type 2 diabetes exercised about causing us to stop feeling hungry. three hours a week and limited their calories to between But if you consume a diet heavy in sugar and processed 1,200 and 1,800 a day. Within a year, about 10 percent foods, your body no longer hears the messages telling it to stop improved to where their blood sugar level was no longer in the eating and to burn fat. This is because the continued onslaught diabetes range, and 15 to 20 percent were able to stop taking produces abnormally high blood sugar levels with repeated their diabetes medications altogether (WebMD.com). surges in insulin. This in turn causes cells to become insulin All of this information adds up to great news: You don’t resistant. In short, there is a metabolic miscommunication have to be a part of the diabetes epidemic. But remember, in the body when leptin and insulin levels are continually your lifestyle will make or break you if you are a diabetic or disrupted, eventually leading to type 2 diabetes (Mercola.com). prediabetic. Be mindful of your diet; resist temptation and stick to whole, unprocessed foods; and get your body moving illustration

Grave Health Implications to avoid becoming a statistic. Keep the door open to a healthy, Those with type 2 diabetes are two to four times more likely abundant life. n trumpet to develop cardiovascular disease, and 80 percent of these Jorg Mardian is a registered holistic nutritionist. AUGUST 2016 11 China’s Hundred-Year Strategy Beijing has a documented plan to be the premier global superpower by 2049. It’s over halfway there. by andrew miiller

mericans think in four-year China during the Chinese Communist Strategic Lessons From History election cycles. Chinese leaders Revolution. Colonel Liu is now a scholar at China’s A think in terms of centuries. Just Achieving the China Dream has National Defense University, an institu- leaf through the glossy, cream-colored, become a trademark slogan of Xi’s tion that trains future generals for the gold-flecked pages of The Governance administration since he first publicly People’s Liberation Army. His strategy of China. This anthology of political uttered the phrase in a November 2012 for supplanting the United States as theories by Chinese President Xi speech. When Xi refers to the China the global superpower calls on Chinese Jinping is considered almost sacred Dream, however, he isn’t making empty leaders to learn from history—particu- scripture in Beijing. political promises like so many West- larly from the history of America’s rise Across 18 chapters about leading the erners assume. He is actually making to superpower status in the 19th cen- most populous nation on the planet, Xi a subtle reference to a geopolitical tury, and from the Soviet Union’s failure outlines his utopian vision for the Chi- strategy. Nationalist hawks in the Chi- to replace America in the 20th century. nese people. In the world he describes, nese military have been pushing this Liu writes that China should strive to the Chinese are heirs to an ancient strategy since the days of Chairman avoid directly antagonizing the United and unique civilization entitled to a Mao Zedong. States too soon as the Soviet Union did privileged position among nations. In In a book actually titled The China in the Cold War. Rather, he advises that this world, China is an economic, cul- Dream, People’s Liberation Army (pla) China influence U.S. foreign policy in tural and military superpower, while Col. Liu Mingfu outlines a strategy such a way as to ensure that Washing- the United States is no longer a major for China to surpass and replace the ton behaves like Great Britain in the geopolitical power. United States as the world’s premier early 20th century. What happened to If the Chinese people dutifully follow superpower. This book is a bestseller Britain in the 20th century? It declined the program their paramount leader in China. Only parts of it have been and gave way to the U.S. reese has laid out in The Governance of China, translated into English. “The competition between China and zoellner Xi promises they can achieve what he This book is where American defense the United States will not take the form /

terms the China Dream by the year policy adviser Michael Pillsbury first of a world war or a cold war,” Liu writes trumpet 2049—exactly one century after the came across a specific written refer- in his book. “It will not be like a ‘shoot- founding of the People’s Republic of ence to the “Hundred-Year Marathon.” ing duel’ or a ‘boxing match’ but more 12 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET like a ‘track and field’ competition. It strategic lessons from China’s Warring By 2049, the Chinese economy is will be like a protracted ‘marathon.’” States Period—an era between 475 projected to be much larger than the Like many other Chinese nationalists, and 221 b.c. when eight states warred U.S. economy—perhaps double or triple Liu foretells that China’s Hundred-Year against each other until they were con- the size, according to some estimates. Marathon will be a struggle for suprem- quered by the Qin dynasty. Many of the At that point, it will be easy to bring the acy over economics, trade, currency, proverbs used in modern-day Chinese Chinese military into compliance with resources and geopolitical alignments. foreign policy originated during these the ancient Rites of Zhou by making it Like President Xi, Colonel Liu esti- struggles between states. four times larger than America’s armed mates that it will take about a century Perhaps the most famous proverb forces. Until then, China’s policy is to for China to surpass America as the from this period is: Never ask the weight induce the old American emperor to sit global superpower. He allots 30 years of the emperor’s cauldrons. back and enjoy the delicacies provided for China to match the U.S.’s gross Ancient Chinese legend says the to him by his “loyal” Chinese allies! domestic product, 30 years to match Kingdom of Chu was rising while the its military strength, and 30 years to Kingdom of Zhou was declining. The Wielding the Assassin’s Mace equal its per capita gdp. Unlike Xi, Liu leader of Chu knew that the Zhou One ancient Chinese legend describes a obviously considers this 100-year plan dynasty had nine cauldrons symbol- warrior who confronts a powerful enemy to have begun at some point after the izing its authority. These cauldrons who is said to be stronger than the stron- 1949 Communist Revolution. would be removed when the emperor of gest giant. Yet the warrior prevailed In fact, Colonel Liu is something Zhou lost the “Mandate of Heaven.” So, using a secret weapon: a shashoujian. of a latecomer to the idea of the Hun- while the leader of Chu was reviewing This term combines three Chinese words meaning hand, mace and kill. The assassin’s mace that this warrior “THE COMPETITION BETWEEN CHINA AND used looked like any other mace, but it the United States will not be like a had the power to knock out any enemy with a single blow. In military histories, ‘shooting duel’ or a ‘boxing match’ but the term shashoujian has been refer- more like a ‘track and field’ competition. enced in Chinese texts since the War- ring States Period. An “assassin’s mace” It will be like a protracted ‘marathon.’” is any military strategy that allows a —PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY COL. LIU MINGFU warrior to defeat a powerful foe using unconventional means. dred-Year Marathon. Chinese author his troops along with an ambassador In his book The Hundred-Year Mara- Zhao Tingyang published an essay in from the declining Zhou dynasty, he thon: China’s Secret Strategy to Replace 2005 that is swiftly gaining mainstream couldn’t help but ask about the size America as the Global Superpower, Pills- acceptance in China. This essay, “The of the Zhou emperor’s cauldrons. The bury recounts how he first came across All-Under-Heaven System,” calls for the ambassador from Zhou then scolded the term “assassin’s mace.” He read an establishment of Tianxia—a Chinese-led the leader of Chu for his impertinence. article by three of China’s preeminent empire that “values order over freedom, By asking the weight of the Zhou military strategists that discussed new ethics over law, and elite governance emperor’s cauldrons, he inadvertently technologies that might contribute to over democracy and human rights.” revealed his true intention to challenge defeating America without arousing In a July 2012 interview with Michael him—before the time was right for the the same level of suspicion that a Sovi- Pillsbury, Zhao explained that the “Mandate of Heaven” to be moved. et-style arms race would. ancient Rites of Zhou mandated that a The lesson, in short: Don’t let your The article called for the development Chinese emperor have a 4-to-1 military enemy know you’re his enemy until it’s of tactical laser weapons to be used in superiority over his rivals to ensure too late for him to stop you. antiship missile defense systems, elec- his ability to enforce the All-Under- During the Warring States Period, tromagnetic pulse weapons, radar-jam- Heaven System. successful Chinese kingdoms often ming technology and cyber weapons. Therefore, Chinese nationalists like conquered rivals by inducing them Maj. Gen. Li Zhiyun, the director Xi, Liu and Zhao admit that, in order to into complacency. In some cases, rising of foreign military studies at China’s protect its growing economic empire, challengers even duped the old emperor National Defense University, published Beijing will eventually need a military into unwittingly assisting their rise. an anthology of the works of 64 Chi- force more powerful than any other! Based on this wisdom, the committee nese military authors. The anthology of generals has advised that the Chinese details a long list of U.S. military Weighing the Emperor’s Cauldrons government should not challenge the U.S. weaknesses vulnerable to exploitation A committee of 21 Chinese generals has by matching its military strength plane by “assassin’s mace” technologies. The sponsored the publication of a nine- for plane, ship for ship. They advise most prominent weaknesses listed are book series titled Strategic Lessons From China to hide its full strength until the America’s overreliance on high-tech China’s Ancient Past. This series draws “Mandate of Heaven” is officially moved. computer systems, satellite technology AUGUST 2016 13 and long maritime supply lines for status with America. only account for 7 percent of the global ammunition, fuel and other resources Xi Jinping and the nationalist gener- economy by 2050, while “developing for waging war. als of China well remember the admoni- Asia” will account for 49 percent. The pla is currently developing tion of the ancient Chinese philosopher To reverse this trend toward Euro- high-tech computer viruses, building Confucius: “There cannot be two suns in pean decline, corporatist technocrats antisatellite missiles, and militarizing the sky, nor two emperors on the Earth.” are pushing for the merger of U.S. the world’s most important maritime The clock ticks toward Chinese and EU economies. A Transatlantic choke points. China’s generals are preparing to use the assassin’s mace to strike America in its Achilles’ heel CHINA’S PRESIDENT AND GENERALS should Washington ever wake up to well remember Confucius’s admonition: China’s true intentions. “There cannot be two suns in the sky, Anticipating Europe’s Response nor two emperors on the Earth.” Most American foreign-policy experts seem to think that nationalist generals global domination in 2049. While U.S. Trade and Investment Partnership are a fringe element in Chinese politics leaders seem willingly blind to this (ttip), currently being negotiated in that should not be taken too seriously. fact, there is a cabal of technocrats in secret by American bureaucrats and Even if this had been true under the Europe that is aware that time is run- European technocrats, would create leadership of Hu Jintao, it certainly is ning out. Since Adolf Hitler’s defeat at an “economic nato” with a combined no longer. President Xi is closely con- the end of the Second World War, this economy valued at around $35 tril- nected to the hawks in the pla and has cabal has worked to unify the European lion. Such a transatlantic economic even borrowed their slogan, fuxing zhi continent into a corporatist superstate alliance would have the economic and lu—meaning “road to renewal.” capable of rivaling the U.S. and China geopolitical might to rival the Chinese For eight years, the United States on the world scene. empire. has been governed by a president who The geopolitical architects behind Yet this path to geopolitical power considers Anglo-American imperial- the European Union are waking up comes at a dear price. In addition to ism the world’s greatest evil. While to the fact that even a pan-Euro- establishing a free-trade area, the President Barack Obama may like to pean superstate won’t have enough ttip would harmonize U.S. and EU see China assume a seat at the table in a economic power to thwart China’s regulations governing industrial multipolar world, the leaders of China Hundred-Year Plan. A Citigroup report standards, labor laws and intellectual have no interest in sharing superpower forecast that Western Europe will property rights. To enforce these

