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A Trumpet Call: Can Covid-19 change the nation’s values? – Neil Mackereth

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Neil MacKereth, author of Signs, the Significance of Bible Prophecy, emailed saying, “I continue to be amazed at your prolific output…I am adding to your reading load with the attached – a bit longer than recent docs, but I felt urged to write it. Hope you can find a moment to read it.” Running off a hard-copy I mulled it over at leisure but was brought back to it a few times in view of its thought-provoking content. Therefore, you too may find it of noteworthy interest…

A TRUMPET CALL
Can Covid-19 Change the Nations Values?

“If you ask me what I think to be the design, I believe it to be this—to waken up our indifferent population, to make them remember that there is a God, to render them susceptible of the influences of the gospel, to drive them to the house of prayer, to influence their minds to receive the Word, and moreover to startle Christians into energy and earnestness, that they may work while it is called to-day.” (Charles Spurgeon, ‘The Voice of Cholera’ sermon, August 1866)

INTRODUCTION – THE SITUATION (April 2020)

Covid-19 is a virulent and pitiless virus which is sweeping across the world. So far, it is an uncontrollable pestilence: it is a law unto itself. It advances like a desert wind, ignoring those in authority and all the usual constraints that govern inter-national relations. It destroys people and livelihoods, undermines governments and economies and is testing the very foundations of our way of life and our values.

It is not localised, or in some way compartmentalised, as Ebola was, or forest fires are, or tsunamis, or earthquakes. It cannot be ignored, ridiculed or responded to half-heartedly, as global warming has been.

I pose some questions for your consideration: Continue reading →

1 o’clock News-blog: EU turns against rebels and leaders in financial chaos (F/P #13.20)

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To read original David Noakes prophecy of 17 Nov 2015 about the EU’s demise and the Lord urging Britain to “Come out!”, click here.  This 20th installment of monitoring that word coming to pass is in two parts.(See Prophecies Fulfilled for previous entries)

First, click image below to read this in-depth analysis (not in new window):

Secondly, watcher Roger in S. Africa kindly notified me of this and copied its report, (click image for report – not in new window):

“Sixteen hours in a virtual meeting and virtually nothing was achieved,” said one Spanish diplomat, who spoke of an exhausting EU video conference all too reminiscent of the days of the Greek financial crisis.

‘This time though, in the words of a Danish colleague, “it appears to be a financial crisis, on steroids”.

‘A deep, deep recession is looming across the EU as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

‘The all-nighter into Wednesday, pulled by the EU’s 27 finance ministers, was supposed to provide a financial solution to help shield the worst-hit countries.

‘Video conferences are becoming the norm for the EU, but this 16-hour night session went on almost until dawn.

‘They were supposed to pass on the good news to their bosses, and in a matter of days EU leaders would sign off on a new recovery fund in an extraordinary video summit.

‘At five o’clock in the morning though, they gave up the ghost.

‘French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told colleagues: “As we count the deaths of hundreds and thousands, you ministers are playing with words and adjectives. It shames finance ministers, and it shames Europe.”

What choices do they have?

‘There had been several proposals on the table worth billions for countries to access emergency funds.

‘One proposal by the Spanish and Italians was dubbed “coronabonds”: debt or IOUs backed by all members of the eurozone – a collective responsibility.

‘The Dutch aren’t having any of that. They want member states to be responsible for their own debt and didn’t “budge an inch”, according to Italian officials. For now, that looks to be a non-starter.

‘The best idea being put forward is from the French, where all 27 EU governments could access a recovery fund, which can be paid back in the distant future.

Again, it was the Dutch that asked for repayment conditions to be progressively applied. Italy, though, refuses to sign up to another strict debit plan.

‘One notable change from meetings gone by was that there appeared to be no lead player in the room.

‘Germany uncharacteristically chose not to take that dominant position and was eager to compromise.

‘The ministers meet again on Thursday, screen to screen. trying to find a balance between funding that doesn’t exclude the idea of countries sharing the debt, but doesn’t commit to it either.’

Yinka Oyekan: Watch the gates – upside-down laws

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Interesting how the Lord’s timing and connections play out!

This morning I received Yinka Oyekan’s permission to publish his Facebook posting of Monday. Also in my in-tray was a notification of the video of pastor Bird’s report upon a Hindu mother and daughter being healed and delivered during his ministry overseas. If you’ve read my PS and link therein to a 2nd and 3rd ‘jigsaw piece’, you’ll appreciate the background between those items and Yinka’s report on upside-down laws, as below.:

THE SCALES ARE UNBALANCED

On Wednesday I took a few minutes to pray in the afternoon and in that prayer time I felt a clear word from heaven;

“Watch the gates, the trickle will become a stream, the stream will become a river.”

I had been praying about the moral decline in the nation, but in that time I had a vision, the Lord pointed to an amazing grand cathedral, and as this image of this beautiful church building flashed before me. the Lord redirected me to pray instead for the moral state of the church. – I then had a vision of the gates of churches opening:

I saw individuals walking out of churches looking confused and the words came to me they are like sheep without a shepherd, harassed and malnourished.

The sense I got was that if the church will repent then the Lord’s mercy will bring a great healing in the land.

