STOLEN GOLD and the VATICAN NAZIS.

The Vatican Bank and Nazi Gold

The Vatican Bank and Nazi Gold: A Scandal Unsolved

In 2013, Pope Francis publicly stated he'd get to the bottom of several scandals plaguing the Catholic Church.

Despite the pontiff's investigation, one scandal remains shrouded in mystery: that of the Vatican Bank and Nazi gold.

You see, some bits of evidence suggest the Vatican collaborated with Nazi party members responsible for plundering Jewish citizens' gold during World War II. But other evidence casts doubt on the extent of the Catholic Church's direct participation in Nazi activities. The Holy See has long denied any sort of affiliation between the Church and the Third Reich ever existed. Still, limited independent research into a possible connection has been conducted by several agencies, including the U.S. Treasury.

"During and after World War II, was the Vatican bank a witting or unwitting accomplice of Nazi collaborators known as Ustashi who made their way from a seminary in Rome to safe havens in South America?" The National Catholic Review asked July 15. "Did the Vatican bank profit as a result of payments received from these Nazi collaborators who were known as the Ustashi? If we were to follow the Ustashi money, where would the trail lead?"

There's limited evidence with which to answer these questions. We'll let you decide for yourself…

The Vatican and Nazi Gold: Evidence of Church Involved

The Ustasha, an organization also known as the "Nazi Puppet Regime," operated in Yugoslavia from 1929-1945. It functioned as a fascist terrorist movement that supported Nazi and Italian forces.

During World War II, Ustashi military members gathered an estimated 500,000 Serbs, Jews, and Gypsies and demanded 1,000 kilograms of gold from each, wrote ABC News on Feb. 15, 2013. They were told the money would prevent their murders. But once the funds were handed over, the groups were sent to concentration camps anyway, where most of them died.

While the Ustasha collaborated with German forces to fight in occupied Yugoslavia, the organization likewise operated closely with the Croatian Catholic Church, helping priests force Orthodox Serbs to convert. Members of the Franciscan sect also distributed anti-Jewish propaganda with the aid and protection of the "Nazi Puppet Regime."

The clergy's involvement was eventually exposed. A trial in 1946 resulted in the conviction of six Ustasha priests total, including former Franciscan Miroslav Filipovic-Majstorovic – the overseer of a concentration camp where the Ustashas killed hundreds of thousands of Jewish Serbs.

Though Fr. Filipovic-Majstorovic oversaw one of the death camps, it was Fr. Krunoslav Draganovic who had directed the entire murderous priesthood. The Franciscan was also a senior official of the Ustasha committee. Foreseeing defeat near the end of the war, in 1943, the Ustasha made arrangements with the Vatican for Draganovic to be sent to Rome. There he served at a clandestine Ustasha hub disguised as a seminary.

Draganovic and other collaborators helped procure the means and support for a number of fellow Ustasha war criminals attempting to escape persecution. They even managed to forge Red Cross passports. Eventually, through an underground railroad of sympathetic priests known as "the Ratline," several members of the Ustasha escaped to neutral countries (primarily Spain and Argentina).

Virtually the entire "puppet regime's" leadership went free – largely due to help from the Vatican.

The Vatican and Nazi Gold: A Mysterious Document Surfaces

When Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945, 288 kilograms of gold were removed from the Croatian National Bank and state treasuries. Some of that landed in Draganovic's hands. Called the "Golden Priest," he continued to dole out funds to Croatian refugees from his new home in Rome. He was never officially charged for war crimes and returned to Yugoslavia after the war. He died in 1983 in Sarajevo.

Rumors swirled for years that the Vatican Bank harbored Croatian plunder. But it wasn't until new evidence surfaced in 1997 that the controversy picked up steam again…

On July 23, 1997, The L.A. Times revealed that documentarians from the television network A&E had discovered proof in the Vatican Bank's archives of a Nazi gold scandal. Specifically, they uncovered a memo amid a trove of already declassified material that totaled over a million pages. The documentarians were the first to thoroughly sift through the humongous cache of information.

The memo had been composed by former U.S. Treasury Department field investigator Emerson Bigelow. After the Second World War, Bigelow conducted several investigations throughout Europe. This is when he purportedly connected with a viable source that could link the Vatican Bank directly to Nazi gold. Bigelow outlined all of this information in his memo that, for an unknown reason, was never received.

The Vatican and Nazi Gold: The People vs. the Church

When survivors of the Ustasha regime learned of the documentarians' investigation, they formally requested Bigelow's report be released under the Freedom of Information Act in 1997. The survivors filed a lawsuit against the Vatican Bank based on Bigelow's memo in 1999.

According to Concordatwatch.com, the case was originally brought before a California court in November 1999. Four years later, Vatican lawyers successfully argued the case was outside the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. The previous ruling was overturned.

