Iraq's Patriarch Sako: ‘War is not the solution’

Iraq's Patriarch Sako: ‘War is not the solution’

07 March 2026, 12:18

As Iran strikes targets across Iraq in retaliation for Israeli-American airstrikes, the Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad tells Vatican News of his deep concern over the risk of a wider regional war, and calls on Iraq’s religious leaders to speak out for peace.

By Olivier Bonnel and Jean-Charles Putzolu

Like much of the Middle East, Iraq has come under rocket and drone attacks from Iran over the past week, following Israeli-American strikes on Iran.

Erbil, capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, has borne the brunt of the assaults, but the entire country, from oil fields in the southern city of Basra to Baghdad’s airport, has been targeted.

With the spectre of a broader regional conflict looming, the Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad, Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, has voiced his alarm.

“As Patriarch, I am deeply concerned,” he told Vatican News. “No one knows where this war will lead.”

Recalling the chaos, disorder, vengeance, and attacks that followed the 2003 US invasion, he stressed that “we have lived through this before.”

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Fear of further escalation

While Iranian-backed Shiite militias in Iraq have so far remained largely on the sidelines, Patriarch Sako warned of the risks facing Iraqi society, where Shiites make up nearly 60% of the population. “We are afraid because we are neighbours with Iran, and many Iraqis are Shiite. There is a double concern.”

“We fear a further escalation that could drag us into a large-scale regional war,” the cardinal continued, noting that strikes have also hit Gulf states, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. “War is not the solution,” he stressed. “Diplomacy is what can resolve these problems.”

The head of the Chaldean Church also said he was following with concern the situation of Iraq's Christian communities, especially in their historic heartland of the Nineveh Plains, which was occupied by ISIS a decade ago.

“We Christians are very worried, because if they start attacking the Nineveh Plains, where there are 50,000 Christians, these people will leave their homes—and this time, they will not return,” the Cardinal warned.

Raising voices for peace

“I have asked Christians to pray for peace at every Sunday Mass, to be cautious, and not to lose courage or hope,” Cardinal Sako said.

He also called on Iraq’s other religious leaders to help ease tensions. “I have asked Muslim leaders to raise their voices for peace and fraternity, as Pope Francis did during his visit to Iraq and his meeting with Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani.”

That historic encounter in the holy city of Najaf on March 6, 2021 remains a landmark moment for interfaith coexistence in Iraq. “It was a very important meeting,” recalled Cardinal Sako. “Al-Sistani said ‘We are part of you, and you are part of us’, which is exactly what Pope Francis also said: ‘We are brothers.’”

On March 4, as bombs continued to fall across the region, Ayatollah Al-Sistani issued a statement expressing his own fears of a widening war. He renewed his call “to all influential international actors and to the countries of the world, especially Islamic countries, to make every possible effort to bring an immediate end to the conflict and to find a just and peaceful solution to the Iranian nuclear issue, in accordance with international law.”

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-03/cardinal-sako-iraq-iran-war-not-the-solution.html

JP2 And The Quran

Jimmy Akin

Posted on April 6, 2006

This question has come up over the years, and I know that I’ve addressed it on the show (though I don’t have the faintest idea in what episodes), but I don’t seem to have done so on the blog, so here goes. . . .

First, I’ve reprinted the famous picture of the event above so that people can see what is being talked about.

Based on the picture alone, I would not be sure what is happening. The book is ornate and could be something other than the Quran. From the looks of it, it could be a book of the gospels.

However, the former Chaldean patriarch–Raphael Bidawid–was present at the meeting where the event occurred, and in an interview with the press service FIDES, he said the following:

On May 14th I was received by the Pope, together with a delegation composed of the Shi’ite imam of Khadum mosque and the Sunni president of the council of administration of the Iraqi Islamic Bank. There was also a representative of the Iraqi ministry of religion. I renewed our invitation to the Pope, because his visit would be for us a grace from heaven. It would confirm the faith of Christians and prove the Pope’s love for the whole of humanity in a country which is mainly Muslim.

At the end of the audience the Pope bowed to the Muslim holy book, the Qu’ran, presented to him by the delegation, and he kissed it as a sign of respect. The photo of that gesture has been shown repeatedly on Iraqi television and it demonstrates that the Pope is not only aware of the suffering of the Iraqi people, he has also great respect for Islam [SOURCE].

What, then, is one to make of the event?

It seems that there are a number of possibilities:

1) The FIDES news agency misquoted the patriarch.

2) Patriarch Bidawid was mistaken about what happened. It was not the Quran but something else.

3) John Paul II kissed the Quran but didn’t know the nature of the book he was kissing.

4) John Paul II kissed the Quran and knew that this is what he was doing.

I would love to think that either option (1), (2), or (3) was the case, but I have no evidence that any of them was the case.

The most likely one of the three, to my mind, would be (3), because so far as I know, John Paul II was not an Arabic speaker and may not have understood the nature of the book that he was being presented with.

People shove all kinds of books into the pope’s hands at audiences, and if the pope was under the impression that the thing to do with a gift in Iraqi culture is to kiss it as a sign of respect to the one who gives the gift then he might have kissed it reflexively, not even understanding the nature of the book.

While this is possible, I think it likely that an interpreter explained the nature of the gift that was being given on this occasion. This still leaves the possibility that the pope kissed it as part of Middle Eastern politeness rather than as a gesture of respect for the book itself.

I have heard claims that in some Middle Eastern cultures that this is a typical gesture of respect for one giving a gift, but I have asked Chaldean friends of mine whether this is the case in Iraqi culture and the answer was a definite "No." "The pope put his foot on the neck of all Chaldeans with this action" was the response I was given. (Just to make things clear, putting your foot on the neck of someone is a bad thing in Iraqi culture.)

Still, the pope may have been under the mistaken impression that this was the appropriate thing to do when receiving a gift in their culture. He can’t be an expert on every culture in the world, and he could get this wrong.

Or maybe he didn’t.

Maybe he knew it was the Quran and kissed it anyway, not as a customary gift giving response, but for some other reason.

What might that reason be?

It certainly wouldn’t be that he believes in Islam or believes that Islam is on a par with Christianity. If he believed either of these two things then he (a) wouldn’t be the earthly head of the Christian faith and (b) wouldn’t have approved the publication of Dominus Iesus, which asserts the salvific universality of Jesus Christ and the Church.

Any attempt to represent him as thinking one of those things doesn’t even get out of the gate.

So what might he have been thinking?

We’re only speculating here, but two things spring to mind as what JP2 might have been thinking:

1) The Quran does contain some elements of truth (as well as grave elements of falsehood) and he might have wanted to honor the elements of truth it contains.

2) Showing respect in this way could foster world peace and interreligious harmony.

Of these two, I would conjecture that the latter would have been uppermost in John Paul II’s mind, though the former may not have been absent.