One Man to Rule a Billion

ifty years ago, Chinese dictator Mao Zedong Disturbing reports out of Beijing, however, indicate that unleashed his Red Guards against members of his own the Communist Party is abandoning this collective leadership F Chinese Communist Party accused of having capitalist model. President Xi Jinping has consolidated more power sympathies. This paramilitary group of Chinese youth than any Chinese leader since Mao. He has assumed seven carried out mass killings in Beijing and other major Chinese top government positions. He is the general secretary of the cities in the name of Mao Zedong and Communist orthodoxy. Communist Party, the president of the People’s Republic of In the southern region of Guangxi, these violent pogroms China, the chairman of the Central Military Commission, the escalated to the point of cannibalism—with teenagers killing chairman of the Central National Security Commission, the their school principals and eating them in celebration of their head of the Joint Operations Command Center, the leader of triumph over “counter-revolutionaries.” the Central Leading Group for Military Reform, the leader of While there is no official count of the number of people the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening murdered during these purges, historians estimate that Reforms, and the leader of the Central Leading Group for millions—even 30 million or more—may have perished in the Internet Security and Informatization. decade-long Cultural Revolution that began in May 1966. At least seven provincial-level party bosses have publicly The bloodbath of the Cultural Revolution was so horrific proclaimed Xi as the “core leader” of China. This title hasn’t that Chinese leaders amended the country’s Constitution in been used in China since the retirement of Deng Xiaoping in 1982 to prohibit one-man rule after Mao’s death. Instead of 1989, and it is widely seen as a sign indicating a Maoist-style being governed by the whims of the chairman of the Com- cult of personality. munist Party, the government is now allegedly run by the While ultimate power in China still rests with the Standing collective will of the Standing Committee of the Politburo—a Committee of the Politburo, Xi has reduced the number of group composed of five to nine top Communist officials. people on this committee from nine to seven and has used 14 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET regulations, the European Commis- Anglo-America, God will send foreign General Staff uses a different military sion is insisting on an Investor-State enemies to punish America and Britain! strategy: blitzkrieg! Dispute Settlement Mechanism. Such The Bible describes a time of “great With the Anglo-American people a mechanism would bypass domestic tribulation” for the Anglo-American peo- enslaved and the vast economic courts and override the will of national ple in astonishing detail. Neither Amer- resources of North America at its legislatures. It would subject the U.S. to ica nor Britain will willingly surrender disposal, the German empire will the same type of authoritarian, techno- sovereignty to the cabal of technocratic still only have a short window of time cratic regulations that member states corporatists who run the EU. Instead, as to stop Asia’s rise. The Apostle John of the European Union endure! the Prophet Isaiah forecast over 2,700 prophesies in the book of Revelation years ago, a German-led European super- that this German-led, Catholic empire The Real ‘Mandate of Heaven’ state will betray America and Britain by will launch a preemptive military Most politicians would scoff at the forming a short-lived economic alliance strike against the kings of Asia. Just idea that there is a God in heaven who with the nations of Asia, including China, like Kaiser Wilhelm ii launched a pre- gives power unto kings. Yet it is true. Russia and Japan. This anti-American emptive strike designed to halt Russia’s “[T]he most High ruleth in the kingdom alliance will literally besiege the United ascension to superpower status during of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he States and Britain—economically freez- World War i, this German empire will will, and setteth up over it the basest ing them out of world trade. strike out in a desperate attempt to of men. … Behold, the nations are as a The Prophet Daniel foretells that thwart China’s Hundred-Year Plan. drop of a bucket, and are counted as the when this siege has weakened Amer- To counter this attack, the Bible fore- small dust of the balance: behold, he ica and Britain to the point of com- tells that Russia and China will amass taketh up the isles as a very little thing” plete societal breakdown, the king of an army of 200 million men! (Daniel 4:17; Isaiah 40:15). the German-led superstate will break Every human being would actually The fact that Britain has fallen from his alliance with the kings of Asia face extinction in a devastating nuclear greatness and that China is eclipsing and unilaterally invade North Amer- war between Europe and Asia, unless America does not escape God. We must ica. With the economies of America Jesus Christ Himself intervenes in world see such seismic global power shifts and Britain forcibly integrated into affairs (Matthew 24:22). Fortunately, the with His perspective. In the end, the Europe’s technocratic dictatorship, Bible records a definitive promise from problems afflicting America and Britain this German-led empire will have God that Jesus Christ will intervene to are actually correction from God to help power to rival China and its Asian end this madness. After accumulating the Anglo-American people see their allies. The Chinese generals can talk 6,000 years of evil and suffering, the sins and repent. Because a spirit of law- about not asking the weight of the human race will finally be ready to listen lessness and rebellion has taken hold in emperor’s cauldrons, but the German to God and be taught His way of life! n

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his political influence to ensure that these seven people are all members of his own inner circle. Only three years into Xi’s presidency, the Standing Com- mittee of the Politburo issued a public statement demanding unwavering loyalty to the person of Xi Jinping. In addition to practically anointing Xi as “Chairman of Everything,” the Chi- nese government is financing a media images campaign designed to update Xi’s getty

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/ This government-sponsored propaganda campaign relies 1949 Communist Revolution. If this consolidation of power heavily on Mao-era imagery, prompting worries of an emerg- continues unabated, Xi Jinping could emerge as a political vincent ing cult of personality and a coming era of dictatorial rule! figure whose role in history outweighs that of Mao Zedong jean As China approaches the final stages of its planned and Deng Xiaoping combined! andrew miiller AUGUST 2016 15 Three Men Who Saved Millions

Chernobyl could have been a far worse disaster, When that white-hot, melting reactor core touched the water, but for the sacrifice of these heroes most of us have it would trigger a thermonuclear explosion. The death toll never heard of. by jeremiah jacques would make the first Chernobyl blast look almost insignificant. Journalist Stephen McGinty wrote, “This would trigger a his year marked the 30th anniversary of the nuclear explosion that, so Soviet physicists calculated, would nuclear power plant disaster that devastated Cher- vaporize the fuel in the three other reactors, level 200 square T nobyl, Ukraine. On April 26, 1986, employees con- kilometers [77 square miles], destroy Kiev, contaminate the ducted a systems test that triggered two explosions and fires water supply used by 30 million people, and render northern at one of the plant’s four nuclear reactors. The reactor melted Ukraine uninhabitable for more than a century” (The Scots- down, and the resulting disaster was the worst nuclear man, March 16, 2011). power plant accident in history, both in costs and casualties. The 2009 School of Russian and Asian Studies had an even The explosion released 400 times more radiation than the bleaker assessment: If the melting core reached the water, the atomic bomb that exploded over Hiroshima, affecting parts resulting explosion “would have wiped out half of Europe and or all of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Poland and the Baltic made Europe, Ukraine, and parts of Russia uninhabitable for nations. Dozens of people died immediately, and, in the after- approximately 500,000 years.” math, tens of thousands more. Hundreds of thousands of The experts on hand saw that the melting core was devour- others were scarred for life. Experts say the long-term death ing that concrete slab, burning through it—getting closer to count from the radiation poisoning is still growing 30 years the water with each passing minute. after the catastrophe. Engineers rapidly drew up a plan to prevent the other three The Chernobyl disaster was horrific beyond words. But reactors from exploding. Three men in scuba gear would without the effort and the sacrifice of three individuals, it dive through the flooded chambers of Reactor 4. When they would have been horrific times horrific. reached the cooling pool, they would locate a pair of gate valves and twist them open, allowing the water to drain out Racing Toward a Second Explosion completely before the melting reactor core made contact. On May 1, 1986, just five days after the explosion, Soviet For the millions of Soviets and Europeans who would authorities at Chernobyl made a terrifying discovery: The be killed, maimed, scarred and otherwise affected by the core of the reactor that had exploded was still melting down. impending detonation, it was a good plan. The core contained 185 tons of nuclear material, and the But for the three divers, it was not a good plan. The water nuclear reaction was continuing at an alarming rate. beneath the slowly melting Reactor 4 was the worst place on

Beneath those 185 tons of melting nuclear material was a the planet to touch. Everyone knew that anyone who went gary

5 million-gallon pool. The water was used as coolant for the down into that radioactive brew would live long enough to do dorning power plant, and the only thing between the melting reactor the job, and that was about it. /

core and the water was a thick concrete slab. The melting core trumpet was slowly burning through that slab, descending toward the The Chernobyl Three water in a smoldering flow of molten radioactive metal. The Soviet authorities explained the impending second 16 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET explosion, the plan to stop it, and the consequences: certain AREA AFFECTED BY THE CHERNOBYL EXPLOSION imminent death by radiation poisoning. Three men stepped forward. Three men volunteered, knowing it would probably be the last thing they did. They were a senior engineer, a mid-level RUSSIA engineer, and a shift supervisor. The shift supervisor’s job was to hold an underwater lamp so the two engineers could POLAND identify the valves they needed to shut. GERMANY Chernobyl The next day, the Chernobyl three suited up and dove into UKRAINE the fatal pool. FRANCE The pool was totally dark, and the supervisor’s waterproof ITALY diving light was reportedly dim and periodically flickered out. Groping in the murky dark, the search was fruitless. The SPAIN TURKEY divers wanted out of the radioactive swim as soon as possible: every minute submerged was another minute that isotopes freely ravaged their bodies. But they had not yet located the drain valves. So they kept searching, even though the dive The Chernobyl Three light could fail at any moment, letting the darkness close in. By David B. Brandon The light did burn out, but it was just after its beam crossed a pipe. The two engineers spotted it. They knew it led to the At Chernobyl, man strove to yoke the earth, valves they were looking for. and bend the primal elements of it The three divers swam in the dark to where they had seen until they cracked with pure atomic power. the pipe. They grabbed onto it, and climbed along, hand over And then the yoke came loose, and all was chaos. hand. There was no light. There was no protection from the radioactive ionization destroying their bodies. But there, in A continent lay sleeping, unaware the darkness, were the two gate valves that would save millions. that in the frozen north a molten stream The divers twisted them open, and the water began rushing crept ceaselessly toward apocalypse. out. The pool rapidly began to drain. Let it touch water, and a poisoned cloud When these three men surfaced, their job was done. Work- of steam would pour into the sky above, ers and soldiers embraced them as the heroes they were. an upraised scythe to reach the whole of Europe. Reports say the men were literally jumping for joy. Over the next day, all 5 million gallons of radioactive water The workers, soldiers, firefighters, all drained out from beneath Reactor 4. By the time the melting knew that the plant was poised to blow again. core above devoured its way through to the pool, the water One valve would stop it, but the way was long. was gone. There was no second explosion. No man who went into the plant would live. The analyses conducted in the aftermath of this dive all agree: If the trio had not dived in and drained the pool, a histo- Three men came forward from the group to volunteer. ry-altering second explosion would have claimed and affected Three men to stand between a continent hundreds of thousands, or even millions of other people. and certain doom. No statues would be theirs. The lives of hundreds of thousands were saved by three men. Just six feet by four feet of permafrost, Within a few days, those three began to experience inevita- three lead-lined coffins, and their duty done. ble and unmistakable symptoms: radiation sickness. Within weeks, all three had died. Death does not always come in fire and blood. They were buried in lead coffins, the lids soldered shut. Even A brave man stands and does his duty well in death, their bodies remained saturated with radioactivity. when he is called upon to face the sword. Many heroes have done great deeds for others, with only a But take away the sword, and send him doom slim chance of survival for themselves. But these three men slow-creeping, with a taste of bitter iron, knew that there was no chance for them. They were staring and pins and needles prickling at the skin— down into the waters of certain death. And in they dove. the heartiest might quail. But not that day. Their names were Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bespalov and Boris Baranov. n In Kiev and Prague, grandmothers walk the streets and see their children's children play around them “Greater love hath no man because the three of Chernobyl gave all. And somewhere in a quiet Russian field, than this, that a man lay down three lie at rest, their duty to mankind his life for his friends.” now done. —JOHN 15:13 AUGUST 2016 17 BARACK OBAMA HILLARY CLINTON JOHN KERRY U.S. PRESIDENT U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE U.S. SENATOR May 19, 2011 During a visit to Tripoli Feb. 11, 2011, following President on Oct. 18, 2011 Hosni Mubarak’s resignation

“[W]e have witnessed an extraordinary “On behalf of the American “This is an extraordinary moment change taking place in the Middle East people and government, our for Egypt. Courageous and and North Africa. … There must be no congratulations, our best peaceful demands for freedom doubt that the United States of America wishes to the Libyan people for and opportunity have now won welcomes change that advances self- what, through great hardship, the Egyptian people a chance at a determination and opportunity. Yes, there sacrifice and courage, they new beginning. Now the hard work will be perils that accompany this moment have achieved in opening the intensifies to prepare for free and fair of promise. But after decades of accepting door to a more promising elections that will allow the people to the world as it is in the region, we have a future for Libya after 42 years choose a broadly representative and chance to pursue the world as it should be.” of the Gadhafi dictatorship.” responsive government.”