Then I saw scales and the justice system, the scales seemed unbalanced and I heard a whisper,

“I have this against your lawmakers, they oppress truth and stifle freedom. Yet they say they uphold truth and defend freedom. If your parliaments will not repent, a greater knot than Brexit will be visited upon you. You will tie yourselves in knots with your own legislation. You will say ‘up’ when it comes to laws governing people’s perception of who they are, but it will feel like ‘down’; you will say ‘down’ but your laws will say ‘up’, you will confuse your citizens with the absurdity of the laws you are passing. These laws will haunt you. Instead of listening to Me, you have chosen your own path. They will be a chain around your neck.You will pay for the harm you have done to your children.”

But I got a sense that the judgement of the Lord is on hold for a season because of a wave of prayer.

I prayed for mercy for all of us especially the mainline denominations and key church streams. But I will watch with great interest to see what is about to happen to those denominations and the legislative parliaments in our Land.

Sign petition to stop hate speech against Christians and investigate Franklin Graham’s opponents for hate crimes

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Further to my explanation of the vision of the Lord allowing the rotten fabric of Britain to be torn apart, join me in taking a stand against satan’s tactics of using the unsaved to vent their wrath against a servant of the Lord, thereby rejecting the One who sent him:

Please read below, visit CitizenGO to sign the petition and CIRCULATE WIDELY:

PETITION TO THE HOME SECRETARY – THE Rt Hon PRITI PATEL

STOP HATE SPEECH AGAINST CHRISTIANS. INVESTIGATE FRANKLIN GRAHAM’S BULLYING OPPONENTS FOR HATE CRIMES Continue reading →

Historic timing of three ‘Books of Destiny’ posting, the ECJ’s ruling against Israel and America’s policy on settlements

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Upon awaking this morning I was immediately grabbed by the deep significance of the timing over Monday-Tuesday, 11-12th Nov, of two publications reported on this blog:

  1. Veronika West’s posting of a vision and word of about the inter-related destinies of the United Kingdom, the United States of America and of Israel.
  2. The European Court of Justice’s decision that all member states of the EU are now required by law to label goods of Israeli origin coming from the West Bank.

As indicated within the ECJ’s publication, and summarised by Caroline Glick, that final official ruling was the culmination of a lengthy sequence of legal proceedings.

That is, the day before the ECJ publishes it’s anti-Israel declaration, attracting Genesis 12:3 penalty against Europe, Veronika publishes that mighty vision for the three nations that will receive the holy blessing promised in Gen 12:3.

I believe only the Living Lord God could have arranged such synchronicity between an unholy legislative earthly event and an exceptional Holy Spirit sign!

MOREOVER, Veronika introduced the vision by saying,

“I have sat on this Vision for just under a week as it has challenged much of my own understanding of end-time theology concerning these Nations but dare I say I felt the Spirit of God say, “OBEDIENCE IS ALL I REQUIRE OF YOU”, hence why I am posting this word/vision at this time, as I believe it is a ‘NOW’ WORD.” (Emphases added)

One of my readers asked me what’s Veronika’s ‘understanding’. I replied that he check with her but he found on her Facebook thread someone had already done so, to which she replies (as of my own mind too – again underlining is mine),

“In a nutshell my friend it’s a TIMING THING CONCERNING ENDTIME EVENTS”.

On the 7th day (18th Nov), which Caroline Glick reckons “will long be remembered as a turning point in Middle East history”, the US Secretary of State issues a statement to the press on a major about-face in the American government’s policy on Israel’s settlements in the West Bank.

He thereby fully refutes and rebutts the legitimacy of not only the EU’s anti-Israel stance but also that of President Obama’s anti-Israel obsession!

In his Remarks To The Press Secretary Mike Pompeo covers many areas of foreign affairs, including Iran and Iraq, but this is the vital part of historic moment:

Click image for link to watch video of briefing

“Turning now to Israel, the Trump administration is reversing the Obama administration’s approach towards Israeli settlements. Continue reading →

New ECJ anti-Israel law brings Biblical curse upon the EU – and British & American action!

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Now [in Haran] the Lord said to Abram, “Go for yourself [for your own advantage] away from your country, from your relatives and your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others]. And I will bless those who bless you [who confer prosperity or happiness upon you] and curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed” [and by you they will bless themselves]. – Genesis 12:1-3; Amplified Bible (Classic)

[Footnote v3: ‘To look with disfavor upon the Jews was to invite God’s displeasure and to treat the Jews offensively was to incur His wrath, but to befriend them would bring down upon one’s head the rewards of a promise that could not be broken.’]

THE PRIME PURPOSE FOR A CLEAN BREXIT FROM THE E.U. IS NOW ABUNDANTLY AND UNQUESTIONABLY PLAIN FOR ALL TO SEE!

A week ago today the European Court of Justice (ECJ) released a legal ruling that’s an  anti-Semitic bomb: one that will blow up in the European Union’s face – maybe bringing down the modern tower of Babel?  In this blog we’ll look at British, American and Israeli reaction.