John Paul II was a man who was enormously concerned with world peace and interreligious harmony. As a young man he lived through the horrors of World War II, which had a permanent effect on him and his generation and their views about war and peace.

As a mature man he lived through the Cold War that repeatedly brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster, and this also had a permanent effect on him and his generation and their views about war and peace. The constant threat of nuclear warfare hung particularly heavily over Europe–which would have been the chief battleground in a conflict between the Soviet Union and the West–and (particularly on the heels of WWII) it deeply impressed the "find peace at any cost" message on his generation.

As a result of the Cold War, the nations of western Europe were forced into an alliance (NATO) whereby their centuries-long enmities (as between France and Germany) had to be suppressed for the sake of common survival. Negotiation became the key to survival in western Europe, and the same message was driven home to those in Eastern bloc countries, such as John Paul II’s native Poland.

By letting the US shoulder the main burden for the military defense of Europe (during and after the Cold War), many Europeans of John Paul II’s generation absorbed the idea that negotiation was paramount and could solve virtually any problem. It wasn’t until the events of the Global War On Terror that this idea began to be seriously called into question many in European circles.

As a result, as a man of his generation, John Paul II–for the best of motives–may have overestimated both the need for and the utility of gestures such as the one exhibited in the Quran-kissing event.

If the former pontiff did understand that the gift was a Quran and if he wasn’t under the impression that kissing a gift was a standard response in Iraqi culture then I would suppose that he did so out of a desire to foster peace and interreligious harmony, but it would still have been a mistake to my mind.

The Quran, whatever elements of truth it contains, also contains venomous attacks on the divinity of Christ and on Christian doctrine and these make it inappropriate for the Vicar of Christ to kiss it under any circumstances.

John Paul II also may not have been attending to the gravity of the false elements in the Quran. Even if he knew them, he may not have been thinking about them and may have acted on the spur of the moment, without fully thinking through his action.

Fortunately, the infallibility of the pope and the indefectibility of the Church do not extend to such actions. A pope is not attempting to make anything remotely like a dogmatic definition in an act of this nature. And so, however misguided the action may have been and however good the motives for it may have been, it would constitute an error that does not touch upon papal infallibility or ecclesial indefectibility.

It would be one of the mistakes that all fallen humans are heir to, even the vicars of Christ.

https://jimmyakin.com/2006/04/jp2_and_the_qur.html

Timeline: The September 11 terrorist attacks

The day that defined the beginning of the 21st Century for Americans

By Katherine Huiskes

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

On September 11, 2001, 2,977 people were killed in the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history.

The World Trade Center in March, 2001

The World Trade Center in March, 2001 Wikimedia Commons

The moment shocked the nation. Two planes, hijacked by Islamic jihadists vowing death to all Americans, plowed into both towers at the World Trade Center in New York. Another plane was flown into the Pentagon in Washington, DC. A fourth plane, presumably headed for the White House or the U.S. Capitol, was heroically diverted by passengers and ended up crashing in an empty field in Pennsylvania. After reports of the first plane hitting the North Tower, millions watched the second plane hit the South Tower on live television.

It was a terrifying, startling, and humbling event for the country. The 9/11 attacks were the deadliest on American soil since the shock attack at Pearl Harbor 60 years before, and the sense of outrage was reminiscent of that moment. The attacks in New York occurred in the country’s busiest city on a busy workday. And the staggered nature of the attacks meant that news footage captured almost everything as it happened, ensuring that millions of Americans saw the events precisely as they unfolded.

 

Flight paths of hijacked planes

Flight paths of the hijacked planes Wikimedia Commons

 

Timeline

September 11, 2001

5:45 AM – Mohamed Atta and Abdul Aziz al-Omari, two of the intended hijackers, pass through security at the Portland International Jetport in Maine. They board a commuter flight to Boston Logan International Airport, they then board American Airlines Flight 11.

7:59 AM – Flight 11 takes off from Boston, headed for Los Angeles, California. There are 76 passengers, 11 crew members, and 5 hijackers on board.

8:15 AM – United Airlines Flight 175 takes off from Boston, also headed for Los Angeles. There are 51 passengers, 9 crew members, and 5 hijackers on board.

8:19 AM – A flight attendant on Flight 11, Betty Ann Ong, alerts ground personnel that a hijacking is underway and that the cockpit is unreachable.

8:20 AM – American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Dulles, outside of Washington, DC, headed for Los Angeles. There are 53 passengers, 6 crew members, and 5 hijackers on board.

8:24 AM – Mohamed Atta, a hijacker on Flight 11, unintentionally alerts air controllers in Boston to the attack. He meant to press the button that allowed him to talk to the passengers on his flight.

 

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8:37 AM – After hearing the broadcast from Atta on Flight 11, Boston air traffic control alerts the US Air Force’s Northeast Defense Sector, who then mobilize the Air National Guard to follow the plane.

8:42 AM – United Flight 93 takes off from Newark, New Jersey, after a delay due to routine traffic. It was headed for San Francisco, California. There are 33 passengers, 7 crew members, and 4 hijackers are on board.

8:46 AM – Flight 11 crashes into the World Trade Center’s North Tower. All passengers aboard are instantly killed, and employees of the WTC are trapped above the 91st floor.

9:03 AM – Flight 175 crashes into the WTC’s South Tower. All passengers aboard are killed instantly and so are an unknown number of people in the tower.

9:05 AM – President George W. Bush, in an elementary school classroom in Florida, is informed about the hit on the second tower. His chief of staff, Andrew Card, whispers the chilling news into the president’s ear. Bush later wrote about his response: “I made the decision not to jump up immediately and leave the classroom. I didn’t want to rattle the kids. I wanted to project a sense of calm… I had been in enough crises to know that the first thing the leader has to do is to project calm.” (Miller Center)

Bush at the Elementary School

President Bush participates in a reading demonstration on the morning of September 11 at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida Courtesy of George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum

9:28 AM – Hijackers attack on Flight 93.

9:37 AM – Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon. All passengers aboard are instantly killed and so are 125 civilian and military personnel in the building.

9:45 AM – US airspace is shut down under Operation Yellow Ribbon. All civilian aircraft are ordered to land at the nearest airport.

Bush on the phone learning about the attack

President Bush at Emma E. Booker Elementary School, receiving details about the planes hitting the Twin Towers   Wikimedia Commons

9:55 AM – Air Force One with President George W. Bush aboard takes off from Florida.

9:57 AM – Passengers aboard Flight 93 begin to run up toward the cockpit. Jarrah, the pilot, begins to roll the plane back and forth in an attempt to destabilize the revolt.

9:59 AM – The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

The South Tower Collapses

Before and after the South Tower collapse Wikimedia Commons

10:02 AM – Flight 93 plows into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Although its ultimate target is unknown, it was likely heading for either the White House or the US Capitol.

Flight 93 Crash Site

The site of Flight 93's crash Wikimedia Commons

10:18 AM – President Bush authorizes any non-grounded planes to be shot down. At that time, all four hijacked planes had already crashed but the president’s team was operating under the impression that Flight 93 was still in the air.