UPRISING Anti-government protests fill Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 10, 2011.

Five years ago, millions of people filled streets across the Middle East and North Africa demanding revolution. Many in the Western world celebrated the progress and freedom that were sure to follow. But five years later, has the Arab Spring improved life for these millions? Did the revolutions stabilize the region and the world? Or was this an Arab Winter?

1 | TUNISIA The ‘success story’ 1 4 On Dec. 17, 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to himself to protest unemployment and police 5 harassment after authorities confiscated his fruit stand. This was the spark that lit the 2 3 Arab Spring. Tunisian protests soon forced Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the nation’s dictator of 25 years, from power. Though the nation has experienced its first free elections, tumult, terrorism and human rights abuses persist. Nevertheless, in 2015, Freedom House said Tunisia had become democratic and free. Despite ongoing uncertainty, Tunisia is 18 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET 6 considered the only relative “success story” of the bleak Arab Spring. Percent of Middle Easterners who admit to 3 | EGYPT More autocratic than before having paid a bribe in the last year in order to access water, medicine or education On Feb. 11, 2011, longtime strongman Hosni CHAOS Libyans flee 33 air strikes in 2011. Mubarak resigned and transferred power to the nation’s army after being targeted 2 | LIBYA Collapsed into chaos by violent protests and abandoned by the United States and other Western allies. In February 2011, Libyans marched in the streets demanding the ouster of Muammar Qadhafi. Egypt’s voters elected the leader of the Qadhafi responded with a violent crackdown. The United Nations Security Council turned on the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing, dictator and authorized air strikes against his forces. After six months and thousands of deaths, Mohamed Morsi. But after he unveiled a UN-aided rebels took the capital of Tripoli. Qadhafi fled but was captured and killed. Libya has draft constitution granting himself nearly since collapsed into chaos. All governments that have attempted to stabilize the nation have unlimited power, Morsi too was ousted. been rent asunder by rebels, foreign interventions and various militias, many of which fly the The military took over again and cracked banners of the Islamic State or al Qaeda. Some 500,000 Libyans have fled the country; 430,000 down on the Brotherhood. In 2014, armed are displaced within the nation; and 2.5 million need humanitarian assistance. forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi became president. Under Sisi, Egypt is again under military rule and facing a more repressive 4 | SYRIA Sunken into the abyss atmosphere than at any time during the Mubarak regime. Suppression of student Inspired by uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, protests organizations and independent civil society against Syrian President Bashar Assad began in groups has reached levels not seen in March 2011. Within four months, the conflict had five decades. By the start of 2016, the escalated into full civil war. From there, Syria quickly government had arrested 16,000 people became a proxy war, with Russia and Iran backing and killed more than 2,500. The nation’s Assad while Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar back vital tourism industry is reeling, and rebel forces. Dozens of belligerent groups have government debt levels are soaring. With 9 entered the fray. Taking advantage of the chaos percent annual inflation, Egypt’s currency and separating themselves from al Qaeda, the is in sharp decline. Every year since the Islamic State declared rule over large areas where revolution, the budget deficit has exceeded it routinely carries out the most barbaric carnage CIVILIAN TARGETS 10 percent. Unemployment hovers around imaginable. Since the uprisings began, an estimated Volunteers rescue Syrian 13 percent—26 percent for youth. residents from a building 250,000 people have been killed, and 65,000 more hit by an air strike. are missing. Half of the nation’s population, 11 million people, has been displaced. The worst refugee 6 | YEMEN Leaderless country crisis since World War II has resulted as 4.5 million people have fled Syria altogether. In addition to the “The hopes and dreams of Yemen’s youth region’s bloodiest conflict and heinous crimes being 80 have been crushed,” wrote Omar Mashjari committed on a mass scale, those who remain in Percent of those surveyed who in the February 2016 Fair Observer. This Syria also face a full-blown humanitarian crisis, 44 believe the level of corruption in their crushing started in November 2011, when percent inflation rates, negative GDP growth rates, nation has risen in the last year after 33 years of rule, Yemeni President Ali and stratospheric unemployment. Abdullah Saleh succumbed to protests and stepped down. Protesters in the streets were optimistic about the nation’s future. 5 | BAHRAIN More dictatorial than ever Former Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi became president. Yet Saleh remained In February and March 2011, hundreds of thousands in Yemen and used some of the millions on the island kingdom of Bahrain protested against the he had pilfered from government coffers ruling Khalifa family. Government forces violently broke over the years to buy the loyalty of parts of up demonstrations, killing dozens and jailing hundreds. Yemen’s military. From there, he allied himself While demonstrations have subsided, unrest still with his former enemy, the Iranian-backed continues between the Shia majority and the Sunni-led Houthis, in order to exact revenge on the monarchy. Authorities continue cracking down on Hadi government that had replaced him. dissent with brutal force, jailing opposition figures The country collapsed in 2015, with the and journalists, and routinely torturing and killing government torn apart by the various prisoners. As with Egypt, experts agree that Bahrain is competing militias and rebels and by foreign now more dictatorial than before the protests began. interventions. Hadi fled in February 2015, The uprisings also cost the nation’s economy over $2 leaving Yemen leaderless, fragmented and billion, decreased the GDP by $391 million, and reduced desperate. Sectarian violence there rages on. RAGING Tunisian protesters clash with security forces in January. public finance by $690 million. AUGUST 2016 19 istock.com/2009 getty images (2), getty images (3), ameer alhalbi/afp/getty images, mohamed khalil/afp/getty images Scientist, Astronomer, Mathematician— and Father of Nations

The fact that ancient records speak of a scientist among the istory records a man who Chaldeans who had a special relationship with ‘the mighty lived 10 generations after a God’ isn’t coincidence. by andrew miiller H great Flood who used celestial science to prove the existence of God. This wealthy and influential ruler became a key figure in the history of ancient Austria. He was a skilled sci- entist, astronomer and mathematician. His astronomical discoveries shook the foundations of Babylonian religion. He heavily influenced not only Austrian culture, but also Egyptian scientific thought. He led armies that altered the course of Assyrian history. And all this took place before he became the forefather of the Arab, Turk and Israelite peoples! This man’s name was Abraham. Yes, the astounding evidence of both bib- lical and secular history proves that the patriarch Abraham was not only real; he exerted a tremendous effect on the entire ancient world! This influence is recounted in the writings of the Jewish historian Josephus, the Babylonian historian Berossus, the Roman historian Eusebius and in the medieval Austrian Chronicle. Before the philosophy of German rationalism took root in modern education in the 19th century, secular histories regarding biblical patriarchs were widely taught. Based on the record of Berossus and other ancient historians, many books were written by scholars in the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries that recounted the lives of Noah, Shem, Nimrod, Abraham, Moses and many others. These ancient records reveal that Abraham used mathematics and astronomy to discredit the pagan priesthood of his time, and to prove the existence of the one true God. gary

Assyrio-Babylonian Empire dorning Abraham was born in the city of Ur, in /

the land of the Chaldees, sometime trumpet around the year 1996 b.c. (James Ussher, Annals of the World, a.d. 1650). This 20 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET city was then part of the world-ruling bodies, deceiving the masses into Babylonian historian Berossus: “In Assyrio-Babylonian Empire. While thinking they could communicate with the tenth generation after the Flood, modern historians often downplay the the gods of the Babylonian pantheon there was among the Chaldeans a man impact of the old Assyrio-Babylonian (Israel Smith Clare, The Standard His- righteous and great, and skillful in Empire, the Roman historian Velleius tory of the World, Vol. 1). the celestial science.” While Berossus Paterculus lists this kingdom as the As Nimrod and Semiramis expanded doesn’t give this great scientist a name, first world empire. their kingdom, they ran into opposi- the first-century Jewish historian Quoting an earlier source in his tion from Noah’s son Shem. An ancient Josephus tells us Berossus was writ- book Roman History, Paterculus tradition relates that the apostates ing about Abraham, the same man writes, “Between this time [when who joined in the rebellion of Nimrod recorded by the Bible. Rome conquered Macedon] and the made war against Shem and his follow- Josephus mentions that the Greek beginning of the reign of Ninus, king ers. Shem is said to have obtained the historian Hecatæus of Abdera wrote of the Assyrians, who was the first aid of a group of Egyptians to overcome an entire book of the accomplishments to hold world power, lies an interval Nimrod. After Shem killed Nimrod, he of Abraham (Antiquities of the Jews, of nineteen hundred and ninety-five had his body cut into pieces, and the Book 1, Chapter vii). Since Hecatæus years” (emphasis added). pieces sent to various areas as a warn- was a scholar during the time of the Rome conquered Macedonia during ing against idolatry (Alexander Hislop, Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, it can be the middle of the second century The Two Babylons). assumed that his book on Abraham before Christ, so King Ninus probably Shem’s actions, however, only tem- was lost when the royal Library of began his hold on world power some- porarily halted the spread of idolatry. Alexandria was burned. time during the 22nd century b.c. As Herbert W. Armstrong noted in There is even an ancient Jewish This was less than 200 years before Mystery of the Ages, “The religion hymn cited by Clement of Alexandria Abraham’s birth. started by Semiramis was carried into about “a certain unique man, an Ninus is identified in the first-cen- the different nations in the language offshoot from far back of the race tury Recognitions of Clement as the of each. Semiramis and Nimrod were of the Chaldeans.” This man was biblical Nimrod. The Bible records that also identified with the names Isis and “knowledgeable about the path of the Nimrod became the post-Flood world’s Osiris in Egypt. Each nation had its own star and how the movement of the first emperor by protecting people names for its gods. But the whole laby- sphere goes around the Earth, both in from wild animals and gathering them rinth of pagan religions developed from circular fashion, but each on its own into cities such as Babel, Erech and that which originated with Semiramis.” axis.” The poem related that this sci- Accad (Genesis 10:8-12). In the province of Sumeria, Semira­ entist of the Chaldeans was the only This biblical passage also records mis was worshiped as the goddess man of his era to see Zeus, “the ruler that Asshur, forefather of the Assyr- Inanna, the morning and evening star. of mortal men.” ians, went out of Babel and founded Nimrod was called Dumuzid, a god Of course, ancient Greek poets Nineveh. As the context of these verses who was a precursor of the Babylo- tended to call the chief god of any reli- indicates, however, it was Nimrod nian Tammuz. gion by the name Zeus. The fact that who led Asshur out of Babel and who According to a list of Assyrian kings this poem speaks of a Chaldean scien- actually supervised the construction that Sextus Julius Africanus recorded tist who had a special relationship with of Nineveh (the city of Ninus). in his early third century a.d. Chrono- “the mighty God” isn’t coincidence! Greek historian Diodorus of Sic- graphiai, Nimrod’s father, Cush, ruled The fourth-century Roman historian ily wrote his Bibliotheca Historica 55 years. Nimrod ruled 52 years after Eusebius cited an earlier source by a sometime between 60 and 30 b.c. He his father’s death, and Semiramis man named Eupolemus: Concerning records that Ninus and his wife Semi- ruled 42 years after Nimrod’s death. the Jews of Assyria. Quoting this ramis ruled an empire stretching from Taking into account evidence of a source, Eusebius says Abraham “sur- Libya to the borders of India. Yet they joint reign between Nimrod and Cush, passed all men in nobility and wisdom, rebelled against God and set up a pagan it becomes evident that Abraham was who was also the inventor of astronomy religion based on the worship of the sun likely born around the end of the reign and the Chaldaic art, and pleased God and the fiery serpent associated with it. of Empress Semiramis. Ctesias of Cni- well by his zeal towards religion.” dus, a Greek physician in the court of As a young man, Abraham “deter- Babylonian Mystery Religion the Persian king Artaxerxes ii, records mined to renew and to change the The pagan Babylonian priesthood pub- that Semiramis was killed in a palace opinion all men happened then to have licly taught the masses to believe that coup led by her son Ninyas after she concerning God; for he was the first the sun, moon, stars and planets were returned from a failed invasion of India. that ventured to publish this notion, gods. Semiramis was identified with This was the political climate into that there was but one God, the Creator the planet Venus, while Nimrod was which Abraham was born. of the Universe” (Josephus, op cit). honored as the sun god. These priests Abraham was teaching the people of used their knowledge of astronomy to Chief Scientist of the Chaldeans Chaldea about the one true Creator! predict the movements of the heavenly Now consider the record of the ancient FATHER OF NATIONS PAGE 32 u AUGUST 2016 21 BANKRUPT Venezuelans form lines redistributed them to before sunrise to buy basic foodstuffs. his loyal yet incompetent supporters. Venezuela faces acute shortages of food staples, cash and other basic com- modities. A black market is thriving, and corruption is rampant. There has been an outbreak of violent crime and looting. The nation’s health-care sys- tem is collapsing; its econ- omy is free-falling; prices are skyrocketing; and Venezuelans are suffering. In an effort to calm some of the tension, the Venezu- elan government raised the minimum wage by 30 percent. Yet the extra cash won’t bring much actual buying power, if any. The boost won’t quite keep pace with the current inflation rate of 180 percent. It Lessons From a will certainly fall short of next year’s rate, which is projected to increase by 1,642 percent. Venezuela’s fiscal deficit is estimated at about 20 percent of Broken Land gross domestic product. Venezuela is becoming a failed state. Venezuela’s crisis is almost identical What will it be after it falls? by anthony chibarirwe to Zimbabwe’s during the decade of the 2000s, when hyperinflation led enezuela is the Zimbabwe of subsequent “remedies” of money print- to severe cash shortages, selling hard Latin America. As a native of ing, price fixing and complicated cur- cash via wire transfer at an exorbitant V Zimbabwe, I can say that from rency controls produced nightmares. premium, the relentless printing of personal experience. This was the “21st-century socialism” trillions of Zimbabwean dollars, and Both nations have tremendous of former Venezuelan President Hugo ultimately, the collapse of the Zimba- wealth potential. Zimbabwe has rich Chávez and his successor, President bwean currency in 2008. Rival political soils, an advantageous climate and Nicolás Maduro. parties were then compelled to coalesce abundant mineral wealth. It was once In Venezuela, cell phone service into a power-sharing government in the breadbasket of Africa. Across the providers have suspended long-dis- 2009. The Zimbabwean dollar was South Atlantic, Zimbabwe’s Latin tance calls. In May, Coca-Cola femsa replaced by multiple foreign currencies, American counterpart is also rich in suspended all production in Venezuela including the United States dollar, the natural resources. It once supplied because of a sugar shortage. Toilet British pound, the South African rand about 5 percent of the world’s oil; its oil paper is now scarce. In April, state and the Chinese yuan. No longer could reserves are the largest in the world. employees were awarded two months the nation function without heavy for- Today, both nations have little to of three-day weekends in order to eign influence and exploitation. show for all their natural wealth. conserve electricity. Then the govern- Some analysts say Venezuela Instead, they have become the poster ment added in two extra rest days per is treading a similar path toward children for some of the most embar- week. The government plans to create hyperinflation. rassing and disastrous consequences of a new time zone to help save electricity. “Hyperinflation means that the cur- socialist policies. Women have been asked to not blow-dry rency has lost its value, people have to their hair. It’s almost laughable were it go to the stores with bags full of money,