The ruling was made in response to a lawsuit brought before a French court by Psagot winery, located north of Jerusalem, and decrees that all EU member states must affix special labels to Jewish-made Israeli “foodstuffs” produced beyond Israel’s 1949 armistice line (ie. the ‘West bank’) and exported to EU member states. It begins…(plus later extract):

‘In the judgment Organisation juive européenne and Vignoble Psagot (C-363/18), delivered on 12 November 2019, concerning the interpretation of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011,1 the Grand Chamber of the Court ruled that foodstuffs originating in territories occupied by the State of Israel must bear the indication of their territory of origin, accompanied, where those foodstuffs come from a locality or a group of localities constituting an Israeli settlement within that territory, by the indication of that provenance…the Court held that the indication of the territory of origin of the foodstuffs in question is mandatory, within the meaning of Regulation No 1169/2011, in order to prevent consumers from being misled as to the fact that the State of Israel is present in the territories concerned as an occupying power and not as a sovereign entity…’ [Court of Justice of the European Union Press Release 140/19]

Here’s a brief overview of related news; click links to read each article in full.:

UK PM JOHNSON’S REACTION

Regular readers of this blog will be aware of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s great love of Israel [New PM Brings Biblical Blessing to Britain] and so the news of Conservative Party’s reaction against the ECJ ruling comes as welcome news, as may be deduced from – Tories to ban councils from boycotting goods from Israel under manifesto plans.

US PRESIDENT TRUMP’S REACTION

Award-winning political reporter Adam Kredo and senior writer on national security and foreign policy matters for the Washington Free Beacon writes on Wednesday 13th,

‘The Trump administration is preparing to go toe-to-toe with the European Union over the latter’s recent decision to mandate that Jewish-made goods produced in contested areas of Israel carry consumer warning labels, a decision critics have described as reminiscent of Nazi-era boycotts, according to senior U.S. officials who briefed the Washington Free Beacon…

‘Observers viewed the decision as a major win for the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The labels are not being applied to Palestinian goods produced in the same areas, a point emphasized by legal experts who described the decision as part of a larger global effort to delegitimize Israel and penalize Jewish manufacturers…’

Here’s the specific reaction of President Trump’s Administration:

‘Senior Trump administration officials told the Free Beacon in their first public comments on the matter that the administration is gearing up to fight the E.U.’s decision and protect its Middle Eastern ally from threats both physical and legal.

‘The officials said efforts to delegitimize Israel will not be taken lightly by the Trump administration and will be met with counteraction. Combatting the EU labeling mandate is a “top priority for us,” one senior administration official working on the matter told the Free Beacon. “We strongly condemn it.”

‘The Trump administration considers the E.U.’s legal moves an endorsement of the BDS movement, which aims to wage economic warfare on Israel and its citizens. The decision also undermines U.S. efforts to foster peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, officials said.

“This is BDS, plain and simple,” the official said, discussing the ongoing matter only on background. “The administration strongly opposes the decision. It will not have the intended effect. These efforts have never brought peace, only more divisions. I think we’ve been clear that we think this is consistent with the BDS movement and we think the BDS movement is anti-Semitic,” the official added in some of the clearest comments on the administration’s view of the movement.

‘Trump administration officials were especially offended by the E.U.’s decision given renewed violence in Israel, where Palestinian terrorists have fired hundreds of rockets at Jewish civilians during the past several days.

“The decision to announce this as Israel is defending a civilian population against hundreds of rockets is particularly tone deaf and demonstrates how poorly the E.U. understands the ramifications of these actions,” the official said.

‘U.S. officials and legal experts who spoke to the Free Beacon further said the E.U.’s ruling is likely to trigger a series of American anti-boycott laws that were enacted in large part to undermine the BDS movement and protect Israel from discrimination.’

Adam then refers to American resolve too deal with international, discriminatory laws:

‘A group of leading lawmakers in Congress warned the E.U. earlier this week that any decision to single out Jewish-made goods would be met with an aggressive response by the United States. The Trump administration says that it is more than willing to work with its partners in Congress to bolster any action they may take in the coming weeks.

“Historically, the U.S. has had a good track record in anti-boycott laws and certainly the admin would be interested in working with Congress on it additionally, and I think we would enjoy broad bipartisan support,” the senior administration official said.

‘Experts anticipate the E.U.’s decision will strain its economic relationship with the United States. “The decision will no doubt affect US-EU trade relations, as so many U.S. officials have already warned,” Brooke Goldstein, executive director of the Lawfare Project, said in a statement to the Free Beacon. “It will likely trigger anti-boycott laws and ‘create policy tensions,’ as [Democratic New Jersey senator Bob] Menendez put it. EU countries that choose to enforce this decision will also be in violation of their WTO obligations. This will end up hurting the EU much more than it will hurt Israel.”

[Trump Admin Will Fight European mandate that Jewish-made Goods Carry ‘Warning Labels’ – emphases RB]

Furthermore on this very matter, yesterday Monday 18th November is a historic date for being a turning pointing in Middle-East history! The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo officially announced Washington has shifted its policy on Israeli settlements. Having carefully studied all the facts, he supports President Reagan’s findings and declared they’re not “inconsistent with international law.”  Therefore, “the Trump administration is reversing the Obama administration’s approach towards Israeli settlements“.  [Read the Full Text of Pompeo’s Statement on Settlements – extract on the settlements and insight into this matter may be read in the next post on the historic timing of this event.]