Then in 2005, an appeals court overturned that judgement and allowed some of the claims – primarily those for restitution – to proceed. However, on Dec. 30, 2009, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco re-upheld the original lower court ruling. The decision stated the Vatican Bank was immune from the lawsuit and further prosecution under the 1976 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

To this day, the Vatican's archives – likely the only source that could directly tie the Vatican Bank with Nazi gold – have remained sealed. (SOURCE: MoneyMorning.com)


Hitler's Gold - You Will Not Believe How Much They Stole

Mystery of the 'Werewolf' unit's lost horde: How a Nazi ghost train packed with treasures and a gold bar found in a lake at Hitler's hideaway are shining spotlight on the race to find $30BILLION fortune hidden by the Third Reich

Train packed with Nazi treasures, gems, money, gems and gold reportedly uncovered in a mountain in Poland
£12,000 gold bar was discovered in a lake near Hitler's mountain hideaway 
Discovery fuelling the pursuit of up to £20billion worth of missing treasure
Includes silverware the Nazis stole from Jews and gold from bank vaults
At least seven people have died looking for treasure in freezing LakeToplitz

By ALLAN HALL IN BERLIN FOR MAILONLINE

Seventy years since the Third Reich was consumed in blood and fire the hunt is on for the loot that the Nazis left behind.

The reported discovery of a legendary Nazi 'ghost' train packed with gold and money by two treasure hunters hidden in a long-forgotten tunnel in the Polish mountains will only serve to fuel what has become an obsession for many Germans.

The hunters claim they have uncovered the train, packed with guns and gems, that became the stuff of local legend as the Nazis hid their treasures from the advancing Soviet Red Army.

Legend has it that the Germans hid their treasures as insurance policies to help fleeing war criminals escape and set up new lives at the end of the Second World War. 
Added to the intrigue is the recent find of a £12,000 gold bar in a lake near Hitler's mountain hideaway in Berchtesgaden, high up in the Bavarian mountains.

The ingot in question was not from the Nazi era, but that matters little to the fortune hunters who now access state-of-the-art equipment in their quest for the billions of pounds worth of art, gold and jewellery the regime's henchmen secreted away in the dying days of the war.
Some of it was meant to finance the escape routes of war criminals: other caches were intended to fund 'Werewolf' resistance units intended to carry out guerilla warfare against the occupying Allies until a new Fourth Reich could rise again.

Now unfavourable bank interest rates combined with websites stoking fantasies of striking it rich have set Teutonic Indiana von Jones' upon the quest of finding a chunk of the estimated $30billion-worth of missing treasure.

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Earlier find: General Patton's third army discovered 100 tons of Nazi gold hidden in a salt mine near mockers, southwest of Gotha in 1945

Polish Government Confirms Discovery Of Nazi "Gold Train", Warns It May Be Booby-Trapped

Last weekend we reported that in the past month two men, a Pole and German, claimed to have discovered the legendary Nazi "gold train" - a 150 meter long German train alleged to be full of gold, gems and weapons, which disappeared just before the end of World War II - in the proximity of the Polish town of Walbrzych, close to where the Nazi are said to have loaded up the train with valuables for its final voyage in the town of Wroclaw, just as the Soviet forces approached in 1945.

As we detailed, the train is said to have been entombed in the vast tunnel labyrinth located close to Ksiaz castle, which served as Nazi headquarters during World War II...

... and specifically, was said to be located at the foot of the Sowa mountain, in the woods three miles outside the town of Walbrych.

The "gold train" is said to be located under this hill

While many were skeptical that the mystical Nazi treasure train had been finally discovered after many years of searching, an official update last Friday by the Polish government suggested that that may indeed be the case. As the Mail reported on Friday, a representative of the Polish culture ministry, Poland’s National Heritage and Conservation Officer Piotr Zuchowski, said that the man who helped hide the train had revealed its location shortly before he died, and that proof of the train has been observed on radar.

Zuchowski added that "Information about where this train is and what its contents are were revealed on the deathbed of a person who had knowledge of the secret of this train.' He added that Polish authorities had now seen evidence of the train’s existence in a picture taken using a ground-penetrating radar. He said the image - albeit blurred - showed the shape of a train platform and cannons.

Piotr Zuchowski, Poland’s National Heritage and Conservation Officer, confirmed the 'unprecedented' find

Mr Zuchowski said the find was 'unprecedented', adding: 'We do not know what is inside the train. 'Probably military equipment but also possibly jewellery, works of art and archive documents.

'Armored trains from this period were used to carry extremely valuable items and this is an armored train, it is a big clue.' He said authorities were now '99 percent sure the train exists' and whatever is on it will be returned to the rightful owners, if they can be found. 'We will be 100 per cent sure only when we find the train,' Mr Zuchowski added.

The train found in the mountains is an 'armored train' which looks similar to the one pictured

Mr Zuchowski told reporters that the train was about 100 metres long but added: 'It is not possible to disclose the exact location of where the train can be found. Still, he noted cryptically that "The local government in Walbrzych knows where it is."

He explained it is hidden along a 4km stretch of track on the Wroclaw-Walbrzych line.