The Legacy of Chavismo not indicative of bigger problems. and prices rise almost by the hour,” said getty Nationalization of businesses and the Like the Robert Mugabe regime in Robert Rennhack, an International

images consequent erosion of investor confi- Zimbabwe, the Chávez administration Monetary Fund official. “What we saw dence, government subsidies and the appropriated productive farms and in previous cases of hyperinflation 22 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET in Latin America is that there was a Maduro said on May 21. Half a million The Vatican Connection political consensus that policies had to personnel participated in the exercises. In January 2015, the Roman Catholic change.” Syndicated columnist Andrés But the idea that the Obama admin- Church’s Venezuelan Episcopal Confer- Oppenheimer noted, “[N]o Latin Amer- istration was planning to launch a war ence sharply criticized the Venezuelan ican government in recent memory has against Venezuela is ridiculous. This was government and blamed the nation’s been able to survive a hyperinflation- a theatrical effort to increase popular economic malaise on a “politico-eco- ary crisis. When you reach five-digit support for Maduro and stave off efforts nomic system of a socialist, Marxist or inflation rates, governments either to remove him from office. “The gov- Communist nature.” make a dramatic political U-turn, or ernment is looking to victimize itself to If Maduro’s regime collapses, we they fall” (April 20). both the international community and can expect people like Capriles to fill its own followers,” Rocio San Miguel, the the leadership void in Venezuela. He Venezuela’s Fate director of the Citizens’ Control security leads the Primero Justicia party, one For relief, Zimbabwe implemented a firm, explained. “They’re looking for a of the opposition parties that formed a “look East” policy—a marriage of conve- distraction to buy time, and there’s no united coalition to challenge the party nience of sorts with a culturally distant better distraction than the military one.” of Chávez and Maduro. The opposition China. Venezuela may implement a Perhaps Maduro hopes a military coalition already has a supermajority in similar policy, but, unlike Zimbabwe, show of force may also have a certain Venezuela’s National Assembly. it has other options. Perhaps the only chilling effect on disgruntled citizens. Capriles is a staunch Catholic, major distinction that separates Vene- Yet even Venezuelan soldiers and offi- educated at the Catholic University in zuela from Zimbabwe is that, like most cers are not immune to the upheaval in Caracas. He had challenged Chávez and Latin American nations, it has strong their country. Maduro in the presidential elections European and Roman Catholic roots. So which side will the military pick? of October 2012 and April 2013 respec- The stakes—and the likely solutions— Over the years, the Venezuelan mil- tively. While campaigning for the 2013 for Venezuela and Latin America are itary has been purged of antisocialist elections, he stated that the first thing significantly different. elements, and its most powerful leaders he would do after winning is pay hom- It appears Venezuelans have had have become intrinsically connected to age to the Virgin Mary. In November enough of the socialist regimes of the Maduro administration. Regardless, 2013, Capriles had a private audience Chávez and Maduro. They have taken Venezuelan history professor Margar- with Pope Francis, in which he pleaded to the streets to demand a recall refer- ita López Maya assessed that Venezue- for the Vatican’s intervention in Vene- endum on Maduro’s presidency. lan soldiers unconnected to corruption zuela’s political crisis. “Another day, another protest in networks were feeling the same hard- The Catholic Church’s history of Caracas,” wrote the Guardian’s Latin ships as the average Venezuelan. Case mediation in political affairs and influ- America correspondent Jonathan in point: Venezuela’s El Nacional ence in national outcomes must have Watts. “President Nicolás Maduro newspaper reported May 1 that six Ven- given Capriles reason for confidence. remains defiant that Venezuela will not ezuelan soldiers had been arrested for Adding to his confidence was the fact be the next left-wing domino to fall in stealing goats. The director of the Latin that Vatican Secretary of State Cardi- Latin America, but he may not have a America Economic Growth Initiative nal Pietro Parolin served as apostolic choice” (May 19). at the Atlantic Council, Jason Marczak, nuncio (ambassador) to Venezuela Opposition leaders see Venezuela as a noted, “It’s not a good sign when your from 2009 to 2013. “I’m sure that Msgr. ticking time bomb, as flag-waving pro- military doesn’t have enough food, and Parolin can help greatly, using his testers chant, “The government will fall.” when the military has been relegated new position here at the Vatican to But to Maduro, the referendum is “not to guarding and protecting food lines.” promote dialogue in our country,” said viable,” and his government has deployed This is among the evidence suggesting Capriles in 2013. During his tenure as security forces to block the protests. that at least a major segment of the mil- the Vatican’s top diplomat to Venezuela, As more and more Venezuelans itary would support Maduro’s ouster. Parolin experienced all the church- express frustration at Maduro, the Venezuelan opposition leader and state tension that came with Chávez’s nation’s military may be forced to pick governor of the state of Miranda, Hen- socialist revolution. a side. rique Capriles, announced on May 18: “I Though Chávez didn’t get along with May 21-22, President Maduro pre- tell the armed forces: The hour of truth the Vatican, Maduro is not nearly as sided over Venezuela’s largest military is coming, to decide whether you are antagonistic. Pope Francis received exercises in its history, just a week with the Constitution or with Maduro.” Maduro during a visit in July 2013. This after he declared a 60-day state of Observers like Cynthia Arnson, director relationship positions the Vatican per- emergency for what he called a looming of the Wilson Center’s Latin American fectly for a mediation role in Venezuela. invasion from the United States. The Program, believe Capriles never would In April this year, the Venezuelan state heightened alarm by alleging that have made such a statement “if there Episcopal Conference warned that the U.S. spy planes had illegally entered wasn’t a section of the military willing to situation in Venezuela was “very grave.” Venezuela’s airspace. “We’re as ready stand up for the Constitution and oppose Following that assessment, Pope Fran- for an invasion as we’ve ever been,” the slide into authoritarianism.” cis wrote Maduro a letter urging him AUGUST 2016 23 to find a solution. The Vatican did not February, Minister of State in the For- for the expansion of relations with reveal the letter’s contents but said that eign Ministry Maria Böhmer declared Germany and the EU” and that the “the pope follows the situation with a lot that Argentina’s political transforma- “political developments in South Amer- of attention and participation.” tion presented possibilities to “use ica promises Berlin new opportunities” this unique opportunity to make a (June 2-3; Trumpet translation). Regional ‘Participants’ political, economic and social revival” There’s a reason Europe has such a Venezuela’s neighbors in Latin America and “draw on that what [Argentina strong interest in Latin America. have increasingly voiced their opposi- has] in common with Germany, Europe “The people of Latin America, the tion to Maduro’s rule. The secretary gen- Caribbean and Europe have a long eral of the 35-member Organization of history of common aspirations,” said American States, Luis Almagro, urged EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Maduro to allow the recall referendum. Mogherini at the EU and the Commu- “To deny the people that vote,” he said, nity of Latin America and Caribbean “to deny them the possibility of deciding, States Summit in June 2015. “We have would make you just a petty dictator like often been brought together by destiny, so many this hemisphere has.” and lived through difficult and even Recent political transitions in Latin dramatic times. Nowadays, we share America have hurt Maduro’s fortunes. a wish for peace and prosperity that Old ally and former Argentine President our cultural and historical roots have Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was helped to strengthen from generation replaced by current President Mauricio to generation.” Macri, who announced in May that the The fact that Venezuela is facing such situation in Venezuela cannot remain as a difficult time could help unite the two it is and that Maduro should make way regions. for a replacement. In Brazil, the suspen- About those historical roots, Pope sion of President Dilma Rousseff has John Paul ii said during a November 1982 opened up more criticism of Maduro. pilgrimage to Spain: “I, bishop of Rome In early June, a senior Brazilian official and shepherd of the universal church, said his nation would block Venezuela from Santiago, utter to you, Europe of from taking the rotating presidency of the ages, a cry full of love: Find your- the five-member Mercosur trade bloc self again. Be yourself. Discover your in an effort to prevent Maduro from origins; revive your roots. Return to solidifying his grip on power. those authentic values which made your Some of Venezuela’s biggest critics history a glorious one and your presence in Latin America, like President so beneficent in the other continents. Macri, have close ties to Europe. Ger- Rebuild your spiritual unity. … You can

man-Foreign-Policy.com noted that all still be the guiding light of civilization.” leo

current cabinet members in Brazil are Bible prophecy discusses a soon-com- ramirez “descended from former European colo- ing, Catholic Church-led European / nial elites” (June 2; Trumpet translation). empire whose tentacles will reach afp / Latin America, the continent with the getty

The Holy Roman Empire greatest number of Catholics. History— images Across the Atlantic, other nations especially that of the Holy Roman , with strong ties to Latin America are Empire during the 16th century under federico just as concerned about Venezuela. Charles v—and prophecy—particularly

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel top Shelves are empty at a supermarket. Revelation 17—indicate that the Vatican parra middle Even basic commodities like toilet paper

García-Margallo said in May that “the will provide the religious-political / are at a premium. bottom The Venezuelan bolívar is afp