CAROLINE GLICK’S REACTION

‘Ne plus ultra’ (‘none better’) journalist, Caroline Glick is thorough in her exposure of the ECJ’s ruling as the outcome of the EU’s long-standing hostility towards Israel. Some snippets from her incisive analysis of Our European ‘Friends’.:

‘Israeli lawyers noted at the time that the European demand for discriminatory labels violated international trade law, but this made no impression on European decision-makers.

‘The French court’s referral to the ECJ was a big deal. It created a means for anti-Israel forces in the EU to render the interpretive notice from 2015 legally binding on all EU states without obtaining unanimous consent. ECJ judgments bind all EU states…

‘Once his recommendation was published, any residual hope the ECJ would act in accordance with international trade law and reject the proposed discriminatory labelling policy was extinguished.

‘But then, with or without the advocate general’s recommendation, Israel and Psagot never stood a chance of getting justice at the ECJ. Before it is a judicial body, the ECJ is a political arm of the EU whose job it is to uphold EU policies and strengthen EU institutions.

‘The EU’s policy towards Israel has been clear for a very long time.

‘For decades, the EU has been waging a hostile campaign against Israel. The goals of its campaign are to call Israel’s right to exist into question, weaken Israel economically and politically, and strengthen Israel’s enemies at Israel’s expense. The EU wages its campaign through political, diplomatic and economic warfare…

‘As for Europe’s support for Israel’s enemies, led by Germany, the EU refuses to walk away from the nuclear deal with Iran, or reinstate economic sanctions against Iran in light of its open material breaches of the limitations the nuclear deal placed on its nuclear activities.

‘So too, led by Germany, the EU refuses to designate all arms of Hezbollah as a terror group. This pro-Hezbollah policy has the deadly result of enabling the Iranian-controlled terror group to operate and raise money openly in Europe.

‘Both of these policies, which pave Iran’s way to a nuclear arsenal and empower its foreign legion are hostile acts towards Israel.

‘Then there is the EU’s adulation of the Palestinians. EU institutions do not merely legitimize Palestinian terror groups, including Hamas and the PFLP. They enthusiastically embrace them…

‘In the face of the EU’s implacable, long standing and steadily expanding efforts to harm Israel, the notion Israel can reasonably expect to ever receive a fair hearing from any EU body is ridiculous….

‘Europe is not enlightened and it is not Israel’s ally. It is not susceptible to reason and evidence. It is a hostile post-national governing structure that is conducting political, diplomatic and economic warfare against Israel to harm the Jewish state and assist its enemies.

‘So long as our leaders and our officials refuse to accept this basic truth, we will continue to experience defeat and discrimination as individuals and collectively at the hands of our European “friends.”

For more go to the next post >>

Fulfilled prophecy #10:9 cont’d part 2 – exposure of rotten politics…and law!

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‘Entangled in politics, the court has wrongly seized supreme power‘, thus runs Juliet Samuel’s excellent Saturday Comment on 28th September. Here’s a few snippets, as usual all emphases are mine:

‘The first clue as to the unsoundness of its judgment is that, just five years ago, it reached exactly the opposite conclusion on a crucial principle. The Crown’s power to prorogue has always been treated “a proceeding in Parliament” – a category of power explicitly protected from judicial interference by the 1689 Bill of Rights. In 2014, the Supreme Court itself ruled that the Crown’s actions in Parliament were sacrosanct and “cannot be questioned”. Continue reading →

Fulfilled prophecy #10:9 cont’d part 1 – exposure of rotten politics…and law!

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Further to my two blogs of last Wednesday 26th September based upon my prophecy of 2016 on the Lord starting to expose rotten politics, and the spiritual battle for Brexit that’s so clearly evident behind the ‘Supreme’ Court’s ruling on the prorogation of Parliament, and the Court committing a travesty, if not miscarriage, of justice arising from its applying new law in retrospect; I’m most encouraged to read legal confirmation of this within His Honour Charles Wide QC’s letter to The Telegraph’s editor, as published on 1st October (emphases mine): Continue reading →

The Prime Minister doesn’t have to ask for an extension under the Benn Act. Here’s why and the irony is delicious

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Here, David brings a concise analysis, seemingly following the principles summarised in the Brexit Legal Guide’s EU Law & The ECJ, published by Lawyers For Britain.  This is  helpful after my deep reservations on the ‘Supreme’ Court’s travesty of justice in judging against the PM’s advice to Her Majesty for the proroguing of Parliament.  However, one regular reader makes a sound criticism of David’s claims!

‘Supreme’ Court committed a travesty of justice? (Fulfilled Prophecy #10.9)

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Dear reader, it’s none of my business but may I ask, “When did you last sit down to eat a meal at a table?”

You reply, “X hours (or Y days) ago. Why?”

I respond, “Well my friend, you acted illegally because I’ve introduced – only just now! – a new law stating meals are to be eaten whilst standing in the corner of a room. If you’re not alone, then each person must be in another corner of the room while each is eating; if there’s more than four of you then use another room too. For breaking this law you can face jail.”

In other words, in not having eaten your last meal by standing in the corner of a room you are breaking the law retrospectively – even though this new law did not exist when you had that meal…!!!

“An injustice!” you shout. Nevertheless, because I have the authority to invent new laws at whim then, by your own above confession, you are guilty of breaking it!