Mr Zuchowski said the person who claimed he helped load the gold train in 1945 said in a 'deathbed statement' the train is secured with explosives. The official declined to comment further about the man who said this but speculation is now rife that it was a former SS guard or a local Pole who stumbled upon the train before hiding it.

Deputy Mayor of Walbrzych, Zygmunt Nowaczyk told the press: 'The city is full of mysterious stories because of its history. 'Now it is formal information - we have found something.'

Key excerpts from the press conference by the Polish official can be seen on the Euronews clip below:




The confirmation of the discovery unleashed a surge of treasury hunters, and forced the Polish government to warn the population to stop looking because it could be booby-trapped and dangerous. Zuchowski said "foragers" have become active since two people claimed to have discovered the train last week and urged eager fortune-hunters to stop searching, saying they risk injury or death.

Zuchowski adds that "there may be hazardous substances dating from the Second World War in the hidden train, which I'm convinced exists. I am appealing to people to stop any such searches until the end of official procedures leading to the securing of the find. There's a huge probability that the train is booby-trapped.'

If anything, tthese warnings are sure to unleash an even more aggressive wave of seekers now that the train's existience has been confirmed, and the government is actually warning seekers to be careful in their search.

But perhaps what is more interesting is just what the discovery, which would be straight out of an Indiana Jones sequel, will contain, and whether someone already got to the precious cargo over the past 7 decades. The answer should be made public shortly. (Source: ZeroHedge.com )

The Secret World of Gold

The Secret World of Gold is a documentary exploring the power and politics of gold, a precious metal with more allure and fascination than any other. Valued for its permanence, beauty and scarcity, people will lie, cheat, steal and kill in the name of gold.

To finance the Third Reich, the Nazis went after the gold of Europe. Allied countries stored their gold offshore to keep it safe. In the first months of the Second World War, the gold of England and France was secretly shipped to vaults in Montreal, Ottawa and New York.

Those ships made it safely to port, but throughout history, many were not so lucky. It is estimated that worldwide, 3 million shipwrecks loaded with treasure lie at the bottom of the ocean. Odyssey Marine, an American company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, spends huge amounts of money to search for that gold. But there's always the risk they will have to hand it over to countries claiming ownership.

In recent years, economic uncertainty is giving gold a new lustre in the world of high finance. Whether it's a few gold coins or gold bars stored in one of the many vaults around the world, many investors are taking a shine to gold. But there's not a lot of it. It is said that, even melted down, there would not be enough to fill an Olympic swimming pool (or maybe not - see sidebar).

Some claim that much of the gold held by the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Federal Reserve and Fort Knox is gone — that for every 100 ounces of gold traded, there exists only one ounce of real, physical gold. So, where is the gold — and who really owns it?

Directed by Brian McKenna for Galafilm with CBC-TV.

The Art of Prophesying, by William Perkins

Book Review: The Art of Prophesying, by William Perkins

William Perkins. The Art of Prophesying; With, The Calling of the Ministry, Rev. ed., Puritan Paperbacks (Edinburgh; Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth Trust, 1996).

William Perkins (1558-1602) was the first English theologian to gain an international reputation after the Reformation. His works were translated and published throughout Europe. By the end of the sixteenth century in England, his writings began to displace those of John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and Heinrich Bullinger. Because of this, Perkins became known for his powerful preaching, such that he’s remembered for it long after his death.

He served as the preacher at Great St. Andrew’s Church in Cambridge for almost twenty years, from 1584 until his death in 1602. His prominent preaching ministry combined with his vast literary output earned Perkins the honorary title, “the father of Puritanism.” Puritanism as a movement was devoted to placing competent preachers in every pulpit of the Church of England. Competency included right interpretation, plain style, and an ability to apply the text. It was from this foundation that Puritan preaching derived its power.

SUMMARY

While Perkins was certainly not the only proponent of Puritan preaching, he was the first to articulate it in a full-scale treatise on hermeneutics and homiletics. He did this in his classic work, The Art of Prophesying, first published in 1592. By “prophesying,” Perkins meant preaching the Word and public prayer. He used this designation because he saw the pastor—as one who stands between God and the people as he exercised these duties—in the great succession of biblical prophets and apostles. Preaching is the focus of his book, and in 75 small, readable pages, he lays out his method of exposition.

Perkins summarizes preaching this way:

Reading the text clearly from the canonical Scriptures.

Explaining the meaning of the text, once it has been read, in the light of the Scriptures themselves.

Gathering a few profitable points of doctrine from the natural sense of the passage.

If the preacher is suitably gifted, applying the doctrines thus explained to the life and practice of the congregation in straightforward, plain speech. (79)

So, Perkins’ preaching method is threefold: interpretation, analysis, and application. He proclaims, “The Word of God alone is to be preached, in its perfection and inner consistency. Scripture is the exclusive subject of preaching, the only field in which the preacher is to labor” (9). For Perkins, proper interpretation begins with grammar, rhetoric, and logical analysis. He encourages seeking the help of contemporary and ancient orthodox writers, as well as saturating the whole process in prayer. All of this has one goal: to bring out the one full and natural sense of the text.