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EU cannot remain impassive in the face cement that will bind the nations com- getty of these events.” He added, “The latent prising this empire together with their

threat of a social explosion demands Latin American outposts. images

that we act and that we become involved and the world.” When German Foreign The crisis in Venezuela might create , luis in finding a solution to the humanitar- Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier an opportunity for Latin Americans,

robayo ian crisis and the political crisis.” visited the nation in June, he spoke of the Vatican and Europe to take advan- /

Germany, the EU’s most powerful “new momentum in German-Argentine tage of the mounting anti-Maduro senti- afp /

nation, has been very assertive in its relations.” In a series titled “Turning ment and use it to usher in pro-Europe, getty efforts to take advantage of the crises Point in Latin America,” German-For- pro-Catholic administrations in Vene-

images in Venezuela and other Latin American eign-Policy.com explained that a new zuela and other parts of Latin America nations. During a visit to Argentina in government in Brazil “creates space to help secure a future empire. n 24 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET u AMERICA’S REAL ENEMY FROM PAGE 10 that separation of powers was There is a reason the Constitution Americans have grown accustomed designed to avoid” (March 9, 2014). focuses on what the government to and complacent about this steady Please read that paragraph again. If it can’t do to you: it aims to restrain erosion of their privacy and liberty. doesn’t strike fear in you, it should! despotism and to preserve freedom! They do not prize freedom as they once In midterm elections later that That is its great strength, not its did. This carelessness is going to come year, Mr. Obama and his Democratic fundamental flaw! at a high cost. Party took a shellacking. Voters made America’s Constitution has given clear that they were unhappy with the more freedom to more people than any Destroying Separation of Powers president’s record over the previous other government charter in history. It In cases when Congress refused to six years. Yet when the president spoke is a noble document that has inspired implement his radical agenda, Presi- about the result, he acknowledged no and enabled so many to attain accom- dent Obama has simply sidestepped the fault or error on his part. Immediately plishments that any other system legislative branch of government and after the election, Mr. Obama renewed anywhere else in the world would have ruled by executive decree. battles over immigration and net denied them. “We’re not just going to be waiting for neutrality. That November, he issued You would think Americans would legislation in order to make sure that executive action on immigration policy. love the Constitution, but that is not we’re providing Americans the kind He instructed the executive branch of the case in this country anymore. The of help they need,” he told reporters government to offer temporary legal radical left wants to destroy the Con- before one of his cabinet meetings in status to millions of illegal immigrants. stitution! The Obama administration 2014. “I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone. This order unilaterally enacted immi- and the radically left Democrats are And I can use that pen to sign executive gration reform that congressional very hostile to the Constitution, and orders and take executive actions and lawmakers wouldn’t enact themselves. so are the media. Some in the media administrative actions that move the When confronted about his record say Mr. Obama’s only real problem has ball forward in helping to make sure of executive overreach, the president been that he hasn’t used executive our kids are getting the best education taunted his critics: “Middle-class actions to enact radical policy possible, making sure that our busi- families can’t wait for Republicans in enough. Many liberals now preach that nesses are getting the kind of support Congress to do stuff. So sue me.” for America to solve its many problems, and help they need to grow and advance, it needs to abandon the Constitution. to make sure that people are getting the Trashing the Constitution Most of the educational institutions skills that they need to get those jobs When he became president, Barack would like to get rid of it. Many even that our businesses are creating.” Obama promised his supporters a radi- argue that it is not even the supreme To make it harder for the courts to cal transformation of the U.S. By the end law of the land! Even one of the Supreme rein in his executive decisions, Presi- of his first term, some supporters felt Court justices said the Constitution is dent Obama has substituted “executive the change he promised wasn’t coming outdated and should not be used. actions” for executive orders. Unlike fast enough. To them the president This too is a liberal strategy to usurp executive orders, which are issued explained: “What’s frustrated people is power that America’s founders never as an official cataloged transcript, that I have not been able to force Con- intended politicians to have. An admin- executive actions are informal orders gress to implement every aspect of what istration that pays no attention to the from the president to his underlings I said in 2008. … Well, you know, it turns Constitution when it doesn’t match its in the executive branch, making them out that our founders designed a system own agenda has a lot of power! more difficult to challenge legally, and that makes it more difficult to bring about More recently, the attack on the making it easier for him to trash the change than I would like sometimes.” Constitution has become even more Constitution—the supreme law of the This is one of several statements vile. People have criticized it not simply land. It’s all about lawlessness! the president has made showing his for making change more difficult, Georgetown law professor Jonathan distaste for America’s Constitution. but because it represents what they Turley, a political liberal, is one of the Mr. Obama is an outspoken critic of the perceive to be institutionalized racism few legal minds warning of the danger Constitution and has long desired to inherent within the American system! behind such executive power grabs. cast off its restraints. In a 2001 public “The goal of the Constitution was to “The system of separation of powers was radio interview, then Senator Obama make an agreement between factions not created to protect the authority of said the Constitution reflected the known as states, which were built on each branch for its own sake,” he wrote “fundamental flaw” of the United States. the backs of black slaves.” That’s a para- in a Los Angles Times editorial. “Rather, He characterized the supreme law of phrase of what Alicia Garza said during it is the primary protection of individual the land as “a charter of negative liber- a University of Missouri Black Lives Mat- rights because it prevents the concen- ties. Says what the states can’t do to you. ter event in February of this year. Garza tration of power in any one branch. In Says what the federal government can’t is one of the three founding members of this sense, Obama is not simply posing do to you, but doesn’t say what the fed- Black Lives Matter, an organization for a danger to the constitutional sys- eral government or state government which President Obama and the radical tem; he has become the very danger must do on your behalf.” left have been major supporters. “The AUGUST 2016 25 people vowing to protect the Constitu- have lied and lied and lied—and have We must know our enemy in order to tion,” Garza said, “are vowing to protect been caught in their lies! This adminis- understand what is going on in America. white supremacy and genocide.” tration covers itself in a cloak of deceit. Revelation 12:12 reveals that Satan That is a satanic lie! How can the In some cases, they have even joked or is our deadly adversary. He is the one president and the radical left support bragged about their lies! behind these dangerous developments. such a racist organization? The truth is It is impossible to measure the dam- The devil is full of wrath, and he has that it was the system built by the Con- age that such deception has wreaked on gotten control of the government of stitution that allowed the United States the fabric of our politics and our society. this land! He controls the radical left. to become one of the first societies in But nobody seems to care. When Secre- The fruits prove it. These people want history to completely abolish slavery! tary Clinton was later investigated over to bring this system down. They are Comments like these are a contempt- the lies in the White House’s response deceived (verse 9). ible attack on the U.S. Constitution—the to the Benghazi attack, she responded, Our people don’t understand their supreme law of the land! Such vile state- “What difference at this point does it Bibles as they once did. They don’t ments are stirring up a lot of anger and make?” Apparently a lot of Americans understand the many scriptures about bitterness against the system of govern- agree with her. Mrs. Clinton is now the Satan the devil. He has his agenda ment established by America’s framers. presumptive Democratic nominee and against America, and it will prevail. Do you realize how deadly dangerous this trend of lawlessness is? It gives profound insight into the real nature of the threat facing America today.

Do you realize how deadly dangerous could become America’s next president! Only God can protect us from this this trend of lawlessness is? Very few That speaks volumes about our powerful evil spirit. people do. But it gives insight into the people. We get the leaders we deserve. In his second epistle to the people of real nature of the threat facing America. Especially in a democratic republic, we Corinth, the Apostle Paul drew atten- This is quickly moving America the people must accept the blame tion to this evil spirit being. In 2 Corin- toward a race war and rule by dicta- for the problems! thians 4:4 he called him “the god of this torship or tyranny. Many Christians pray for more righ- world” who has “blinded the minds of teous leaders, but their prayers are them which believe not.” In 2 Corin- Lies not being answered. Why? Because of thians 6:15 and 11:3 he warned about Mr. Obama repeatedly said how their sins. how easy it is to be beguiled through transparent his administration What happens to a nation when peo- his subtlety. In verse 14, he wrote that would be—yet virtually everything ple come to expect their leaders to lie? Satan actually transforms himself into he has done has been in the dark. When people embrace deceit? That is an angel of light, and his ministers look Many journalists have complained a far deadlier crisis than most people like ministers of righteousness! (verse that his has been the most opaque realize. Lies enslave and destroy us. 15). This is an extremely deceptive administration in history. Lies are the tools of tyrants. It is truth being with a lot of power! That is the path to a violent dictator that sets us free. We should be passion- Paul cautioned the people to be care- ruling America! And it wouldn’t take ate lovers of truth. ful and vigilant, “[l]est Satan should but a few large and destructive riots to We must see reality: Something get an advantage of us: for we are not reach that nightmare. deadly dangerous has seized the coun- ignorant of his devices” (2 Corinthians In March of 2013, Director of National try—far more than what people realize. 2:11). In any war, ignorance of the enemy Intelligence James Clapper was called There is a spiritual dimension to what is is dangerous. We are far more vulnera- before Congress and asked, “Does the happening, and you cannot understand ble to the devil if we are ignorant of his nsa collect any type of data at all on mil- these events unless you recognize that. devices, designs or schemes. The more lions or hundreds of millions of Amer- you know, the better equipped you are icans?” Clapper replied, “No sir … not Know Your Enemy to resist and fight! Satan is laying a trap, wittingly.” That was a lie, and he knew it. What is happening to America’s lead- and you need to recognize it! Attorney General Eric Holder has also ership, its domestic policy and foreign The devil’s fingerprints are all over lied to Congress—about the Fast and policy is not just a quirk of history. The what is happening to America today. Furious scandal, and about what his fact that Americans are casting the The rampant deceit bears the stamp of department did to reporter James Rosen. Constitution to the ground and encour- the father of liars (John 8:44). The con- As these scandals pile higher and aging lawlessness in their marriages, in tempt for law springs from Satan’s own higher, nobody can get administration their government and in their foreign lawlessness. The support for America’s officials to tell them anything! They policy has a very definite cause. enemies, the appeasement of dictators, 26 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET the undermining of alliances, the hatred prophecy is about America in partic- longer! God will make America great of the Jewish state—all these are telling ular (for proof, request our free book again in the World Tomorrow. He is going signs of Satan’s influence. Even the way Ezekiel: The End-Time Prophet). to solve our problems—in spite of our that all of these problems are originat- “The king shall mourn, and the prince rebellion. He will save America—and the ing from the very top is consistent with shall be clothed with desolation, and world—at Jesus Christ’s return, which the devil’s methods of operation. the hands of the people of the land will occur immediately after all these Still, many people scoff about there shall be troubled: I will do unto them crises climax. even being a devil—while he is tearing after their way, and according to their Notice the end of verse 27 of Ezekiel them apart! They know little or nothing deserts will I judge them; and they shall 7: All the punishment that is coming about their Bibles. They don’t under- know that I am the Lord” (verse 27). upon us is intended to bring people back stand anything about God, nor do God blames the people for their sins, to God. This is good news: In the end, they know the devil. Until they do, the not the leaders! America is full of people are going to know God! problems will only intensify. sins—and the whole world sees them! You absolutely need to understand Those who fail to see the devil The leader may lead us to destruction, the truth about what is happening to behind what is happening in America but God blames the people. America today. We have been protected today will end up being his victims. God says He has broken the pride of in this country for a couple hundred Let me warn you again not to forget our power (Leviticus 26:19). Benghazi is years. We have not experienced the Revelation 12:7-12. Satan and millions of just one example that perfectly shows turmoil that many other nations have. his demons have been cast down from a that although America has tremendous Yes, we were involved in two world wars, war in heaven. They are now confined to power, we fear to use it. It is a sign that but God has given us a lot of peace. As a this Earth. Their time is short because America has receded into the back- result, our people have settled into an of Christ’s imminent return, and they ground and is declining rapidly. unreality about what is really happen- are full of their worst wrath ever! Being weak causes violence and ing around us. They don’t understand You see evidence of that wrath in this wars! The fact that America will not how deadly dangerous this world is! violent world full of treacherous deceit. respond will only allow evils like this to This is not God’s world. There is America is being attacked from increase. As we get weaker, people will a lot of evil in this world. It is full of within and without. There are failures attack us more and more violently. tigers waiting to tear people apart. It everywhere: economically, culturally, Why is America so weak? Study has always been that way. As Winston politically, militarily and morally. Any- Leviticus 26. Again—it is because of Churchill said, the history of man is the one who says there isn’t a real problem our sins. This is why God has brought history of war. Yet somehow we can’t here needs to open his eyes! We need to this curse upon us. come to grips with that today. see what is happening to our nation. The curses on America are plain Are you willing to face reality? Most The radical left is not our big problem. to see. Prophecy is being fulfilled in people are not. A haze of deception It is only leading the way. Ultimately, events all over the globe! You would enshrouds our world. It is absolutely this isn’t about a man or an administra- think that as times get worse and stunning how easily the people in this tion; it’s about an evil spirit being who worse, people would look to the Bible land today are duped. is working to destroy this nation—and to see what God has to say. Conditions Many people are alert to the about why God is allowing it to happen! are intensifying and getting so bad that problems in America today, but have anybody can recognize something is only become deeply discouraged and Time Is Short terribly wrong. But virtually nobody is anxious as a result. But if you open God is against three nations in partic- turning to God. That is to our shame. your eyes to the spiritual dimension, ular—America, Britain and the Jewish America’s problems are a direct result then you will see the tremendous hope nation—because of their history with of America’s sins. No political candidate beyond the tragedy that is unfolding. God, the birthright and scepter bless- is going to “make America great again,” Putting these events in their full pro- ings today, and their unparalleled no matter what people think! I would phetic context shows how God is using rebellion. Not only is God not helping like to see it happen, but it isn’t going to these events to serve His purposes— us, He is against us! (Ezekiel 5:8). (This happen in this age. Everyone will and how they are quickly leading to the is all explained in our free book The come to recognize that greatest event ever: when He will inter- United States and Britain in Prophecy.) truth before much vene to establish His rule on Earth! n Look at what God says about this through the Prophet Ezekiel: “Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody You have to know who is crimes, and the city is full of violence. Wherefore I will bring the worst of the behind America’s problems. heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the Open your eyes to a spiritual dimension; request our strong to cease; and their holy places free booklet America Under Attack. shall be defiled” (Ezekiel 7:23-24). That AUGUST 2016 27 CONTROVERSIAL Avigdor Lieberman is known for against Israel. He told Palestin- Lieberman’s appointment has his blunt rhetoric and “ultra- ians, “Your only way to end the generated criticism. nationalist” ideology. He has occupation is resistance.” He WORLDWATCH repeatedly voiced skepticism also assured, “Iran will go on about pursuing peace with the with supporting the Palestinian Palestinians, and he believes resistance.” Israel was not decisive enough A Palestinian jihadi group during the 50-day Gaza war in called Ajnad Beit al-Maqdis the summer of 2014. Lieberman seemingly responded to Nasral- has talked openly about toppling lah’s call when it fired a rocket the Palestinian Authority in the at Israel and ominously said, West Bank and assassinating “We announce our responsibility Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip. for targeting the Nahal Oz The mainstream press was military base with a missile.” very critical of the appointment. Lieberman’s appointment Israel’s new A Baltimore Sun editorial called could be symbolic of Israel’s Lieberman “Netanyahu’s loose dire straits and its intention to defense minister cannon,” whose appointment continue fighting against Arab “erased virtually any chance of aggression. While Lieberman peace with the Palestinians.” U.S. is not new to Israeli politics, n May 18, Israeli Prime from one seat to six and replaced State Department spokesman he has never held the nation’s Minister Benjamin defense minister Moshe Ya’alon Mark Toner said Israel’s new second-most powerful office. O Netanyahu’s efforts to with Avigdor Lieberman. coalition “raises legitimate Zechariah 14:2 prophesies expand and stabilize his coalition Back-room negotiations prior questions about the direction it that Israel will lose half of government of right-wing and to the deal indicated that Ya’alon may be heading in and what kind Jerusalem. That prophecy religious parties resulted in would have become the foreign of policies it may adopt.” implies that Israel will not a new coalition partner for minister as consolation, but he After the appointment, surrender Arab-dominated his party and a new defense preemptively resigned on May Hassan Nasrallah, leader of East Jerusalem peacefully. It minister for his nation. The deal 20, warning that Israel was the Hezbollah terrorist group, also implies, as is already the increased the coalition govern- being taken over by “dangerous called on Arabs to wage a case, a hawkish, right-wing ment’s majority in the Knesset and extreme elements.” “comprehensive resistance” government in Israel. n