This ridiculous scenario is similar to the ‘Supreme’ Court’s judgement against the Prime Minister’s prorogation of Parliament. Retired Supreme Justice Lord Sumption, has said the court had invented a new rule in the relationship between the Judiciary and the Government, as reported in Supreme Court justices could be appointed by MPs…:

“What the Supreme Court has done is to invent a brand new rule that is undoubtedly controversial, a brand new constitutional rule, the effect of which is to reinstate Parliament at the heart of the decision-making process.”

Little wonder that Boris Johnson insisted in yesterday’s resumed Parliament that this Court’s decision was “wrong”.

What’s Prophetical? Continue reading →

Spiritual nature of Brexit vs. EU battle again displayed – twice in so-called ‘supreme court’!

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Our break from blogging over the week of my birthday and our wedding anniversary is interrupted to cover as quickly as possible today’s news of the EU court’s ruling:

Last February we noticed a clear, public display of hostility of a spiritual nature when Donald Tusk cursed those who promoted Brexit – and, by association, all who voted to leave the EU – saying a  “special place is reserved for them in hell”, or sentiment to that effect. Thus, the EU leader’s heart was displayed for the whole world to see.

Then last Wednesday at the opening of the supposedly supreme court’s hearing on the prorogation of Parliament, our Prime Minister was savagely slandered in being likened to satan!  The QC representing the Remainer peers and MPs, and who’d been hired to serve an injunction upon The Queen in Balmoral, claimed in this court “What we have with prorogation is the mother of parliaments closed down by the father of lies”.  (That’s how Jesus referred to satan as being the source of religious leaders’ opposition – John 8:44)

A court president of integrity and worth his/her salt would have reprimanded an unproven, slanderous accusation such as that!

Today, that court’s president passed judgement against Prime Minister Boris Johnson whilst wearing a large brooch of a spider – with deliberate symbolic intent! (A spiritual symbol of the EU as seen in many visions. Thank you Hilary for giving me this news.) Brenda Hale’s deep anti-Referendum and pro-EU bias (like some of those justices, Leave EU refers) was covered in depth in the latter half of this post of 24 November 2016.

The Mirror too has drawn attention to this issue in ‘Secret message’ Supreme Court Judge gave Boris Johnson with spider brooch at ruling.

Having personally encountered the demonic spirit that apparently has rights of access in this judgement, I earnestly pray this woman have the same face-to-face encounter I did with the hideous, enormous spider-like Devourer (manifested first by masquerading as ecstatic light) and, like me, be filled with the Spirit of Fear of God.

Lord, may she be truly contrite and repent of not serving you, for she may be prepared for arraignment with her fellow justices in Your Heavenly Courts – the Ultimate Court.

Next, we’ll consider what Veronika West believes she heard from the Lord on this. Click to read >>

Essential reading: EU’s effects upon the British monarchy and military

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These articles found Wednesday, relate to serious legal issues not many people are aware of because they’re outside the mainstream media circus and Brussels’ Brainwashing Cult. Click links to read..

Lord James: Remaining in the EU will Constitute Perjury by the Queen

‘Hero of Brexit’ Lord James of Blackheath Threatened over EU Defence Union

PS: for info – video dated 16 Sept, which I’ve yet to watch…

Your liberty and freedom come from Magna Carta not the EU

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A superb addition to this blog’s collection of posts on Magna Carta and on EU law in David Chapman’s paper on the EU and An Alternative.

Leisa Ebere: Paradigm shift for the UK – warning prophecy to leaders

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Leisa writes on Saturday, “The Lord gave me this strong prophetic word yesterday. A paradigm shift is about to descend upon this nation and we need to be declaring God’s goodness and sovereignty across the UK. Here is the Word.:

THE LEADERS PROPHECY

given to Leisa Ebere on 2nd August 2019

The Lord says that, “The pride of the leaders of this nation has caused blockage to blessing ordained by My Sovereign Hand. For surely, as in Nebuchadnezzar’s time, there is witchcraft within the city gates, which has caused a stubbornness of heart amongst the people,” says the Lord. “And rash decisions even now are being made by leaders, which are not aligned with My Kingdom’s advancement. The darkness of mind that came in the form of boanthropy upon that Babylonian king was allowed through open doors because of pride, witchcraft and tolerance of evil; and so shall a similar fate happen to those leaders that oppose My Divine Purposes in this hour across the nation of the United Kingdom. My People, rise with an expectancy of a New Day and let your tongues be active with declarations of righteousness and breakthrough for My Will to be performed across this land. Cast aside all doubt and keep your eyes fixed upon Me. For surely, I am separating and I am choosing men and women of purpose and destiny. Do not listen to doomsayers; but declare My goodness and walk into destiny as all decisions are made according to the leading and movement of My Spirit,” says the Lord of Hosts.

Bless you,

Leisa Ebere
Torchlighters International Ministry

As with all prophetic words and visions, the above is offered for weighing and testing with the Lord and holy writ.

In Defence of Freedom of Speech — Gavin Ashenden

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TIMES are changing. Two of my great heroes have recently been banned from speaking on university campuses. Twenty years ago they were firebrand radicals, alarming the establishment with their fervour and campaigning. No one silenced them then. Now they have been silenced. Not by the establishment, but by the new cultural bullies.They are Germaine Greer…

click to continue reading > In defence of Freedom of Speech — Gavin Ashenden

It’s now vital that all right-thinking people take a stand against this deeply insidious and increasing fascism. Gavin draws to this important conclusion:

“And that is the origin of the idea of the hate crime. The cultural Marxists claim the right of the state to look inside your head, deem you to be bigoted and hate-filled, and set out to punish and silence you. They use tools ranging from the Twitter mob to the law. But just like Marxism Part 1, Part 2 won’t let up until the critics have been silenced and the state guards thoughts, as well as speech, of the citizens.