The means, or key considerations, are the rule of faith—that is, the basics of Christian orthodoxy—the context of the passage, and its comparison with other passages. Analysis or “resolution” means unfolding the passage into its various doctrines. Whether explicit or implicit, these doctrines must be drawn from the genuine meaning of the text. Perhaps the most enduring significance of Perkins’s labor is his emphasis on application—or, as he puts it, “the skill by which the doctrine which has been properly drawn from Scripture is handled in ways which are appropriate to the circumstances of the place and time and to the people in the congregation” (54).

WHY YOU SHOULD READ IT

There are many reasons why pastors today should read The Art of Prophesying. Some I have already mentioned, such as Perkins’ emphasis on Scripture, his rigorous, yet simple, method of its interpretation, and his legacy of faithfulness. Here are few more that I have found uniquely helpful in Perkins’ work.

First, there is great wisdom in Perkins’ practical advice to preachers. He exhorts us to only correct the errors that our congregations are actually threatened by, so as not to create trouble that had not existed. He also urges that the correction of secondary issues be in a friendly manner. A final example of Perkins’ practical guidance is from his insistence on a plain style. He warns about quenching the Spirit through the use of specialized vocabulary, elevated oratory, or Greek references. All these points of instruction are particularly appropriate for those of us in seminary!

Second, Perkins provides an approach for specific and pointed application, which is one of the most difficult aspects of sermon preparation. He breaks the preacher’s audience down into seven categories or spiritual conditions of hearers: ignorant and un-teachable unbelievers, ignorant but teachable unbelievers, knowledgeable but un-humbled unbelievers, humbled unbelievers, believers, backsliders in faith or lifestyle, and mixed congregations of believers and unbelievers. He also draws four varieties of application from 2 Timothy 3:16; teaching and reproof involve informing the mind and recovering it from error, whereas instruction and correction include helping hearers to practically live out their faith in the spheres of family, state, and church so as to move from ungodliness to godliness. Coupled together, these taxonomies create a usable framework for practical application.

Third, Perkins reminds us of the men we must be in order to be effective preachers. I must be a man of prayer, both in preparation for preaching and in the pulpit itself. Further, I must possess holiness of heart and a blameless life. Perkins understands this godliness of the minister to flow from more than biblical understanding, but also “an inward sense and experience of the Word in his heart” (73).

In the context of today’s confusion over preaching, The Art of Prophesying is a welcome reminder of a time-tested approach to evangelical preaching. It was the primary preaching manual in the English-speaking world on both sides of the Atlantic for generations—and for good reason. The perennial issues it addresses makes it surprisingly suited for our own context. The reader almost forgets the work is more than 400 years old. Perkins understood the value of preaching as two-fold: proclaiming and applying the truth. This gathers the elect and drives away the wolves; put differently, it is the means by which God builds his church. Whether one agrees with his particulars or not, this ought to be our vision for preaching even today. Perkins’ offering will at the very least challenge pastors to be relentlessly biblical and to do the hard work of robust application. May Perkins’ closing words express the essence of every preaching ministry today:

“The heart of the matter is this:

Preach one Christ,

by Christ,

to the praise of Christ.

Soli Deo Gloria.”

SOURCE: http://9marks.org/review/book-review-the-art-of-prophesying-by-william-perkins/


I. THE ART OF PROPHECY

"There are two parts to prophecy: preaching the Word and public prayer. For the prophet (that is, the minister of the Word) has only two duties. One is preaching the Word, and the other is praying to God in the name of the people: 'Having ... prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith' (Rom. 12:6); 'Restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live' (Gen. 20:7). Notice that in Scripture the word 'prophecy' is used of prayer as well as of preaching: 'The sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals' (1 Chron. 25:1); 'The prophets of Baal called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon ... And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice . . .' (1 Kings 18:26, 29). Thus every prophet's [ask is to speak partly as the voice of God (in preaching), and partly as the voice of the people (in praying): 'If you take out the precious from the vile, You shall be as My mouth' (Jer. 15:19); 'And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. Then all the people answered, "Amen, Amen!"' (Neh. 8:6).

Preaching the Word is prophesying in the name and on behalf of Christ. Through preaching those who hear are called into the state of grace, and preserved in it. God has 'given us the ministry of reconciliation ... Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us; we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God' (2 Cor. 5:18, 20); 'God from the beginning chose you for salvation, through sanctification by the Spirit, and belief in the truth, to which He called you by our gospel' (2 Thess. 2:13, 14); 'The gospel is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes' (Rom. 1:16); 'Where there is no revelation the people cast off restraint' (Prov. 29:18); 'How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?' (Rom. 10:14)." - Extracted from THE ART OF PROPHESYING by WILLIAM PERKINS (1558-1602) first published in Latin 1592 and in English 1606. You can read the whole e-book HERE.