10:28 AM – The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

10:53 AM – Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld orders the US military to move to a higher state of alert, going to DEFCON 3.

11:45 AM – Air Force 1 lands at Barksdale Air Force Base near Shreveport, Louisiana.

12:15 PM – Airspace in the United States is completely free of all commercial and private flights.

1:30 PM – Air Force 1 leaves Barksdale.

2:30 PM – Rudy Giuliani, the mayor of New York City, visits the fallen Twin Towers of the World Trade Center at what becomes known as Ground Zero.

Mayor Giuliani at Ground Zero with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

Mayor Giuliani at Ground Zero with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Wikimedia Commons

3:00 PM – Air Force 1 lands at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, and President Bush is immediately taken to a secure bunker that is capable of withstanding a nuclear attack.

4:30 PM – Air Force 1 leaves Offutt and heads back toward Andrews Air Force base near Washington, DC.

Bush Talks to Cheney from Air Force One

President Bush confers with Vice President Cheney from Air Force One on the flight from Offutt Air Force Base to Offutt Air Force Base George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum (P77091-18)

5:30 PM – Building 7 of the World Trade Center collapses.

8:30 PM – President Bush addresses the nation.

Helicopter Photo of Ground Zero

Helicopter photo of Ground Zero on October 8, 2001 Wikimedia Commons

 

Background

Although to many Americans 9/11 seemed like a random act of terror, the roots of the event had been developing for years. A combination of factors that coalesced in the late 1990s led the catastrophic event. These factors included regional conditions in the Middle East that motivated the perpetrators, as well as intelligence lapses and failures that  left the United States vulnerable.

Osama bin Laden in November, 2001

Osama bin Laden in November, 2001 Wikimedia Commons

Osama Bin Laden was relatively unknown in the United States before 9/11, even as he was amassing popularity, followers, and fame in the Middle East during the 1990s. In 1988, he was one of the founders of al Qaeda, a militant Islamic terrorist organization that organized and carried out the 9/11 attacks. Bin Laden called for indiscriminate killing of all Americans who, he claimed, were “the worst thieves in the world today” (9/11 Report, page 47). It was the perfect historical moment for that rallying cry.

Throughout the 20th century, a wave of secular, nationalist revolutions swept through the Middle East, taking root in Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Yemen, and other countries. While these movements were awash in promising ideology, the new regimes quickly became autocratic and suppressed dissent. Their critics turned to violent revolution to express their dissatisfaction with the secular governments.

At the same time, social malaise, especially among young men who were struggling to find decent jobs and start their own families in corrupt oil states, provided easy targets for radicalization. Bin Laden’s message that America was the “head of the snake” and the root of all society’s problems resonated well with the discontent.

By the mid-1990s, Bin Laden was the head of al Qaeda, a multifaceted and highly developed terrorist network carrying out attack after attack on Americans in the Middle East. It was a new type of terrorism to which the US intelligence agencies struggled to adapt. Much of the intelligence community had not even imaged the specific type of hijacking and terrorism carried out on 9/11. They were preparing for threats such as the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and bombing in 2000 of the USS Cole.

 

Aftermath of the 1993 WTC Bombing

Aftermath of the 1993 WTC Bombing Wikimedia Commons

Much of the intelligence community’s focus was on reactive law enforcement activity rather than proactive countering of terrorism. A telling quote from the 9/11 commission report focuses on the lack of a proactive response: “The process was meant, by its nature, to mark for the public as the events finished – case solved, justice done. It was not designed to ask if the events might be harbingers of worse to come. Nor did it allow for aggregating and analyzing facts to see if they could provide clues to terrorist tactics more generally – methods of entry and finance, and mode of operation inside the United States” (Commission Report, p. 73).

Bin Laden had amassed substantial power due to conditions in the Middle East as well as his charismatic leadership, and the US intelligence community was underprepared for a 9/11 style attack. In the aftermath of 9/11, these two factors continued to affect US policy in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq.

Aftermath

The immediate response to 9/11 was the George W. Bush administration’s War on Terror, which began in Afghanistan as a retaliation against al Qaeda for carrying out the attack. The Bush administration soon expanded the War on Terror into Iraq, and the consequences of these wars continue to affect the Middle East to this day. Almost 20 years later, the United States is still at war in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

American Soldier in Iraq, 2005

American Soldiers in Iraq, 2005 Wikimedia Commons

There were domestic long-term effects of 9/11 as well. Thousands of people struggle with cancer and lasting chronic health problems relating to the toxicity from Ground Zero, the site where the Twin Towers used to stand. The September 11 attacks also changed American air travel as airlines began to require stringent security checks designed to prevent the types of weapons the hijackers used from slipping through.

Finally, the 9/11 attacks resulted in changes to the federal government and an expansion of executive power. A new cabinet department, the Department of Homeland Security, was created, and the intelligence community was consolidated under the Director of National Intelligence to improve coordination between various agencies and departments. New legislation such as the USA Patriot Act expanded domestic security and surveillance, disrupted terrorist funding by cracking down on activities such as money laundering, and increased efficiency within the U.S. intelligence community.

The tragedy of September 11, 2001 will never be forgotten, and the aftermath is still continuing to unfold. The 9/11 Memorial and Museum opened on the site of the former World Trade Center on September 11, 2011, and features reflecting pools in the footprints of where the Twin Towers once stood.

https://millercenter.org/remembering-september-11/september-11-terrorist-attacks

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The State Bar of Nevada, which regulates legal professionals and handles misconduct, has recently faced scrutiny over its disciplinary actions. Key issues involve allegations of lenient punishments for high-profile lawyers, such as a 2025 public reprimand for a commissioner over deleted, incriminating messages rather than disbarment.

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Key details regarding the Nevada Bar and misconduct allegations:

Lenient Discipline Allegations: The State Bar of Nevada faced criticism for issuing only a public reprimand to Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones, despite allegations of misconduct and a federal judge finding he deleted text messages to conceal a deal.

Case Handling: The Bar's Office of Bar Counsel is responsible for investigating attorney misconduct, but they do not handle malpractice claims or alter court outcomes.

Public Perception: There are, as of February 2026, concerns expressed in public forums regarding the effectiveness of the bar in addressing ethical complaints.

Disciplinary Procedures: The Bar uses panels to review grievances and can issue sanctions ranging from reprimands to disbarment.