Iran taking there is one regional player that control of Iraq gained the most from America’s gamble in Iraq, it is Iran. With n the battle of Fallujah, Iraq, its invasion in 2003, the United starting in May, the United States ousted Tehran’s sworn I States, Iran and Iraq have enemy, Saddam Hussein, from collaborated in one form or power. Then Washington helped another to fight against the install a Shiite government for GETTING HELP

Islamic State. That battle has the first time in Iraq’s modern Iraqi forces attempt thomas to retake Fallujah. proved to be “the latest example history. As U.S. troops became of how Washington has looked mired in fighting an insurgency coex / the other way as Iran deepened and containing a civil war, Iran on [Iraqi Prime Minister Haider fight [the Islamic State] seems a afp / its military involvement in extended its influence over all al-Abadi’s] focus, whether on small price to pay to rid the world getty Iraq over the past two years,” of Iraq’s major Shiite factions. Fallujah or anywhere else, than of the fanatical scourge” (June 2).

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To lead the fight for Fallujah, comfortable taking a lead role in Ankara combined.” tunity to increase its control in haidar Iran has mobilized thousands shaping the military operations Columnist Caroline Glick Iraq. The facts on the ground of Iraqi soldiers and Shiite of its Iraqi allies. There is no one wrote that the Islamic State “is prove it. So too does the graffiti mohammed militia members under its own to restrain Tehran …” (ibid). the only thing checking Iran’s scrawled by Iraqi militants on

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“[T]he battle over Fallujah target Fallujah instead of Mosul, tates it. [The Islamic State] is so learn how Iran’s growing influ- getty highlights Iran’s growing a former U.S. commander with demonic that for Americans and ence in Iraq was prophesied in

images military and political influence extensive experience in Iraq other Westerners, empowering the Bible, request a free copy of over Iraq,” Reuters wrote. “If said, “Tehran has more influence Iranian-controlled forces that The King of the South. n 28 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET China decries Taiwan to stop submitting to China? ‘provocative’ U.S., CHINA SOUTH CHINA SEA cements power ewly elected Taiwanese effective but fair government. President Tsai Tsai was elected in a landslide

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it may impose an air a on June 1 that she is repealing on promises to lead Taiwan off in h defense identification C controversial changes to the the path of submission to China h C ut zone (ADIZ) in the South China So high school curriculum that had that it had been on under the Sea if the United States continues prompted protests in 2015 for previous government. It is now conducting what Beijing labels being too “China-centric.” Three clear that she intends to make “provocative moves.” days later, Tsai took to Facebook good on those promises. Watch The South China Morning to tell Chinese President Xi to see how China responds. Post quoted a source close to Jinping not to fear democracy. With influence from Taiwan’s the People’s Liberation Army China Sea, which included the “[T]here’s nothing scary about one-time ally America waning as saying, “If the U.S. military Senkaku Islands—uninhabited democracy,” she wrote, adding within the region, China is keeps making provocative territory controlled by Japan that China should look to Taiwan unlikely to allow Taiwan to slip moves to challenge China’s but claimed by both Tokyo as an example of how to have an from its grasp. n sovereignty in the region, it will and Beijing. Many experts give Beijing a good opportunity denounced this ADIZ, calling it to declare an ADIZ in the South confrontational. The Trumpet Russia violates new arms treaty China Sea” (June 1). said, “Beijing’s main motivation An ADIZ is an extension of a for setting up the ADIZ was to ussia has attempted to had actually been destroyed. country’s territorial airspace, further expose the U.S. as an deceive U.S. nuclear Analysts believe the Russians providing it with an early unreliable ally.” R arms inspectors are attempting this deceit warning system to detect and If China attempts another ADIZ regarding reductions to its because they are sure the respond to unidentified and in the South China Sea, its motives nuclear missile arsenal. The current U.S. administration will possibly hostile aircraft. would again be to showcase its Washington Free Beacon take no serious action. House In November 2013, Beijing power and to test America’s reported on June 9 that, despite Armed Services Committee dropped a bombshell by response. It would allow Beijing its claims, Moscow has not been Chairman Mac Thornberry said, announcing that it had another chance to display U.S. eliminating its nuclear arsenal “Whether it’s Russian violations established an ADIZ in the East weakness to the world. n as required by the 2010 New of the Open Skies Treaty, the START treaty. Biological and Chemical Critical components of Weapons Conventions, or Hiroshima and certain missiles were found to multiple violations of the INF America’s dangerous have been unbolted rather than treaty, this administration has amnesia cut. This means that instead of proven singularly unconcerned being permanently disabled, the with arms control compliance. ay 27, Barack Obama sophisticated weaponry could … Never having been made to became the first be quickly re-bolted and brought pay a price, why wouldn’t Putin M sitting U.S. president online. American inspectors conclude that violations of the to visit Hiroshima. Japanese were also unable to verify that New START treaty would go Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave SORRY President Obama missiles marked for elimination unpunished as well?” n visits Hiroshima. what he called a “wholehearted welcome” to Mr. Obama when he toured the memorial of the violence in the name of some First train from India to Russia world’s first atomic bomb attack. higher cause.” “Mr. Obama’s predecessors The president refrained y the end of August, 5 million tons of cargo per year had good reasons to avoid from mentioning the fact that the first train route will be transported during the Hiroshima,” the New York Times Japan inarguably started the B from India to Russia first stage. In the future, an wrote May 25. “None wanted war by bombing Pearl Harbor will become operational. The estimated 10 million tons will be to be seen by American voters in peacetime. His visit to first freight train will transport transported annually along the images as apologizing for a decision Hiroshima was broadly inter- goods from Mumbai, transit route. Collusion between Russia getty

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kimimasa “how easily we learn to justify position in the world. n Southeast Asia. An estimated Russia and China in Prophecy. n AUGUST 2016 29 COVER-UP Former State Has the Islamic Department spokeswoman MATEEN Jen Psaki admitted secret State infiltrated talks with Iran began while U.S. Homeland Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was president. Security?

mar Mateen—the man who murdered 49 O people at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12—held an associates degree in criminal justice and worked as a security guard for a major contractor for the U.S. Depart- contracts for his employer. State Department ment of Homeland Security. He was assigned to guard the The company, G4S, is a British PGA Village Golf Club in Port St. admits to lying about multinational security service Lucie, Florida, according to local company with U.S. operations in newspaper TC Palm. nuclear deal Florida. This has raised serious Despite the fact that Mateen concerns that sympathizers and was interviewed by agents from agents of the Islamic State have the Federal Bureau of Investi- he United States State lied, blaming the deletion on infiltrated a federal agency that gation twice on suspicions that Department admitted a “glitch.” After being held to was established after the Sept. he supported jihadist groups, T on June 1 that it inten- account, however, the State 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to he held two firearms licenses, tionally deleted an 8-minute Department came clean, combat terrorism. a security officer license and exchange between a Fox News admitting it was “a deliberate It is still unclear whether purchased the weapons he used journalist and then-State request to excise video.” Mateen worked on federal in the massacre legally. n Department spokeswoman The State Department’s Jen Psaki on a video that was confession came just weeks posted Dec. 2, 2013. During the after Ben Rhodes, a top aide Trade agreement threatens U.S. sovereignty exchange, Psaki essentially and speech writer for President admitted that the Obama Barack Obama, told the New York ittle-known negotia- “to sue governments before administration had lied about Times he helped manufacture tions are taking place secretive arbitration panels having secret talks with Iran. the narrative needed to garner Lthat are violating composed of corporate “Is it the policy of the State support for the Iran deal. Part of America’s sovereignty. When lawyers” (Dec. 3, 2013). Department, where the preser- this fictional narrative was that a deal that holds force of law Such arbitration panels would vation or the secrecy of secret the White House only entered is finalized, the nation will bypass domestic courts and negotiations is concerned, to lie into negotiations with Iran lose even more sovereignty. override national legislatures, in order to achieve that goal?” after Hassan Rouhani became Negotiations on the Transat- including Congress. They would the reporter asked. Psaki president in 2013; he was much lantic Trade and Investment subject the U.S. to the same answered: “I think there are more “moderate” than Mahmoud Partnership (TTIP) are now anti-democratic, technocratic times where diplomacy needs Ahmadinejad and was ready to underway, in total secrecy regulation currently in force on privacy in order to progress. make a deal. The truth is, the and involving only unelected member states of the EU. Under [The Iran nuclear negotiation] is Obama administration started Washington technocrats. the agreement, if Congress a good example of that.” negotiating with Iran long before The TTIP is a plan for passes a law in violation of these Several months previously, Rouhani took office—while the creating a single economic new transatlantic regulations,