LIFE AND PROSPERITY, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION

In Deuteronomy 30, Moses gives the Bible's first glimpse of the two final destinations of the human race: one leads to life and prosperity, the other to death and destruction. In this session from the 2015 Gospel Coalition National Conference, author and pastor Tim Keller works from Deuteronomy 30 to show our only hope to achieve life and prosperity lies in the gospel. 



In this 47-minute session from the 2015 Gospel Coalition National Conference, Tim Keller works from Deuteronomy 30 to show that our only hope to achieve life and prosperity lies in the gospel. Tim is pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. He is co-founder and vice president of The Gospel Coalition and author of numerous books, including The Reason for God  and Center Church. - Right Now Media.

2015 TGC NATIONAL CONFERENCE -http://resources.thegospelcoalition.org/library/life-and-prosperity-death-and-destruction

China’s Reforming Churches Mission, Polity, and Ministry in the Next Christendom.

"Even the most conservative analyst must acknowledge China is changing. This nation of 1.35 billion people—20 percent of the earth's population, boasting the world's second-largest economy and largest language group (Mandarin Chinese)—is experiencing not just change, but rapid and radical change. And as we survey the scene, the change of greatest importance is the astounding growth of the Christian faith in China." - Jason Helopoulos is the assistant pastor of University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan, and is the author of A Neglected Grace: Family Worship in the Christian Home (Christian Focus, 2013).

Unapologetically Presbyterian
Baugus and the other authors in this volume are unapologetically Presbyterian in their polity. This jure divino Presbyterianism may discourage some readers from entertaining this work, but my heart was strangely warmed to find so many forthright, conscience-convicted, ecclesiological friends in one place. Still, a non-Presbyterian with any interest in China, missions, or the future of the Christian church will find the contents of this book exceedingly helpful and informative.

China's Reforming Churches is divided into four sections. The first contains three chapters and examines the history of Presbyterianism in China. The initial chapter details some of the early missions work in China by Western countries. It includes a helpful overview of particularly influential missionaries prior to the Communist Revolution and the work of various denominations in the country. A fascinating aspect of this account is the transformation from Old School Presbyterianism to theological liberalism among the Western missionaries in China. One positive of the Communist Revolution was the expulsion of these liberal missionaries from China, combined with the fact that only evangelical missionaries tended to return after the unrest. God was apparently preparing the ground for the fruit we see today. The second chapter details the history and influence of North China Theological Seminary. The third records the history of Korean Presbyterian missions in China, providing insightful analysis of the Korean Presbyterian church and how the lessons it has learned over the years may aid the Chinese Reformed Church.

The second section looks at Presbyterianism in China today, relying heavily on the voices and experiences of current Chinese pastors. Chapter four (“Perceived Challenges to Christians in China”) is especially enlightening as it nullifies some common Western assertions about the Chinese church and highlights the actual pressures she faces. It concludes with some sobering warnings and gentle encouragements for the Western church's relationship with the Chinese church. The fifth chapter is a thorough argument for Presbyterianism and its need in the Chinese church. Luke P. Y. Lu makes a strong case that Presbyterian missions organizations in China should act in accordance with their Presbyterian identity as they pursue this mission. Chapter six is an interesting dialogue between a few Chinese pastors and Baugus. At times this chapter is hard to follow, but is well worth the meandering read. These pastors are significant figures in Chinese Christianity, and their reflections and humility should encourage the reader about the future of the church in China.

The third section of China's Reforming Churches consists of four chapters exploring the challenges and opportunities for Presbyterianism in the country. Chapter seven is a tour de force; it reads as a kind of “State of the Union” address, establishing the basic outline of the current cultural context and how this affects Christianity and missions in the country. Chapter eight explores the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) churches, which are government sanctioned, and the house churches, which are not. In chapter nine, David VanDrunen explores the foundation of two kingdoms theology and how it could assist the Chinese church going forward. The final chapter of this section was written by Guy Waters and looks at the case for Presbyterianism from Acts 15.

The fourth and final portion of the book takes active steps in examining how the Chinese church might be influenced to embrace Reformed theology even further. Chapter 11 is a challenging read about the opportunity currently before the Western church to translate quality Reformed literature into Mandarin and to publish these books legally in China. The author is not naively placing this challenge before the Western church; he notes the difficulties, but the possibilities he relays are reason enough to find motivation. Chapter 12 is a summary of the challenges and advantages of theological education in China. Baugus wrote this chapter, and his pastoral sensitivity and professional optimism is evident. The final chapter by Paul Wang explores the need to indigenize and contextualize the Reformed faith in China. It is a pleasant and necessary ending to the book.

Extracted From:  http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/chinas-reforming-churches-mission-polity-and-ministry-in-the-next-christend

Joel Beeke: A Puritan Theology

This message is from our 2013 National Conference, No Compromise

In this session, based upon his book A Puritan Theology, Dr. Joel Beeke discusses the puritans' teaching on most major Reformed doctrines, particularly those doctrines in which the Puritans made significant contributions.