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For more detailed, specific reports, one could look into the Nevada Lawyer magazine bar counsel reports

Former employees sue State Bar of Nevada overalleged abuse

24 Apr, 2011  in Attorney Reviews / Las Vegas Attorneys / Uncategorized  tagged State Bar of Nevada by AGInfo

I would surmise that the accusation of abuse wouldn’t affect the effectiveness of the State Bar of Nevada and how that really pertains to the people that use this resource. Regardless, it’s important to be aware of what is going on with this group. They serve as a resource to the community to find lawyers but to also oversee the actions of attorneys in Nevada. As I was doing some research on this particular topic I came across some very interesting articles in the Las Vegas Sun. These articles speak to the absolute necessity of the service AttorneyGuide.com provides to the people in Nevada. Here’s a summary of some of the articles:

Accused lawyers rarely investigated

“The security fund, which reimburses clients who have been ripped off by their attorneys, found that 21 attorneys, most from Las Vegas, had stolen $1.2 million from their clients during 2004 and 2005

Yet the lawyers who the fund concluded were crooks – sometimes they admitted the theft – never were criminally investigated or prosecuted.”

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2007/jul/08/accused-lawyers-rarely-investigated/

How absolutely scary is that?  That definitely leaves me questioning our legal system.

Vegas men accused of running fraudulent Legal Aid program

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1999/nov/15/vegas-men-accused-of-running-fraudulent-legal-aid-/

State bar files suit over lost money

“The Bar Association believes the money has been embezzled and has notified the district attorney, the Nevada attorney general, the U.S. attorney, and the Nevada Supreme Court.”

State Bar sues accounting firm over missing $300,000

The real bottom line of these articles is that there is corruption in all businesses, not just the legal field.  Please use www.attorneyguide.com to help you find Certified Ethical Attorneys.

http://attorneyguide.com/blog/former-employees-sue-state-bar-of-nevada-overalleged-abuse/

Law and Justice in the Third Reich

The Third Reich was a police state characterized by arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of political and ideological opponents in concentration camps.

With the reinterpretation of "protective custody"  (Schutzhaft) in 1933, police power became independent of judicial controls. In Nazi terminology, protective custody meant the arrest—without judicial review—of real and potential opponents of the regime. "Protective custody" prisoners were not confined within the normal prison system but in concentration camps under the exclusive authority of the SS (Schutzstaffel; the elite guard of the Nazi state).

Jewish lawyers line up to apply for permission to appear before the Berlin courts(Photo)

Jewish lawyers line up to apply for permission to appear before the Berlin courts. New regulations set forth in the Aryan Paragraph (a series of laws enacted in April 1933 to purge Jews from various spheres of state and society) allowed only 35 to appear before the court. Berlin, Germany, April 11, 1933.

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Wide World Photo

The Third Reich has been called a dual state, since the normal judicial system coexisted with the arbitrary power of Hitler and the police. Yet, like most areas of public life after the Nazi rise to power in 1933, the German system of justice underwent "coordination" (alignment with Nazi goals). All professional associations involved with the administration of justice were merged into the National Socialist League of German Jurists. In April 1933, Hitler passed one of the earliest antisemitic laws, purging Jewish and also Socialist judges, lawyers, and other court officers from their professions. Further, the Academy of German Law and Nazi legal theorists, such as Carl Schmitt, advocated the nazification of German law, cleansing it of "Jewish influence." Judges were enjoined to let "healthy folk sentiment" (gesundes Volksempfinden) guide them in their decisions.

Hitler determined to increase the political reliability of the courts. In 1933 he established special courts throughout Germany to try politically sensitive cases. Dissatisfied with the 'not guilty' verdicts rendered by the Supreme Court (Reichsgericht) in the Reichstag Fire Trial, Hitler ordered the creation of the People's Court (Volksgerichtshof) in Berlin in 1934 to try treason and other important "political cases." Under Roland Freisler, the People's Court became part of the Nazi system of terror, condemning tens of thousands of people as "Volk Vermin" and thousands more to death for "Volk Treason." The trial and sentencing of those accused of complicity in the July Plot, the attempt to kill Hitler in July 1944, was especially unjust.

Participants in the July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler stand trial before the People's Court of Berlin.

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Trial of participants in the July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler(Photo)

Participants in the July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler on trial before the People's Court of Berlin. Berlin, Germany, August–September 1944.

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After the war, prominent Nazi jurists like Curt Rothenberger, Franz Schlegelberger, and Josef Altstoetter were tried in the Jurists' Trial of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings on charges of "judicial murder" and other atrocities.

This case is unusual in that the defendants are charged with crimes committed in the name of the law. These men, together with their deceased or fugitive colleagues, were the embodiment of what passed for justice in the Third Reich.

—Telford Taylor

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Telford Taylor describes Justice Case defendants(Film)

In the Justice Case of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings, nine officials from the German Ministry of Justice and seven members of the Nazi-era People's and Special Courts were charged with “judicial murder and other atrocities, which they committed by destroying law and justice in Germany, and then utilizing the emptied forms of legal process for the persecution, enslavement and extermination on a large scale.” This footage shows US prosecutor Telford Taylor describing the defendants.

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https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/law-and-justice-in-the-third-reich

Himmler used the Jesuits as the model for the SS since he found they had the core elements of absolute obedience and the cult of the organisation.[65][66] Hitler is said to have called Himmler "my Ignatius of Loyola".[65] As an order, the SS needed a coherent doctrine that would set it apart.[67] Himmler attempted to construct such an ideology and deduced a "pseudo-Germanic tradition" from history.[67] Himmler dismissed the image of Jesus as a Jew and rejected Christianity's basic doctrine and its institutions.[68] Starting in 1934, the SS hosted "solstice ceremonies" (Sonnenwendfeiern) to increase team spirit within their ranks.[69] In a 1936 memorandum, Himmler set forth a list of approved holidays based on pagan and political precedents meant to wean SS members from relying on Christian festivities.[70] In an attempt to replace Christianity and suffuse the SS with a new doctrine, SS-men were able to choose special Lebenslauffeste, substituting common Christian ceremonies such as baptisms, weddings, and burials. Since the ceremonies were held in small private circles, it is unknown how many SS members opted for this kind of celebration.[71]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_the_SS

The archbasilica's Latin name is Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris ac Sancti Ioannis Baptistae et Ioannis Evangelistae ad Lateranum,[6] which in English is the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist at the Lateran, and in Italian Arcibasilica [Papale] del Santissimo Salvatore e Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbasilica_of_Saint_John_Lateran#Lateran_Palace

The ratlines (German: Rattenlinien) were systems of escape routes for German Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe from 1945 onwards in the aftermath of World War II. These escape routes mainly led toward havens in the Americas, particularly in Argentina, though also in Paraguay, Colombia,[1] Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Bolivia, as well as the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain, and Switzerland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)

In the Nazi state, the SS assumed leading responsibility for security, identification of ethnicity, settlement and population policy, and intelligence collection and analysis. The SS controlled the German police forces and the concentration camp system. The SS conceived and implemented plans designed to restructure the ethnic composition of eastern Europe and the occupied Soviet Union.