“How can this be resisted? With great difficulty. Words have changed their meaning. People have already been silenced. The young are being nurtured in the practice of censorship and control. The snowflake generation have mixed bad therapy with muddled philosophy and have swallowed it whole.’

“The struggle is between those who believe in free speech and those who add a ‘but’.”

2017: CoE sex-Synod sided with satan > 2019: CoE papers used in court against Christian doctor

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My conclusion of two years ago today has, regrettably, proven true and developed into a wider issue out of what was euphemistically termed ‘CoE General Sex ‘Sin-nod’ 2017′. In opening my blog Synod sides with satan – risk of Anglican schism/shaking, I note that the legislative assembly of our national church ruled against practising the holy ordinance of normal marriage by saying, in effect, as in this extract from the blog:

‘General Synod: “NO, not as it means keeping God’s word on sex and marriage! How dare we insult people with what You say and expect.” [July 2017 AD]

‘Thus begins the Great Apostasy foretold by the apostle to the Gentiles?

…The Day of the Lord will not come unless the falling away comes first and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped…(2Thess 2:3-4)

‘The great falling away from faith in Christ Jesus has been gaining momentum for years (ie. mainly by individuals). However, decisions and official declarations by the Church of England’s recent General Synod, the tricameral deliberative and legislative gathering of bishops, clergy and laity, means we could now regard the Great Apostasy as being ‘officially’ under way.’

Therefore, along with a great many Christians I’m deeply concerned to learn the CoE’s subsequent official instructions and guidance documents have been quoted in court as evidence against a Christian!  As a nation we’ve thus fallen into utter, craven stupidity and are reaping the consequences of defying the Word of the Almighty.

Dr David Mackereth lost his job with the Department for Work and Pensions after he refused to identify clients by their chosen gender instead of their biological sex – and that was not in an actual case but only when discussing a hypothetical case of a 6-foot bearded man wanting to be called a woman!

Dr Mackereth said that using ‘transgender pronouns’ went against his conscience as a doctor and Bible-believing Christian. As explained earlier: “I believe gender is defined by biology and genetics. And that as a Christian the Bible teaches us that God made humans male or female.” (Telegraph 2018)

It is very disturbing to see a doctor with 26 years of experience in A&E medicine being forced to choose between telling the truth and his profession. In dismissing him, the DWP has violated the three freedoms of conscience, speech and religion in one go. We rely on doctors telling the truth. Imagine if they were forced to accept a patient’s chosen diagnosis!

In response, the DWP declared that failing to accommodate clients’ preferences to use ‘transgender pronouns’ would amount to “harassment” under the Equality Act 2010 and dismissed Dr Mackereth as Health and Disability Assessor.  Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, he challenged the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions but lost his case because the DWP relied upon Church of England documents to prove their case, even though the doctor is not an Anglican but a Bible-believing Christian! (Two terms  obviously not synonymous!)

In CofE Teaching Used As Evidence Against Christian In Court Andrea Williams, the Christian Legal Centre’s CEO, says,

“What really upset me though, as a member of the Church of England’s General Synod, was that the people who sacked Dr Mackereth for his Christian beliefs relied on the Church of England’s position to justify their actions. I have spent a lot of time trying to tell Christians, of all denominations, that our public witness to the Truth – all aspects of it – is vital.  When we are on TV, radio, or even in court we are often told that our brand of Christianity is not what lots of other Christians think. But, this week, for the first time, what the Church of England says was used as evidence against a Christian in court. For me it was another stark reminder of the damage caused by the Church of England’s abandonment of truth.

“The evidence deployed against Dr Mackereth included reference to the House of Bishops’ Guidance for welcoming transgender people, and the Pastoral Guidance for use in conjunction with the Affirmation of Baptismal Faith in the context of gender transition. I criticised these moves towards acceptance of transgenderism at the time, and Carys Moseley explained why the transgender issue is a first-order gospel issue.

“What is important for Dr Mackereth’s case is that the Pastoral Guidance says that transgender people should be referred to using their chosen name and pronoun. The guidance is, therefore, that Christians should not tell the truth about the biological sex of a transgender person. I think that, at the very least, in a civilised and fair society all people should accept this is, at least, a freedom of conscience issue.” (Emphases RB)

May the Lord now rapidly fulfill several prophetic visions of churches being shaken to their foundations…

Recommended, nay mandatory reading – an eye-opening expose:

The Transgender Issue is a First-Order Gospel Issue (26 Jan 2018), an introduction to which reads,

‘The Church of England bishops recently passed on responsibility for crafting liturgies celebrating gender reassignment to local clergy. This article by Carys Moseley shows that in doing this they perpetuate fundamental theological errors such as blasphemy, rebellion against God as Creator, dishonouring parents, and renaming God. The transgender pathway is shown to be a counterfeit of the Christian gospel. This will affect people’s trust in the clergy as well as the integrity of theological training…’

In considering those latter effects of the bishops’ abdication of their responsibilities, the author confesses, “This whole article has been extraordinarily difficult to write because careful investigation shows the situation of the Church of England to be catastrophic. We have there the wholesale public capitulation of an entire denomination, something truly sobering…(and it) is a first-order gospel issue. Its only hope before the Almighty God who loves us with a holy love is heartfelt repentance, and that must begin from the top down.”