Lion City is 50 years Old. - Lima Pulu Singapura, Srivijaya

"One of the extraordinary economic success stories of the late 20th Century, Singapore celebrates 50 years of independence in 2015. The BBC's Sharanjit Leyl who was born and brought up in Singapore delves into her family's history to explore how the country transformed itself into one of the wealthiest per capita economies in the world." -  Singapore at 50 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3csxmc0

The architecture of Majapahit Empire

"The Majapahit Empire, based on the island of Java in what is now Indonesia, was a wealthy trading state that controlled one of the key choke-points along the Indian Ocean trade routes, the Straits of Malacca. It lasted from 1293 to 1527. At its height, the Majapahit Empire ruled most of maritime Southeast Asia, from Sumatra in the west to New Guinea in the east, and also including areas that now make up Singapore, Brunei, East Timor, the southern Philippines, Malaysia, and southern Thailand." - http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/history/the-majapahit-empire/

The Srivijaya at their greatest extent in Blue.

श्रीविजय साम्राज्य
The Srivijaya Empire

Flag Coat of Arms
Capital and Largest City	Thenmobang (Padang)
Language   official	Sanskrit
others	Khmer dialect as well as minority indigenous languages
Religion	Thenmobism
Demonym	Srivijayan
Government	Monarchy
legislature	Maharajah (High King)
Area	4,856,434 km2
Established	677 (76 BC)

Singapura, Srivijaya " The Kingdom of Singapura (Malay: Kerajaan Singapura) was a small Malay kingdom centered in the modern-day island nation of Singapore. Conventional historical view marks circa 1299 as the founding year of the kingdom by Sang Nila Utama, a renegade Srivijayan prince who claimed to be of Malay-Indo-Persian origin. In the 14th century, the settlement developed concurrently with the Pax Mongolica era and rose from a small Srivijayan trading outpost into a centre of international trade with strong ties with Yuan Dynasty. 

Its wealth and success however, alarmed two regional powers at that time, Ayuthaya from the north and Majapahit from the south. As a result, the kingdom's fortified capital was attacked by at least two major foreign invasions before it was finally sacked by Majapahit in 1398.  The last king, Iskandar Shah fled to the west coast of Malay Peninsula to establish Melaka Sultanate in 1400. " ( Kingdom of Singapura From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

” In 1299 there was a Prince named Sang Nila Utama. He was the emperor of the Srivijayan Empire, which included Malaysia, Singapore and all of Sumatra. One day, he decided that his empire needed a new capital and set sail with a number of ships to visit the islands off the coast of Sumatra. After several days at sea, he stopped his fleet at an island for a hunting trip.  While chasing a deer, he reached the top of a hill from where he had a good view across the sea. A white beach caught his attention. His chief minister told him that this was the island of Temasek (meaning “Sea Town” in Old Javanese).

”On their way across the sea to visit this island, they were caught in a violent storm, and the ship began to take in water. To prevent it from sinking, the prince ordered his men to throw all the heavy things overboard. Lastly he threw in his heavy golden crown as a gift to his grandfather, the Lord of the Sea. The sailing party survived and landed at the mouth of the present-day Singapore River. Inland, while hunting, he suddenly saw a strange animal with an orange body, black head and a white breast. It moved fast and quickly disappeared into the jungle. His chief minister told him that it probably was a lion. As the lion was considered a sign of good fortune, he took this as a good omen and decided to stay and build a new city in Temasek. He renamed the city “Singapura” – derived from the Malay words “Singa” for Lion and “Pura” for city.”   - Singapore - The Lion City, Discover how Singapore got its nickname.

”Temasek ('Sea Town' in the Malay language), a second century outpost of the Sumatran Srivijaya empire, is the earliest known settlement on Singapore. The island was part of the Sri Vijaya Empire until it was invaded by the south Indian Emperor Rajendra Chola I, of the Chola Empire, in the 11th century. In 1613, Portuguese raiders burned down the settlement and the island sank into obscurity for the next two centuries. Nominally, it belonged to the Johor Sultanate during this period, while the maritime region and trade was under Dutch control.

British colonisation

In 1819, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles arrived and signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, on behalf of the British East India Company, to develop the southern part of Singapore as a British trading post. In 1824, the entire island became a British possession under a further treaty with the Sultan, as well as the Temenggong.In 1826, Singapore became part of the Straits Settlements, under the jurisdiction of British India, becoming the regional capital in 1836.[18] Prior to Raffles' arrival, there were approximately 1,000 people living on the island, mostly indigenous Malays along with a handful of Chinese. By 1860, the population exceeded 80,000 and more than half were Chinese. Many immigrants came to work at rubber plantations and, after the 1870s, the island became a global centre for rubber exports. After World War I, the British built the large Singapore Naval Base. Lieutenant General Sir William George Shedden Dobbie was appointed General Officer Commanding of the Malaya Command on 8 November 1935, holding the post until 1939; in May 1938, he warned how Singapore could be conquered by the Japanese via an attack from northern Malaya, but his warnings were not heeded, resulting in the fall of Singapore nearly four years later in early 1942 during World War II.” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore

Bethel Presbyterian Church, Singapore  - http://www.bethelpres.org.sg

”God had raised him and Singapore up for his purposes. Now it is up to the Christians in this great nation to decide how they will proceed. May they not waste this remarkable opportunity and all the many blessings – material and spiritual – that they now enjoy.