From 1939, the SS assumed responsibility for “solving” the so-called Jewish Question; after 1941, its leadership planned, coordinated and directed the so-called Final Solution of the Jewish Question. This “solution” was the annihilation of the European Jews, which we now refer to as the Holocaust

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2 §1. The character and charism of the Society of Jesus arise from the Spiritual Exercises which our holy father Ignatius and his companions went through. Led by this experience, they formed an apostolic group rooted in charity, in which, after they had taken the vows of chastity and poverty and had been raised to the priesthood, they offered themselves as a HOLOCAUST to God,[2] so that serving as soldiers of God beneath the banner of the cross and serving the Lord alone and the Church his spouse under the Roman Pontiff, the vicar of Christ on earth,[3] they would be sent into the entire world[4] for the defense and propagation of the faith and for the progress of souls in Christian life and doctrine. [5]

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The Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the US for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959; several were confirmed to be former members of the Nazi Party, including the SS or the SA.

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Honesty, Equality and Fairness

A prosecutor “is the representative not of an ordinary party to a controversy, but of a sovereignty whose obligation to govern impartially is as compelling as its obligation to govern at all; and whose interest, therefore, in a criminal prosecution is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done. As such, he is in a peculiar and very definite sense the servant of the law, the twofold aim of which is that guilt shall not escape or innocence suffer. He may prosecute with earnestness and vigor – indeed, he should do so. But, while he may strike hard blows, he is not at liberty to strike foul ones. It is as much his duty to refrain from improper methods calculated to produce a wrongful conviction as it is to use every legitimate means to bring about a just one.”

Berger v. United States, 295 U.S. 78, 88 (1935)

Nevada District Attorneys core values include honesty, equality, and fairness. These values extend to all facets of our important roles in our state.  In charging individuals with a crime, Nevada District Attorneys base their decisions on the law, the evidence, and the interests of justice.  Race, gender, sexual orientation, occupation, social status or income level are not factors in this decision-making process.

In carrying out prosecutions, Nevada District Attorneys balance the interests of crime victims, the community, and the defendants. While we work hard to remove dangerous and violent criminals from our communities, we also realize that prison is not the answer for some who are charged with lower-level crimes. Nevada District Attorneys regularly seek probation, or diversion courts, such as Drug Court, Mental Health Court, or Veteran’s Court, as alternatives to incarceration to give defendants an opportunity to become productive members of society.  

Although prosecutors do not sentence those convicted, when recommending an appropriate sentence to the judge, Nevada District Attorneys sentencing requests are based on the severity of the crime, the criminal history of the defendant, the impact on the victim, and the interests of justice. Again, race, gender, sexual orientation, occupation, social status or income level are not factors in this decision-making process.

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Several individuals named Rothschild have worked as prosecutors or in related legal roles, with the most notable being Frank Rothschild, a retired prosecutor known for his work in Alaska, and Daniel S. Rothschild, who prosecuted cases in Pennsylvania. Additionally, Jerome M. Rothschild Jr. is a U.S. immigration judge.

Frank Rothschild: A former prosecutor known for his involvement in high-profile cases, including the prosecution of serial killer Robert Hansen, also known as the "Butcher Baker". He has also taught trial training and authored materials on courtroom technology.

Daniel S. Rothschild: An associate at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC in Harrisburg, PA, who previously worked as a prosecutor in Dauphin and Allegheny County, handling cases such as murder trials.

Jerome M. Rothschild Jr.: Appointed by then-Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to serve as a U.S. immigration judge, taking office in March 2019.

Eric Rothschild: An attorney with Student Defense who has worked on public interest litigation, including cases involving school districts and challenging government actions.

These individuals are not directly associated with the historical banking family, but rather are professionals in the American legal system.

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The Bible describes corrupt prosecutors and judges as those who take bribes, pervert justice, and ignore the rights of the needy, often for personal gain. Key passages, including Isaiah 1:21-26, Micah 3:11, and Deuteronomy 16:19, condemn such behavior as a "harlotry" against God and a cause for divine wrath.

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Key Biblical Verses on Corruption

Isaiah 1:23: Describes rulers as "rebels, friends of thieves" who love bribes and neglect the fatherless and widow.

Micah 3:11: Highlights leaders who "judge for a bribe" and "teach for a price".

Deuteronomy 16:19: Commands, "Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent".

Proverbs 17:23: States that corrupt judges accept secret bribes, preventing justice.

Psalm 94:20-21: Condemns those who "make injustice legal" and "plot against good people".

Amos 5:13: Mentions that in such times of deep corruption, "the prudent keep silent".

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Bribery: Frequently cited as the primary driver of legal corruption (Exodus 23:8, Psalm 26:10).

Oppression of the Poor: Corrupt officials are noted for depriving the needy of their rights.

Hypocrisy: Jesus condemns scribes and Pharisees for hypocritical, legalistic behavior in Matthew 23:23.

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I’m a licensed attorney in the State of Nevada currently working for the Lyon County District Attorney’s Office as a Deputy District Attorney, prosecuting felony and misdemeanor crimes occurring in Lyon County.

 I am a graduate of the Michigan State University College of Law. I am also a graduate of MSU Law’s Trial Practice Institute. The Trial Practice Institute is a two year intensive program that focuses on litigation and trial work. In our second year of law school, participants in the program work on the Pretrial process, beginning with client intake and ending with oral arguments on motions for summary judgment. In our third year, we conduct two full trials; one criminal and one civil. These trials include motions in limine and jury selection, culminating with the trial itself. I was also a member of the mock trial team and Trial Director for the MSU Board of Advocates.

 During law school, I had the privilege of working for the Nevada Attorney General’s Office in the post-conviction unit. There, I learned a great deal about Writs for Habeas Corpus and the post conviction process. It is an area of the law that I have a particular interest in. It was in this internship that I learned a prosecution does not end with a guilty verdict; it is the prosecutor’s job to uphold the criminal justice process to maintain the integrity of a conviction during the appeals process.

 After law school, I clerked for the Hon. Connie Steinheimer in the Second Judicial District Court of Nevada. I assisted the Judge with civil and criminal cases. My tasks included writing bench memos, drafting orders, and writing jury instructions. Working for Judge Steinheimer was a great honor and I learned so much from her in my short time as her clerk.