Therefore, what was Synod siding with satan is now the Anglican hierarchy’s apparent subservience to it, not to our Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus. It is outright apostasy.

If a Christian doctor can be forced to deny biology, there is no hope for theology (Cranmer – click image to read)

Breaking News: landmark legal ruling for Freedom of Speech

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Praise the Lord for the landmark legal ruling overturning a High Court decision and allowing Freedom of Speech, thus enabling Christians (and others) to express their belief in public and declare the fullness of scripture without fear of judicial, educational, professional or business-related censorship, intimidation and unemployment.

In A Victory For Christians Everywhere Andrea Williams, Chief Executive of Christian Concern and the Christian Legal Centre comments on the judgment handed down this week in the case of Felix Ngole, the student who was expelled from Sheffield University for expressing Biblical views on sexual ethics (emphases RB),

“I am delighted by this victory for free speech. The judges in the Court of Appeal have ruled in favour of Felix Ngole and against the university, saying that he should not have been expelled merely for expressing his Christian views. His expulsion was a serious violation of free speech that threatened Christians and others with a bar to employment for expressing what the Bible says about sexual ethics.”

‘…The university argued that even expressing Biblical views in a church, or any community where the speaker could be identified, should result in a bar to employment in social services. Even if such views were expressed in private, they would risk being reported. This amounts to endorsement by the university of something akin to a totalitarian regime where people are reported to the state authorities by informants for expressing politically incorrect views. As it was, Felix’s Facebook posts were anonymously reported to the university by someone with a clear political agenda.’

Andrea’s detailed announcement concludes,

A resounding message for freedom

‘This judgment must send a resounding message to Universities and employers across the land. Christians and others should be allowed to express their views. This is what free speech means. No one has freedom not to be offended. We must be able to disagree with tolerance, and not with silencing or bullying. Places of work, and universities in particular, should not be places where certain views are deemed politically incorrect and worthy of expulsion.

‘This judgment means that we are free to speak, free to express Christian views, to advocate for those views at university, in the classroom, and at work.

The truth sets us free

‘Christians should use our freedom of speech and unashamedly proclaim Biblical truth, however unpopular or out of fashion it may be. The truth will win out in the end. We hope that this judgment encourages Christians to be bold and fearless in expressing their Christian faith at work, at university, in church or elsewhere. All truth is found in Jesus Christ. In Colossians 1 we are told:

“For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together”.

‘The world needs the truth for in the Truth all things hold together. And it is by the Truth we are all set free.

‘Felix is exactly the kind of person that we want in social work. Today he stands vindicated; today justice has been done. But it’s not just for him; it’s for us, the Church here in the UK. Let’s ensure that this emboldens us to speak of the life-giving good news that is found in Jesus Christ.’

The Shaking: first Britain’s politicians, now Judiciary?

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This morning’s politi-chatter was about  humiliating Michael Gove in the latest lap of the Conservatives election for Mrs May’s successor, for having stabbed Boris Johnson in the back during the Leave campaign. This then propelled her into power and later Gove failed to take a stand with him at Chequers when she demanded her Cabinet accept her EU deal, which subsequently led to her premiership being humiliated in not only Brexit negotiations but also the related Parliamentary voting.

According to the word Emma Stark heard from the Lord, the really good part of that is it would have been part of His strategy to deal with our pride:

“I am making some situations [to] bring nations to their knees right now, and even a humbleness to come within the British Isles”, says the Lord, “that I may break the spirit of Leviathan off you and your pride.” For the Lord says, “I cannot come near the British Isles while there is pride, because I am held by my word that says I must resist those who are proud.” But the Lord says, “As there is humbleness and as confusion even opens a door to a hands-up that says, ‘I don’t have an answer’” – and as that brings a sense of “Oh God! We need to look to you outside of ourselves” – the Lord says, “Then Leviathan breaks”, and then that revival rushes towards us.’

And of course we’re all well aware that many are associated with the ‘Pride’ movement, and politicians and some clergy trashed God’s holy ordinances. As posited in revisiting a most glowing prophecy claimed to have been for Mrs May’s premiership, her failure to stand upon scripture would have been part of her unraveling.

Therefore, the same process could apply to Michael Gove for his anti-Christian role as Lord Chancellor, head of the Judiciary. I believe the Lord may now call him to account.

The details are recounted in this Press Release Judgement in magistrate Richard Page’s case shows ‘deep intolerance’ of Christians issued by Christian Concern, emphases mine:.

‘A Christian magistrate has today lost his appeal against the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice’s decision to remove him from the judiciary.

‘In the decision by Mr Justice Choudhury, the decisions of the Employment Tribunal were upheld, ruling against his claims for discrimination and victimisation because of his Christian faith.

‘Mr Page was removed from his post as magistrate in 2015, after 15 years of exemplary service, by then Lord Chancellor Michael Gove and Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, for expressing his belief that it is in a child’s best interests to have a mother and a father.