We must all pause to reflect on this great leader, politician and statesman. He did so very much for Singapore, Asia and the world. But we must also pray for the church in Singapore. This is indeed a crucial period. Singapore is at a crossroads. May it become indeed the Antioch of Asia.” - http://billmuehlenberg.com/2015/03/23/lee-kuan-yew-singapore-and-christianity/

Illuminati political power: The government is Freemasonry

Here is another article that will give light to many about Freemasonry, Jesuitism (Jusuit Priesthood) and Luciferian Illuminati. The ancient spirit of the opposer who masquerades as an angel of light is the Deceiver of the world. He is the true founder of all false religion and the power behind all evil. God's agent to punish the children of disobedience and bring affliction to all creatures.

"For the Eternal will extend mercy to Jacob, this family of God’s people. God will choose Israel all over again, and He will settle them in comfort and rest back on their land. Others who are unrelated will want to join them and stick close to the house of Jacob, God’s promise people,  who will take them in. These others will work for and among Israel. Whoever used to hold Israel captive—controlling the people’s every moment and every move—will in turn be controlled by Israel; and whoever used to oppress Israel will instead be subject to Israel." - Isaiah 14:1,2 The Voice (VOICE)



Illuminati political power: The government is Freemasonry

Freemasonry has many names, one of the names will be familiar to you. I’m talking about the Illuminati. Founded by a man named Adam Weishaupt in South of Germany in 1776. He formulated his plans in relation to the House of Rothschild in England, Germany, France, and Italy.

The Rothschild banking dynasty, behind the government’s of Europe, hired Adam Weishaupt to formulate a strategy for the world at that time to accomplish certain goals for those in power. That plan came to be known as the Illuminati plan. Please note that you can find most of this material in any library, any encyclopedia under the word Illuminati, which obviously comes from the word illumine, to be enlightened, to be in the light.

In the book “Fire in the Minds” by James Billington, on page 87, states that the story of secret societies can never be fully restructured. It has been badly neglected, even avoided one suspects, because the evidence that is available repeatedly leads us into territory equally uncongenial to modern historians in the East and the West.

In what follows, I shall attempt to show that the modern revolutionary tradition, as it came to be internationalized under Napoleon, during the Restoration, grew out of occult Freemasonry. The early organizational revolutionary ideas originated more from Pythagorean mysticism than from practical experience. Moreover, the real innovators were not so much the political activists, as much as literary intellectuals on whom German romantic thought in general, and the Bavarian Illuminati, in particular, exerted great influence. Here, Billington was specifically talking about the organization of the Bavarian Illuminati. You can’t discuss the Illuminati without understanding the Jesuit order of the Catholic Church, because Adam Weishaupt himself, the founder of the Illuminati, was, in fact, a Jesuit priest. He was not just an ordinary Jesuit priest, however. In Bavaria he continued to support revolutionary radical thinking against the church, giving to the world what has come to be known, as the revolutionary tradition.

Project democracy by the founder of the Illuminati

May 1, 1776, was when Adam Weishaupt founded this order. This date is important, of course, in the Soviet Union and other communist countries, because May 1st, May Day, is considered to be the momentous date to all communist revolutionaries, when Adam Weishaupt founded the Illuminati.The bait that was laid by Adam Weishaupt for control of a vast number of people worldwide, which has now become a very old and tired project. The project was called Democracy, a people’s democracy. Adam Weishaupt, like many others before him, understood that Democracy has never reason, worked, is not working now, and never will work. Basically, because of the reason, while people could be and are the central power of any government, the people do not hold the power of any government in the final analysis. And, that while on the surface Democracy seems to be the best of all possible worlds, Democracy is a very perverted form of government, because the people can be misled.

Democracy comes from the word demos, meaning mob – a mob in the street is a demos. Demos-ocracy; ocracy meaning rule. Demos-ocracy, or democracy, means mob rule. You might say that true democracy is like thirty-five whites hanging one black. That’s democracy. The rule of the mob. Now, when we put it into more Americanized political terms, it’s the rule of the people. And, while that may sound good in print, the founders of democracy in our modern-day form realized that the people could be manipulated into accepting whatever they would want the people to accept.

Sort of manipulation:

Education

Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt served as the Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the first term of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, and staff employee of the U.S. Department of State (South Africa, Belgium, South Korea). Iserbyt cited about the book Schooling for a Global Age Project BEST is having less to do with fostering learning and mainly to do with psychological manipulation of students, possibly against the teaching of the child’s parents, for example, in arts classes.