I previously worked for the Nevada Attorney General’s Office prosecuting domestic violence and sexual assault crimes in Churchill and Lyon counties under the ICJR Grant. Crimes of domestic violence and sexual assault are crimes that the law punishes very severely, but for many reasons can be difficult to prosecute. The challenges presented by these crimes have been wonderful learning experiences. In this position, I had the opportunity to work closely with experienced prosecutors, dedicated victim’s advocates, and law enforcement officers.I’m a licensed attorney in the State of Nevada currently working for the Lyon County District Attorney’s Office as a Deputy District Attorney, prosecuting felony and misdemeanor crimes occurring in Lyon County. I am a graduate of the Michigan State University College of Law. I am also a graduate of MSU Law’s Trial Practice Institute. The Trial Practice Institute is a two year intensive program that focuses on litigation and trial work. In our second year of law school, participants in the program work on the Pretrial process, beginning with client intake and ending with oral arguments on motions for summary judgment. In our third year, we conduct two full trials; one criminal and one civil. These trials include motions in limine and jury selection, culminating with the trial itself. I was also a member of the mock trial team and Trial Director for the MSU Board of Advocates. During law school, I had the privilege of working for the Nevada Attorney General’s Office in the post-conviction unit. There, I learned a great deal about Writs for Habeas Corpus and the post conviction process. It is an area of the law that I have a particular interest in. It was in this internship that I learned a prosecution does not end with a guilty verdict; it is the prosecutor’s job to uphold the criminal justice process to maintain the integrity of a conviction during the appeals process. After law school, I clerked for the Hon. Connie Steinheimer in the Second Judicial District Court of Nevada. I assisted the Judge with civil and criminal cases. My tasks included writing bench memos, drafting orders, and writing jury instructions. Working for Judge Steinheimer was a great honor and I learned so much from her in my short time as her clerk. I previously worked for the Nevada Attorney General’s Office prosecuting domestic violence and sexual assault crimes in Churchill and Lyon counties under the ICJR Grant. Crimes of domestic violence and sexual assault are crimes that the law punishes very severely, but for many reasons can be difficult to prosecute. The challenges presented by these crimes have been wonderful learning experiences. In this position, I had the opportunity to work closely with experienced prosecutors, dedicated victim’s advocates, and law enforcement officers.

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Early Female Transgender Identity after Prenatal Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol: Report from a French National Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Cohort

by Laura Gaspari 1,2,3,†,Marie-Odile Soyer-Gobillard 4,5,†ORCID,Scott Kerlin 6,Françoise Paris 1,2,3 andCharles Sultan 1,*

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Unité d’Endocrinologie-Gynécologie Pédiatrique, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France

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INSERM 1203, Développement Embryonnaire Fertilité Environnement, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France

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CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier, Centre de Référence Maladies Rares du Développement Génital, Constitutif Sud, Hôpital Lapeyronie, 34295 Montpellier, France

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Laboratoire Arago, Observatoire Océanologique, Sorbonne University, CNRS, 75016 Paris, France

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Association HHORAGES-France, 66100 Perpignan, France

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DES International Information and Research Network, Livermore, CA 94551, USA

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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These authors contributed equally to this work.

J. Xenobiot. 2024, 14(1), 166-175; https://doi.org/10.3390/jox14010010

Submission received: 28 November 2023 / Revised: 8 January 2024 / Accepted: 10 January 2024 / Published: 12 January 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in the Human Health)

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Abstract

Diagnostic of transsexualism and gender incongruence are terms to describe individuals whose self-identity does not match their sex assignment at birth. A transgender woman is an individual assigned male at birth (AMAB) on the basis of the external or internal genitalia who identifies and lives as a woman. In recent decades, a significant increase in the number of transgender people has been reported. Although, its etiology is unknown, biological, anatomical, genetic, environmental and cultural factors have been suggested to contribute to gender variation. In XY animals, it has been shown that environmental endocrine disruptors, through their anti-androgenic activity, induce a female identity. In this work, we described four XY individuals who were exposed in utero to the xenoestrogen diethylstilbesterol (DES) and were part of the French HHORAGES cohort. They all reported a female transgender identity starting from childhood and adolescence. This high prevalence of male to female transgenderism (1.58%) in our cohort of 253 DES sons suggests that exposure to chemicals with xenoestrogen activity during fetal life may affect the male sex identity and behavior.

Keywords: sexual identity; diethylstilbestrol (DES); prenatal exposure

1. Introduction

Gender identity defines each individual’s deeply held personal sense of their own gender as male or female or something else [1]. Moreover, gender diversity and variance are umbrella terms used to describe the wide range of gender identifications outside the conventional gender categories [2]. Gender dysphoria [3] relates to the distress and unease experienced by individuals who are discontent with their assigned gender and identify with a gender other than the one associated with their birth sex [4]. A transgender man or woman is a person born phenotypically female or male, assigned female or male at birth on the basis of their external or internal genitalia, who identifies and lives as a male or a female. Actually, for many experts [5] this definition should be enlarged to Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) individuals, people with disorders of sex development (DSDs) and people assigned male (AMAB) or female at birth (AFAB) [6].

All studies on secular trends have reported a dramatic increase in the number of transgender people in recent decades [7]. A temporal change in the age of presentation is another notable phenomenon [8]. Quoting Hassler et al. [8] in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5), signs of transgender in children include: “A repeated desire to be the other sex or an assertion that they are the other sex; a belief that their assigned sex will change on its own (e.g., thinking they will grow a penis or that their penis will come off when they get older); wanting to change their name to a name typically associated with another gender, or a gender-neutral name; a preference for presenting as another gender (e.g., a child assigned male at birth who prefers long hair and wearing dresses, or a child assigned female at birth who prefers short hair and wearing gender-neutral clothing); resistance or distress when made to present as a gender they do not identify with (such as a ‘girl’ throwing a tantrum over having to wear a dress or a ‘boy’ crying after having to get a haircut); assuming the role of another gender in fantasy games or make-believe; an intense desire to participate in the games and activities typical of the other gender (such as an assigned-male child playing with Barbie and an assigned-female child playing contact sports); a preference for playmates of another gender”.

Hassler et al. also wrote [8]: “In adolescence, signs of transgender includes: feelings of panic or severe discomfort concerning puberty and body changes (e.g., refusing to acknowledge or admit that changes are occurring, refusing to look at their body, or becoming distressed or uncomfortable with body development, menstruation, or ejaculation); discomfort or distress with certain forms of gender presentation, such as disliking long hair or certain types of clothing; increased bullying at school due to differences in acting out one’s perceived gender or lack of self-confidence; isolation from peers due to lack of connection or fear of bullying; depression and/or anxiety as a result of confusion over gender identity or not fitting in with peers; be aware that some adolescents may try to repress their true gender due to outside pressure, such as from family and peers, even if they previously expressed their true gender as a child”.

The literature on the prevalence of transgender people is heterogeneous, depending on the geographic area, inclusion criteria and age at presentation [9]. Specialized centers that manage transgender people estimate a prevalence between 17 and 33/100,000 individuals [10]. Actually, people who identify as transgender represent a sizable proportion of the general population, from 0.1% to 2% [11,12].

Although the biological basis of transgenderism/incongruence is unknown, biological, anatomical, genetic and environmental factors have been suggested to contribute to gender identity [13,14]. The role of sex hormones and genetics in sexual development was described by studies published between 1948 and 2019, and the implication of endogenous steroids in brain sexual differentiation has been widely studied [14,15,16,17,18]. According to the accepted dogma, high levels of fetal testosterone organize the brain towards a male phenotype [19]. Any exogenous chemical that can reduce testosterone action during fetal life can affect the differentiation of genitalia and sex behavior.

Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a molecule that has strengthened the concepts of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and the fetal basis of adult diseases [20]. It is well known that in utero exposure to DES, a compound with estrogenic and anti-androgenic activity, induces a wide range of reproductive tract/function abnormalities in the so-called ‘DES daughters’, e.g., alterations to Müllerian duct development, fertility problems, ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, premature births and cancers, especially clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA) of the vagina and cervix in girls and young women [21]. In ‘DES sons’, epididymal cysts, hypospadias, cryptorchidism, hypoplastic testes and micropenises have been observed [22,23,24,25,26]. In addition, although less studied, in utero exposure to synthetic sex hormones, particularly DES, can cause psychological disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, eating disorders and suicidal behavior [27]. Interestingly, some studies in patients exposed in utero to DES with psychotic disorders identified methylome changes that affect the expression of ZFP57 and ADAMTS9, two genes implicated in neurodevelopment regulation [28], with potential multigenerational and transgenerational effects [29,30].

In this work, we first describe four transgender women identified among the 253 sons exposed in utero to DES included in the HHORAGES-France cohort (a French National patient association). This high prevalence of male-to-female transgender individuals among DES sons (1.58%) strongly suggests that exposure of male fetuses to this xenoestrogen during fetal life may affect future male sex identity and behavior.

2. Patients and Methods

This study was based on a French national retrospective cohort of DES-treated women (HHORAGES-France Association) (n = 1200) and their families. Detailed standard questionnaires were obtained from all DES mothers when they joined the HHORAGES-France Association and all DES children were already adults at this time. The answers to this online questionnaire were used to select women who met the following inclusion criteria: (1) at least two pregnancies with two viable male babies (same father) among whom the first child was not exposed in utero to DES (pre-DES), followed by one or more children with fetal exposure to DES (DES); (2) confirmed data on the total DES dose (health record or physician’s observation). The cumulative dose D administered to the French pregnant mothers was 4050 mg < D < 7300 mg. This is considered a medium-low-dose cohort, in accordance with the observations by Tournaire et al. [31] and compared with the higher doses administered in the United States (7550 mg < D < 12,742 mg). The answers to the questionnaires were also used to identify women with a DES son who presented female gender variance. We then contacted all DES sons with female gender variance and we carried out an individual interview with them.

The local university hospital ethics committee approved this study (ID IRB No. 202301531), and all patients gave their informed consent through the HHORAGES-France Association (CNIL: J B/EM/DC042793, N° 1006460).

All DES sons who identified as transgender women underwent karyotyping at their local hospital at the moment of transition.

2.1. Patient 1 (M.) (Table 1, First Column)

Table 1. Clinical features of our four patients with female gender variance, from childhood to adulthood.

Currently a writer and photographer, M. was born in 1961 after in utero exposure to DES given to their mother following a previous miscarriage. At birth, M. had male genitalia and unilateral cryptorchidism. At the age of 4 years, M. started to present gender dysphoria that became clear at the age of 9 years (Table 1, first column). During adolescence, M. expressed the conviction of being a woman. This period was also characterized by important school absenteeism and poor academic performance. In adult life, M. presented severe psychological disorders, particularly a severe self-mutilation episode (external genitalia) at the age of 43 years (2004), with a major, life-threatening hemorrhage. After seeing a psychiatrist, M. began the transition with male to female gender reassignment surgery in France, after the agreement of the French court of first instance. Since this operation, she has been receiving Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) and she is regularly followed as part of GAHT management.

2.2. Patient 2 (S.) (Table 1, Second Column)

Currently a composer (guitar and vocals), S. was born in 1969 after in utero exposure to DES. At birth, S. had male genitalia with unilateral cryptorchidism. S. started to question the assigned male gender at the age of 4 years: “I remember very clearly that when I was 3–4 years old, one day I went with my mother to a hairdressing salon and having looked at all the ladies, I thought: ‘When I grow up this is what I will do: I will be a woman’”.

During adolescence, S. felt he was a woman and had severe psychological disorders, particularly depression and suicidal ideation (Table 1, second column). As an adult, S. married and had two children. These two girls had prolactinoma, and one has Asperger’s syndrome, androgyny and ovarian cysts. S. began the transition with male to female gender reassignment surgery, in Brighton, United Kingdom (UK), in November 2015. Since then, S. has been receiving GAHT and is followed by the doctor who managed the transition. According to the UK Gender Recognition Act, S. could change their sex recorded on their birth certificate (male to female) and now, she lives in Scotland. Her elder sister, also exposed to DES in utero after her mother’s miscarriage, died due to vaginal adenocarcinoma during adolescence.

2.3. Patient 3 (Chr.) (Table 1, Third Column)

Currently a ULM pilot teacher, Chr. was born in 1963 after in utero exposure to DES and slow-release progestin. At birth, Chr. had male genitalia without any genital malformation and spina bifida. Chr. reported gender dysphoria at the age of 7 years (see Table 1, third column). During adolescence, Chr. had psychological disorders and enuresis up to the age of 16 years. At the age of 22 years, Chr. married and had one son at the age of 23 years. From the age of 30 years, Chr. regularly dressed as a female and finally divorced after 20 years of married life. Chr. began the transition with male to female gender reassignment surgery performed in Thailand, in 2003, at the age of 40 years. Since this operation, she has been receiving GAHT. She lives in a couple with her former female partner and the French court of first instance of her department recognized her identity change on June 2006, at the age of 43 years.

2.4. Patient 4 (J.) (Table 1, Fourth Column)

J. was born in May 1953 in the USA (Kansas, Mid-West) after in utero exposure to DES. At birth, J. had normal male genitalia and no malformation. Gender dysphoria began at about 3–4 years of age. During childhood, J. always liked to wear his sister’s clothing, including panties, slips and dresses (Table 1, fourth column). J. had no girlfriend at the age of 16 years, and later, fantasized to be Annette Funicello, a very feminine movie star. During adolescence, J. always fantasized by looking at women’s apparel and dreamt of wearing all the items featured in catalogues, especially panties and lingerie, and often dressed as a woman. Once an adult, J. married, “But still society pushed me into marriage which is where I am now, taking cross-sex hormones to become a girl!”. Indeed, from 1997, J. has been taking estradiol to change sex, but did not undergo gender reassignment surgery.

3. Results

In this French national retrospective cohort of DES-treated women (i.e., DES mothers; n = 1200) and their families, 253 boys who were exposed in utero to DES (DES sons) and 148 pre-DES sons were identified. The flowchart showing the included and excluded patients is shown in Figure 1. Four of these DES sons identified themselves as transgender women (transgender prevalence =1.58%) versus zero among the pre-DES sons (0%). The prevalence difference was not significant (p-value = 0.30), probably because of the small sample size. The DES doses were documented for all 253 DES sons.

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Figure 1. Included and excluded patients of the HHORAGES-France cohort in which four transgender M/Fs were identified. (HHORAGES-France data.) E2 is the synthetic hormone 17-α-estradiol that was often administered in a cocktail with DES and synthetic progesterone during pregnancy, but was banned for pregnant women in Europe in 1980.