State Department spokes- hard-liner Ahmadinejad was still market between the U.S. and the government must use brendan woman Victoria Nuland in office. And to garner support the European Union. It aims taxpayer funds to compensate

emphatically stated that for the deal from Congress to subject both countries to foreign corporations. smialowski there had been no secret and the American people, they a single set of regulations on U.S. President Barack “government to government” manufactured a false narrative. To industrial standards, labor Obama met German Chan- / negotiations with Iran. When paraphrase Psaki, they had to lie laws and intellectual property cellor Angela Merkel in April afp / Psaki contradicted that state- in order to make progress on the rights. To enforce these rules, to encourage the passage getty

ment later that year, someone in deal. The end justified the means. the European Commission is of this controversial trade images the State Department scrubbed This administration’s facile use insisting on an Investor-State union. While some 70 percent , the confession from the record. of deliberate deceit should be Dispute Settlement Mech- of the German people oppose public The video edit wasn’t discov- deeply concerning to Americans. anism. As reported by the the TTIP, Obama and Merkel

domain ered until recently, at which Sadly, most people seem to have Guardian, these mechanisms announced they hope for a deal point the State Department accepted it as part of politics. n would allow megacorporations by the end of this year. n 30 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET It also suggested that federal Radical spending on means-tested Ozzie benefits (cash payments or prisons SOCIETYWATCH other benefits for people with relatively low income or few rison may no longer be assets) could have reduced the best place to send young men’s incentives to work. P Australia’s terrorists. The most striking cause Recent reports indicate that suggested by the CBO was Muslim radicals are using minimum wage increases. penitentiaries to garner new American Minimum wage limits don’t converts. Through intimidation, affect those with higher violence and coercion, the males: Jobless or education as much: Workers Islamic State has gained a holding bachelor’s, master’s foothold in prisons nationwide, incarcerated or professional degrees make sparking fears that when pris- up only 8 percent of minimum oners are released, many will wage earners. be newly converted, dangerous ne in six of America’s high school education.” Raising the minimum wage extremists. 18-to-34-year-old men The report’s authors to $15—as is happening in New The Australian reports that O were out of work or in attributed these record York and California—mostly 8 to 9 percent of prisoners prison during 2014. Out of 37.8 numbers to economic changes, hurts low-skilled workers in their in Victoria and New South million males, about 5 million policy changes and changes in search for jobs. To an employer Wales identify as Muslim, were jobless and 1 million incar- the skills of young men with less legally obligated to pay workers compared to the 2 to 3 percent cerated, the Congressional education. These changes affect significantly higher wages, the 5 of the Australian public. Many Budget Office (CBO) reported young men with the least educa- million largely uneducated young of these prisoners want to May 9. tion the most. “The especially men look less desirable. convert non-Muslims—by “Nearly one third of young large increase in joblessness On signing the California bill force if necessary. The Daily men without a high school among less educated young for the $15 minimum wage, Gov. Telegraph reported Oct. 10, education were jobless or men may be partly attributable Jerry Brown said, “Economically, 2015, that authorities had incarcerated,” the CBO report to changes in technology that minimum wages may not make uncovered plots to behead said, “as were more than one have reduced demand for [their] sense,” yet the push for a higher those who refused conversion, fifth of young men with only a labor,” the report said. minimum wage continues. n including guards and staff. One entire yard apparently had been converted to Islam, walk away with only a concus- at least 30 major cities. Nearly except for six Christians. The sion and a few minor scrapes. half of all cities surveyed by the Muslim inmates planned to The story made headlines Major Cities Chiefs Association behead one Christian, film it worldwide. Much anger was showed an increase in murders on a phone, and post it online directed at the child’s mother, over the same period in 2015. as propaganda for the Islamic as well as at the zoo itself for At the time of Harambe’s State. not providing adequate fencing. death, his hometown Cincinnati Australia has been Celebrities spoke out, ranters suffered 27 homicides on the conducting raids and police and trolls bombarded comment year and a total of 855 violent stings across the nation to Save a gorilla sections and social media feeds, crimes, including homicide, rape, crack down on those seeking or save a child? and animal rights activists robbery and aggravated assault. to join the Islamic State. But as condemned the treatment of And these tragedies are dwarfed it turns out, those caught and fter a silverback gorilla animals in captivity. A candlelight by the violence in Chicago, convicted have opportunities at the Cincinnati Zoo vigil and memorial adorned with where murders have jumped a to teach, train and convert A was shot dead on May flowers and cards for Harambe staggering 72 percent this year within prison. In a situation 28 when a 3-year-old boy fell were set up at the zoo. to 302 and counting: roughly 12 where being part of a gang is zoo

into its enclosure, many people This outrage over a dead murders per week. Shootings often considered necessary for expressed outrage. gorilla should be viewed in are up more than 88 percent. survival, conversion by the fist cincinatti , Harambe, the gorilla, grabbed contrast to the silence over the The fact that none of this is an effective recruiting tool. the child, dragging him back and increasing violence in America raises much outcry, at the same The system is also full of young forth in a moat for 10 minutes today. In the first 150 days of time that people denounce the men looking for protection, viewapart / before zookeepers decided to 2016, over 5,475 Americans were death of a gorilla to save a child, purpose and justification for com . shoot the gorilla to rescue the killed in gun-related violence. reflects some terribly warped their actions, a promising

istock child. The boy was fortunate to Murder rates have increased in moral values. n profile for radical Islam. n AUGUST 2016 31 u FATHER OF NATIONS FROM PAGE 21 Creator God, the one source powerful Josephus records that the Chaldeans The Fight Against Paganism enough to create stars and galaxies and and other peoples of Mesopotamia The pagan priesthood established by suns and moons and planets, brilliant “raised a tumult” against Abraham, Nimrod and Semiramis was teaching enough to set them all in order accord- forcing him to flee the country. Unlike the masses to believe that the sun, ing to perfect laws—and loving enough the priests of this Babylonian mystery moon, stars and planets were mani- to teach those laws.” religion, Abraham refused to teach lies festations of the gods. They deceived What many historians are unwilling to receive the praise of men. people into thinking priests could to admit is that Abraham possessed These pagan religious leaders would communicate with these gods. advanced astronomical knowledge have killed Abraham for publishing In addition to being a scientist, that would not be rediscovered for the truth and likely did kill his older however, Abraham was a great teacher. thousands of years! brother Haran. The Bible only records He taught the people physics and Yet Josephus further records that that Haran “died before his father mathematics, and showed them that Abraham wasn’t the first astronomer in Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the celestial bodies moved according his family. The study of astronomy orig- the Chaldees” (Genesis 11:28). Josephus to preordained laws. inated in the family line of Seth, the adds that a monument was erected in Josephus paraphrases Abraham’s third son of Adam. He wrote that “God Haran’s honor, and that “Terah [hated] words: “If these bodies had power of gave [those who lived before the Flood] Chaldea, on account of his mourning their own, they would such long life that they for Haran” (op cit). certainly take care might perfect those While Terah himself fell into idol of their own regular things which they had worship, Abraham never lost faith in motions; but since they invented in astronomy.” the existence of the great Creator of do not preserve such Other ancient records the universe. regularity, they make indicate that Noah had To recount all the various histories it plain, that in so far knowledge of maritime of the things Abraham suffered during as they cooperate to astronomy involving this period would fill many pages. He our advantage, they navigating by the fought in battle against the feudal lord do it not of their own stars. This noble and of the land of Aligemorum and lost. He abilities, but as they are elderly patriarch likely was driven from his country and for a subservient to Him that brought knowledge of long time fell into poverty. He wandered commands them, to mathematics, astron- with his followers along the banks of the Danube River until he came to the edge of the known world. There, in the Alpine Abraham was a great teacher. He taught valleys of Europe, he helped found one the people physics and mathematics, of the most sophisticated cultures of the ancient world. Then, in the course of and showed them that the celestial bodies time, he returned to Chaldea to connect with the family he had to leave behind. moved according to preordained laws. Through his trials and tribulations, however, Abraham stayed faithful to his belief in God until—when he was whom alone we ought justly to offer our omy and other sciences from one side 75 years old—God Himself actually honor and thanksgiving” (ibid). of the Flood to the other, passing it appeared to Abraham and made a cov- Abraham taught the Chaldeans what down from generation to generation to enant with him that would change the the priests secretly knew: The move- Abraham! course of history! Abraham knew more ments of the stars and other heavenly about the stars than any man of his era; bodies are one of the greatest proofs of Father of the Faithful so God made him a promise that if he God’s existence. The presence of law According to The Biblical Companion, continued to obey the one true Creator demands the presence of a lawgiver! a Bible study aid published by William God, his descendants would be more As perhaps the most famous scientist Carpenter in 1836, the idolatrous wor- numerous than the stars. in the land of the Chaldeans, Abraham ship introduced by Semiramis didn’t Most of this amazing history is actu- declared the stars and planets were obtain great ascendancy in Assyria till ally corroborated in secular sources. only physical objects created by the the days of her grandson Arioch, whom Yet God summarizes what is most vital

one true God! Abraham would later end up fighting in for us to know about Abraham in the gary

As Trumpet managing editor Joel war (Genesis 14). As the pagan priests of pages of the Bible. James 2:23 states: dorning Hilliker writes in Our Awesome Uni- the Assyrio-Babylonian Empire gained “And the scripture was fulfilled which /

verse Potential: “What is most certain power and influence, they lost patience saith, Abraham believed God, and it was trumpet is that Abraham’s scientific knowledge with Abraham and his teachings about imputed unto him for righteousness: came through his connection with the the one true God. and he was called the Friend of God.” n 32 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET PRINCIPLES OF LIVING Stuff Breaks—Deal With It

The state of your property reflects the state of your character.