Television, Media & Press

News reporter asked a by-passer about the 2nd plane hitting the WTC “There is no second plane, but a bomb” says the by-passer. However, the reported sticked to his story [watch]. Another example the Ebola Crisis: Actors were hired by CNN [watch].

Internet & radio

A good example of disinformation to scare people is Alex Jones, a man with Jewish connections to make Infowars a money machine and success.Explained: Arguably the most evil manipulative technique is what psychologists call the “fear-then-relief technique.” The technique preys on a person’s emotions. Here, the manipulator causes someone a great deal of stress or anxiety and then abruptly relieves that stress. After this sudden mood swing, the person is disarmed, less likely to make mindful or rational decisions, and more likely to respond positively to various requests.

At one time or another we’ve all questioned as to whether all that we see and are experiencing in our world has some sort of rational plan behind it, because we understand now that both the Republican and Democratic Parties in America are basically run by the same people. The same money finances both sides.

We now know through the work of many historians who have spent their lives working on research, that both sides of world conflicts have always been financed by the same people. And, as I’ve said many times before, this seems to be the method to the “madness” going on in the world. We know, of course, that we cannot depend on the truthfulness our leaders. Our leaders worldwide are “misleaders.” There is a science they are following. They have their own agenda – and it does not include you.

This agenda also does not include many of our politicians, who have sometimes felt helpless and spoke out as a result. In 1922, New York City Mayor John F. Hylan said, “The real menace of our republic is this invisible government which, like a giant octopus, sprawls its slimy length over city, state and nation. Like the octopus of real life, it operates under cover of a self-created screen…. At the head of this octopus are the Rockefeller Standard Oil interests and a small group of powerful banking houses generally referred to as international bankers.

The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both political parties.” What I have said, however, is that they do control both parties, among many other things in the world. Conflicts require money and cooperation. World conflicts require world banks and international monetary funds. Professional groups all have fraternal orders.

Doctors, attorneys, etc., have their own specific fraternal orders. In the banking world, it is the same way. They have the same fraternal order in banking and politics. However, we are not supposed to know anything about that, because that’s not any of our business. That fraternal order in politics and banking has been known for many years by those on the inside. It has been referred to by different names, at different times, in different countries. The best overall name that we can confer on this fraternal order, which is running America, politics, and monetary system, is Freemasonry.

America, was in fact founded by Freemasons. Freemasonry, in one form or another, has played a role in almost every government that was founded in this world. It is powerful in operation today throughout the world. However, we do want to establish first that what we are not talking about is Blue Masonry, or the Masonic Lodges in your hometown.

We are not talking about the Freemasons that live across the street from you. We’re talking about a worldwide fraternal organization that is powerful enough, old enough, and wise enough to operate behind all governments in the world, behind fraternal institutions, and behind international monetary systems in the world. And, yes, they are, in fact, connected.For instance, the idea that America was founded by so many Freemasons and Rosicrucians, among others, will be consistently revealed throughout this book.

The Freemasonic royal arch

We ask ourselves, “Why do they fold the American flag in a triangle?” What does the pyramid or the triangle have to do with the American system of government on the dollar bill? We must now recall that our Constitution was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is referred to as the Keystone State. The reason why Pennsylvania is the Keystone State, is because the Freemasons that founded his country were members of the Scottish Rite.

You might also want to ask yourself about the biological warfare going on in the world today. AIDS coming from out of nowhere, coming into the homosexual community. Just what are homosexuals doing today, that they didn’t do six thousands years ago? Why is it that all of a sudden, in the 1980’s, we had AIDS? Is there any connection between AIDS and Legionnaire’s Disease? And, the biological experimentation going on with the CIA, the NSA: Think of the Ebola. And all the other government agencies that you don’t know anything about. Is it possible that there could be some sort of biological experiments going on, some of them going awry, some of them purposely going awry, simply to see how far they can go, Is there any kind of rhyme or reason for things that are happening today?

Did you forget? It seems that Americans can’t remember more than one year. Syphilis Vaccine gruesome experiments by the Government. In October 2010, the Obama administration formally apologized to Guatemala for conducting these experiments.

Keep in mind, too, that what the government pays for – it gets. If you are paid to do something for the government, they will extract from you exactly what they have paid for.

The American government is the most powerful government the world has ever known. They had the ability to get a hold on Adolph Hitler a few decades ago. He had a standing army. Plus the greatest navy, air force, military, and secret underworld organizations operating throughout the world. But, this government got a hold on Adolph Hitler, because it chose to, and it wanted to. And, if you do not pay your income taxes they will find you if you go to the Amazon jungle. And, they will make an example of you. They will find you and they will deal with you, and you know it. But, for some reason they are unable to get a handle on the drugs, and the crime in the streets, for some reason.

There is a reason, There is a method to the “madness.” It’s the agenda and it doesn’t include you. The New World Order.



Illuminati political power: The government is Freemasonry

The Illuminati political power. The connection between the Illuminati, American Politicians and the Freemasons or Freemasonry. Learn also what the connections are between Adam Weishaupt, Napoleon and Rothschild.
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