‘Mr Page was later also blocked from returning to his position as a non-executive director of the Kent and Medway NHS Trust for having expressed the same view on a BBC Radio 4 documentary on Christians being squeezed out of public life. In a second judgment handed down this morning, the Employment Appeal Tribunal rejected Mr Page’s case against the NHS Trust, saying that it was not Mr Page’s belief but the fact that he expressed his belief that led to his removal…(!!!!)

‘Mr Page will seek to appeal these decisions, given its important ramifications for the freedom of Christians to hold and express their beliefs in public life…’ cont. reading here.

[Completed 5.00pm but left for evening class. So am pleased to learn Gove is out.]

Update on illegality of extending Article 50 for leaving E.U.

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Courtesy of Prophetic Voice UK

Footnote 1 to UK Situation Summary #4 reads, ‘Democracy 17.4 supports English Democrats lawsuit against the PM to obtain a declaration in Law that the Law states the UK left the EU on 30th March 2019, and in blocking any extension to Article 50.’

One of few parliamentarians with a backbone for resolutely defending democracy, the chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee and former shadow Attorney General Sir Bill Cash MP, as a back-bencher in the Commons last week demanded Theresa May’s resignation of Prime Minister. After hours of discussions with QCs and former judges, Sir Bill believes the British Government’s extension of Article 50 is unlawful.

He writes in Theresa May’s Article 50 extension is illegal, and will be challenged in the courts (emphases mine):

‘It is a fundamental principle of UK constitutional law that the Government may not use its powers, including its powers to make international agreements, to frustrate the intention of Parliament. Parliament’s intention is to be found, and is only to be found, in the laws it makes. Resolutions of the House of Commons may sometimes be politically important, but they are of no legal effect unless an Act of Parliament expressly gives them legal effect.

‘The intention of Parliament is, and remains still, that the UK must leave the EU. This is clear from the legislation to trigger Article 50 (the EU Notification of Withdrawal Act 2017), in which Parliament referred to and declared “the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the EU”. The EU Withdrawal Act 2018 gives effect to the decision to withdraw by repeatedly referring to “exit day”.

‘The Withdrawal Act expressly states: “The European Communities Act 1972 is repealed on exit day”. Parliament originally set that day precisely at March 29 2019, but the Government has purported to extend this by statutory instruments. These can be challenged in the courts.

‘It is essential to note that Parliament’s legal intention for the UK to leave the EU is not conditional upon a withdrawal agreement. While many MPs have said that they do not want the UK to leave without a withdrawal agreement, and the House of Commons has passed a resolution stating this, the law of the United Kingdom is not affected by their protestations. Our law is simply that the UK must leave the EU...

‘It follows that when the Prime Minister exercised her power to act for the UK at the EU Council, she was obliged under our law to refrain from doing anything that would frustrate the intention of Parliament that the UK must leave the EU with or without a withdrawal agreement.‘

These are only Sir Bill’s opening paragraphs but his strong argument is so important I recommend your reading in full by clicking here. He continues by cutting to the quick:

‘These are manifest limitations on the Prime Minister’s competence. They concern rules of UK internal constitutional law of fundamental importance. In these circumstances, I believe that it would be impossible for the Prime Minister, acting lawfully under UK law, to accept an extension of the kind proposed. When I called on her to resign last week in the House of Commons, I reminded her that she had promised over 100 times not to extend exit day.

‘For the Prime Minister to agree to such an extension in these circumstances is to knowingly use her power in a way that she herself believes would risk frustrating Parliament’s intention that the UK must leave the EU. This is legally beyond the pale!’

Sir Bill concludes his well-grounded case:

‘We have been told by the Prime Minister that “we will not have truly left the European Union if we are not in control of our own laws”. The repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 achieves that control as the law of the land. The Withdrawal Agreement drives a coach and horses through the constitutional status of Northern Ireland and undermines the repeal of that 1972 Act.

‘This is a political betrayal of the referendum vote in June 2016.That vote was expressly given by Parliament under the Referendum Act 2015 to the people and became the law of the land. It cannot be taken back by mere resolutions of the Commons nor by unlawful statutory instruments. Indeed, on Friday evening, five minutes before the deadline on the statutory instrument for the regulations to confer the extension to October 31, I tabled a block against the regulations which continues until the House returns.’

Unity News Network has been reporting extensively on the court case undertaken by Robin Tilbrook of The English Democrats over what he believes has been the illegal extension of Article. They write in Sir Bill Cash in STUNNING confirmation of Article 50 ILLEGALITY!!! that Mr Tilbrook and certain leading legal minds believe that Britain has, in law, already exited the EU on the 29th of March.

Monday videos — more on the legality of Brexit Day

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A thought-provoking British video being aired far over ‘the Pond’…Note also there are  strong grounds upon which a fourth vote on the PM’s ‘deal’ or Withdrawal Agreement  necessitates new, legal authorisation!

Has Britain already Brexited? According to some lawyers, yes. Here’s how they lay it out. My opinion? According to the law, I think they are right. I also think that will make no difference to the case. Britain’s politicians have been hanging about in Brussels too much to understand that all are under the law. […]

continue reading/watching at Monday Videos — nebraskaenergyobserver