f you own a home, you understand the second law of even throw away piles of things you never thermodynamics: entropy, the degradation of matter and should have bought in the first place. But I energy. Yes, owning property is a blessing, be it a home once you have done this, build a mind-set or otherwise. But it is also work. Why? Because everything to keep and preserve what you have, and breaks down. to abstain from acquiring something new God created physical material to decay and return to dust. unless you intend to preserve it. It happens to our homes, our gardens, our vehicles, our pos- Colossians 1:16-17 say God created all things, sessions, even our bodies. Why did He create matter this way? and “by him all things hold together.” Read Because it compels us to care for these things, to preserve and Psalm 147 for an inspiring homage to the great protect them. He wants us to perform regular maintenance. Sustainer! It shows how detailed God’s work Our homes need a lot of it—from simple daily tasks like of preserving and maintaining His creation cleaning dirty dishes and dusty floors is. God is using the maintenance mind-set to to heavier maintenance like repairing build your character to think like Him! He is plumbing and replacing electrical Creator and Sustainer. He maintains what fixtures. Every home needs occasional He creates. patching, painting, sealing; landscap- God “preserves what He creates ing and property need pruning, seeding by His government,” Herbert W. Arm- and weeding. strong wrote in The Incredible Human Note the wisdom in Proverbs 24:30- Potential. “What God creates, He has created for a pur- joel hilliker 32: “I went by the field of the slothful, pose—to be used, preserved and maintained. And this use is and by the vineyard of the man void regulated by God’s government. … God is Creator, Preserver of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and Ruler,” Mr. Armstrong wrote. “Satan is Destroyer!” Little and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall wonder that in Satan’s world, the easiest thing is to neglect thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well: maintenance and “just buy another one.” I looked upon it, and received instruction.” Reject that mind-set! Think like God, care like God and Even a slothful man can come to possess property. Acquir- work like God. ing something might not even require money, and it certainly Here are some actions you can take right now to better does not require virtue. Getting isn’t necessarily hard. Main- prioritize maintenance: taining is. The author of this proverb knew this field owner Inventory the things you own. Look around: Are these vehi- was lazy and ignorant, though he didn’t even meet him. How cles, appliances, furnishings, housewares you see in good work- could he have such insight into this man’s character? Because ing order? If not, fix it or purge it. Remember, the state of your it was reflected in the state of his property. possessions is speaking loudly about the state of your character! Perhaps this field owner was like so many of us today who Print and post a home maintenance checklist (there is a are so prosperous that we just tend to accumulate more and great one available at ArtofManliness.com). Start by taking more stuff. Look around: Is your life full of stuff? For each one step toward learning a new manual skill. Need an idea on object you accumulate, you have three options: get rid of it, let what skill to start with? Look around the house to see what’s it break down, or maintain it. broken. This will point you to a skill that is immediately Many of us probably need to choose the first option more needful and will start you in with real, hands-on practice that frequently. Don’t just let stuff come into your life and pile up. gets results. Change your car’s oil, fix a leaky faucet, install a When you want to acquire something, ask yourself more than ceiling fan, tune your bike, fell a tree, wire a light, lay tile, sol- just, Can we afford the money to buy it? Also ask yourself, Can der an electronic component, landscape your driveway, plant I afford the time to maintain it? a garden, or go out to your yard and clear the nettles thereof. When you own something, the duty to maintain it comes with it. Online step-by-step tutorials and videos are available in Limit your possessions to what you can take care of. If you abundance, not to mention the how-to section at your local can’t afford the time or resources to maintain it, don’t acquire library or bookstore. If you’re still overwhelmed, ask someone it. Or, if you already have it, get rid of it. you know who is handy. You can even take a course at your This is not a “throwaway” mentality; it’s the opposite. The local technical college. throwaway mentality is what leads to acquiring piles of stuff Getting comfortable with home maintenance involves more inside a house in disrepair with an overgrown yard. To start, than one project. It is a mind-set that will benefit you for the you may need to purge a lot of possessions, to sell, donate or rest of your life, physically and spiritually. Embrace it! n AUGUST 2016 33 DISCUSSION BOARD

What a sobering yet inspiring message (“China Is Steering the World Toward War,” theTrumpet.com/go/13880). This world needs this warning of the difficult times that lie ahead. Thank God for this message and the hope-filled future that lies beyond the coming tribulation. It’s a pity that nothing less will get the attention of this stiff-necked world. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

I saw your magazine (July 2016) in the doctor’s more volatile and dangerous the world is office and being a Marine, I was disgusted becoming as America pulls back and allows by your cover. By using the Chinese flag and nations like China to fill the gap. The cover go/13886). Capitalism is fine. The problem sailors raising their flag like the Marines did image was intended to show at a glance how is that so many people at the top are greedy. on Iwo Jima during World War ii is an insult to the world order is being flipped upside down. Is it fair that the cost of living has gone out the Marines and those who died on that island. We did not intend it to be an insult to Marines, of control while wages have sat stagnant I showed this cover to the other patients in the although I can see why it can be taken as for over 20 years? The Bible says a laborer office and the nurses; they all asked me to get such and do apologize for the offense. is worthy of his hire. Go back to how it was rid of this garbage. Of course, you don’t give a Incidentally, we do not sell our magazine; it is 30 years ago when people got paid for what hoot if you insult a great moment in American free. We are simply trying to draw people’s they were worth. history as long as you sell your magazine. attention to what we believe to be the most Beverly Smith-Whitman EATON, OHIO Charles Hightower, U.S. MARINE CORPS important trends in the nation and in the world today, as a public service. I wish every high school student could read Joel Hilliker, MANAGING EDITOR: I can this! I still remember a teacher in social studies appreciate and respect your response. Where’s a Churchill or a Patton or perhaps even saying that socialism is something that Yours was the only response of this nature a Roosevelt when you need one? It’s just was taken from the Bible narrative! that we received, and to be honest I wish Moe, Larry and Curly left now. Or maybe it’s Laskey Hart CANADA more Americans reacted along these lines. worse. At least Moe, Larry and Curly weren’t Certainly I wish more Americans were afraid to throw a punch. Cost of greed alarmed and offended over what China is Matthew Bullock AUSTRALIA It is incredible and very sad! (“Not Much Bang doing in the South China Sea and elsewhere: for the Buck,” theTrumpet.com/go/13887). It is extremely dangerous and hostile to Youth embrace socialism This perfectly describes the deadliness of America’s interests. Step by step they are Capitalism has not failed (“Falling in Love the “get mentality”—lust and greed—at the undoing the work that America, including With Socialism,” theTrumpet.com/go/13884). expense of our national security! its Marines, has accomplished over the last It’s the character of people that has failed. Angelo several generations, and it is leading to more Susan Hire FORT WAYNE, INDIANA war. Yet most Americans are indifferent. I What an excellent and sad article. This is believe someone with your experience can Jesus said to help the poor, not enslave them no longer a country that can or will win any see better than most people just how much (“Is God a Socialist?”, theTrumpet.com/ wars. History is proof of that. No wars have been won since World War ii. All the singing of “God Bless America” will not mean a thing if He is not! Drop the self-help book. Howard Lieberman FLORIDA Read this: Herbert W. Armstrong was one of the most Trump’s edge prominent religious leaders of the 20th May I ask why you are so anti-Trump please? century—watched, read and followed by (“This Election Disaster Is Not America’s ‘Best millions. He was respected by presidents, Hope,’” theTrumpet.com/go/13896). In my prime ministers, emperors, kings and very humble opinion, the world and the U.S., everyday people around the world. His for once, has a very strong politically right- autobiography is jam-packed with lessons minded person running for the presidency. that will help make your career and So far, all his planned policies make perfect Christian life a success. Request your free sense to bring order and stability in a world copy of the Autobiography of Herbert W. that is rotten to the core by the new world Armstrong at theTrumpet.com/go/hwa. order leftists and the establishment. Garret Pelser NEW ZEALAND 34 THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET who, after the tragedy, advocated prayer. cnn’s Anderson Cooper grilled Florida’s attorney general on the air for helping victims of the attack, because she had previously defended COMMENTARY the state’s constitution as defining marriage as a male-female union. He implied she was some kind of fraud for expressing compassion after having no previous record of lgbt advocacy. Orlando Massacre: If people are honestly wondering what provoked Omar Mateen, they certainly won’t find it in the rapidly backped- The Wrong Lesson aling effort to maintain the status quo on marriage and sex A Muslim jihadi mass shooting proves the imminent in America. They’ll find much more provocative evidence in threat of … Christians? by joel hilliker the bold, brash, “loud and proud” homosexual-rights move- ment that bullies people into compliance, even against their he Orlando massacre on June 12 that killed 49 peo- personal convictions. Yet somehow, the big lesson people take ple was a terrible, grisly tragedy. But some of the public from this tragedy is that Americans need to become stronger T discussion afterward may have been even more aston- advocates of homosexuality. After Orlando, politicians and ishing. Mainstream media outlets insisted that a major cause media outdid themselves to prove what strident champions for the carnage—aside from the right to bear arms—is the of the lgbt community we all are now. “climate of hate” in America created by Bible-believers. Three years ago, I wrote a booklet called Redefining Family. The killer, Omar Mateen, was a Muslim. He had bought into At the time, there was tremendous social pressure to accept a culture that dominates more than 30 countries, 10 of which same-sex “marriage.” This booklet reveals how homosexuali- punish homosexuality with the death penalty. The Islamic ty’s move from fringe to mainstream was the result of a delib- State, to which Mateen pledged allegiance, throws homosex- erate strategy. It speaks of how the cause was taking over the uals off rooftops. But after the Orlando attack, commentators courts and public policy, and how lightning-fast the change was. acted like Mateen’s Islamism had no bearing on his murder spree. No—the real culprit is “homophobia” and “religious intolerance.” So, if you don’t celebrate homosexuality, you’re in the same category as an Islamist who murders homosexuals. This wasn’t just a shoot-from-the-hip opinion offered by a few fringers. The New York Times editorial board put Mateen’s “hatred toward gays and lesbians” in context: “Hate crimes don’t happen in a vacuum. They occur where bigotry is

allowed to fester, where minorities are vilified and where peo- VIGIL Mourners memorialize the ple are scapegoated for political gain. Tragically, this is the Orlando shooting victims. state of American politics, driven too often by Republican pol- iticians who see prejudice as something to exploit, not extin- What strikes me about this booklet today is just how out guish.” In three sentences, the Times leaped from a psychotic of date parts of it are. The three years since it was published jihadist to the Republican Party. The whole editorial decried have brought a tsunami of additional changes. We’re not Republican bigotry—it called 49 Orlando victims “casualties debating same-sex “marriage” anymore: That is now the law of a society where hate has deep roots” (not the Islamic State, of the land. Transgender is mainstream, and anyone who but America)—but never even mentioned Mateen’s religion. disapproves can lose his job. President Barack Obama, who Apparently the Times thinks radical Muslims kill homosexu- publicly opposed same-sex “marriage” when he took office, als because of cheerleading from evangelicals. has now directed all public schools—even elementaries—to An American Civil Liberties Union lawyer tweeted, “The give transgender children access to bathrooms and other Christian Right has introduced 200 anti-lgbt bills in the last six facilities based on the gender they say they are, or risk losing months and people blaming Islam for this. No.” This man wants federal funding. This is a phenomenal, revolutionary change. you to believe that legal efforts to check the aggressive advance- Back in 1987, two activists laid out a strategy to erase the ment of homosexuality and transgenderism are equivalent to stigma of homosexuality, called “The Overhauling of Straight gunning people down. That if you say biology should determine America.” They advocated a restrained, gradual approach, bathroom access, you essentially believe homosexuals are so keeping the discussion broad and abstract while downplaying disgusting they should be slaughtered. Some talking heads actual homosexual behavior. “First let the camel get his nose bizarrely insisted that blaming Mateen’s religion was scape- inside the tent,” they wrote—“only later his unsightly derrière!” goating Islam to deflect blame from Christian homophobia. Those men can congratulate themselves. Today the whole As strange as it may seem to these folks, it is quite possible horrid beast is in the tent. There’s less and less room for an to believe homosexuality is wrong and also to believe that individual to freely live according to the teachings of the Bible. homosexuals should not be murdered. You can believe the And anyone unwilling to pretend the camel is just one of the Bible and still be appalled to see fellow human beings, made guys is being told to get out. n images in God’s image, slaughtered. But in these commentators’ If you want to know why this change is so dangerous, request getty distorted view, this is hypocrisy. Some pundits mocked those a free copy of Redefining Family. AUGUST 2016 35 u ORLANDO FROM PAGE 1 God warned that He would break America’s will to fight (Leviticus 26:19). Read this entire chapter for context: It is about blessings for obedience and curses for disobedi- ence. America has won its last war, and sin is to blame. The fault lies not with a leader or political party, but with the sinful people. “Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward” (Isaiah 1:4). God blames the people because of their sins. Most Americans don’t even really know what sin is! Make no mistake: America’s problem with radical Islamic terrorism is a war in which only one side is fight- Philadelphia Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry appears ing. Because of sin, there is no way America will win. each week on The Key of David explaining the meaning behind “Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of world events and teaching the inspiring truths of the Bible. Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our The program is also available at keyofdavid.com. sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I ALL TIMES ARE A.M. 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