In these four DES sons who identified themselves as transgender women, karyotyping did not reveal any abnormality. Major transgender components and behaviors were present already in early childhood and adolescence, as described in the previous section and summarized in Table 1.

4. Discussion

The number of patients seeking gender-specific healthcare has drastically increased (30–40-fold) in the last three decades [32]. In a recent European study, 0.7–1% of the general population reported incongruent gender identity [33]. However, several reports highlighted the important heterogeneity in the published estimates across studies. Moreover, the definition of transgender is often expanded to include broader manifestations of gender diversity. However, non-binary people should not be included in this wide definition. If we consider the highest prevalence of transgender women reported in the literature (1/17,000) [10], the prevalence we observed in our study (1.58%) is 10- to 100-fold higher. Moreover, the prevalence of female transgender identity was 0% among the 148 elder non-exposed sons (AMAB) in the same informative families.

It is generally accepted that fetal androgens play a crucial role in male brain differentiation by directly activating neuronal regions to provide organizational changes. In male individuals, gender identity, gender behavior and sex orientation are driven by prenatal androgen action [34]. Basic gender identity is developed at the age of 2–3 years [35]. By this age, most children have become aware of gender stereotypes, for instance, through toy preference and clothing. It is interesting to note that in our four patients, most diagnostic signs of transgenderism were present early in life and persisted during adolescence and adult life. In addition, mental health disorders, particularly depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, have frequently been reported by DES children [27,36] and also by our four patients, starting from early adolescence and then in adulthood. Moreover, in many countries, transgender people live at the margin of society, and despite a higher educational level, they have a lower socio-economic status.

Although research in the transgender field is increasing, the causal mechanisms have not been adequately identified yet [13,37]. Genetic [38,39], biological [1,4], anatomical [40,41] and environmental factors [42,43] have mainly been studied. A greater chance of transgender concordance among XY monozygotic tweens than dizygotic tweens [44] supports a genetic component. A significant association between female transgenderism and over-represented alleles and genotypes (estrogen receptor α, ERα; androgen receptor, AR; Steroid 5 Alpha-Reductase 2, SRD5A2; cytochrome 17, CYP17) has been identified by Foreman et al. [38]. These authors suggested that gender dysphoria may have a polygenetic basis that may alter the masculinization of the fetal brain, contributing to the development of a female transgender identity. Moreover, the second-to-fourth digit length ratio (2D:4D), a proxy of prenatal androgen activity, was recently found to be higher, i.e., feminized, in female transgender persons. This finding reinforces the role of reduced prenatal androgen activity in female transgenderism. Unfortunately, we could not scan the left hand of our patients [45]. The primacy of testosterone [19] activity during fetal life is a critical driver of brain androgenization and the subsequent male sex identity and behavior [39,40].

In many animal studies, EDC exposure during development has been associated with changes in sex behavior, such as disruption of the normal social preference behavior (rats) and alteration of the differentiation of relevant sexually dimorphic pathways (mouse, Japanese quail) [42,43]. The most convincing evidence linking testosterone to the establishment of the male gender identity comes from individuals with DSDs, such as XY complete androgen insensitivity syndrome [45], XY 5 alpha reductase deficiency [46] and XX congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) [47]. For example, individuals with 5 alpha reductase deficiency are usually reared as girls on the basis of their female external genitalia [47]. They change the initial gender assignment during puberty, when testosterone concentration increase can organize the brain structures and influence the adolescent gender identity and behavior. XX fetuses with CAH and exposed to a high testosterone level during prenatal life present a high risk of gender incongruence. The transgender prevalence among individuals with DSDs is much higher than in the general population, although there are substantial differences among DSD etiologies. In a European collaborative work from the DSD Life Study, 4% of the 1040 participants with DSDs reported gender variance [48]. In our four patients, no DSD was diagnosed at birth. Patients 1 and 2 presented unilateral cryptorchidism, which cannot be considered a clinical expression of a DSD on its own, but is a minor effect of in utero exposure to DES. The XY DSD related to insufficient or deficient androgen production or activity during fetal life contributes to the low male sex differentiation of the brain [34]. This will lead to disorders of male gender identity, male behavior and male sexual orientation. Therefore, fetal exposure to any chemicals that can reduce androgen production or action should be considered a transgender risk factor [17]. In 1991, Renish et al. reported that male patients exposed in utero to DES appeared to be feminized [49].

In 2005 and 2020, Kerlin et al. conducted a 5-year qualitative study of DES sons via the Association DES-Sons USA and analyzed a sample of 500 men with confirmed DES exposure. In total, 90 individuals with verified DES exposure identified as transsexual, transgender or gender dysphoric (personal data). In addition, 65 individuals with strongly suspected but not confirmed DES exposure also defined themselves as “transsexual, transgender or gender dysphoric”. Kerlin et al. carried out extensive surveys and interviews with several of them for more than 15 years that enabled a stronger verification of the full scope of DES-related effects (personal data).

Based on a study by Tournaire et al. [21,31], the DES doses administered in France (4050 mg < D < 7300 mg) were lower than those administered in the United States (7550 mg < D < 12,742 mg; doses varied in the different states). These authors investigated DES’s role in clear cell carcinoma development in DES daughters in France and proposed that early fetal exposure (administration beginning during the first trimester of pregnancy which represents most cases) is more important than the dose. We think that this hypothesis is valid also for our DES sons.

Conversely, Titus et al. [50] evaluated a cohort of 2694 DES sons and found little support to the hypothesis that prenatal exposure to DES influences the psychosexual characteristics of adult men. Troisi et al. [51], in a group of 1848 DES sons, reported an odds ratio of 1.4 of having a gay identity or bisexual identity (five of these individuals were transgender women). Similarly, our finding of four transgender women among 253 XY patients who were exposed to DES in utero (1.58%), a much higher rate than in the general population and probably underestimated because no epidemiological investigation has been carried out on this topic, strongly suggests that DES plays a role in male to female transgender development. DES displays antiandrogenic activity in all assays used [52]. Northern blotting and RT-PCR showed a significant downregulation of androgen responsive genes upon exposure to DES [53]. As a xenoestrogen, DES can also stimulate production of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), the major androgen-binding protein in serum that reduces androgen’s ability to enter into the cell [54]. By reducing androgen production, bioactivity and action in target cells, DES must be considered an anti-androgen substance that can alter male sex differentiation of the brain and/or sex differentiation of the internal/external genitalia.

Differences in sex behavior may have correspondence in the brain architecture. Several studies reported an association between brain structure [15,55,56,57] and gender identity. Zhou et al. [58] first showed by brain imaging that the bed nucleus striae terminalis volume differs in men and women, and this is similar in transgender women and women. Garçia-Falgueras et al. [59], using brain imaging, found that the interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus volume is different between males and females and that its volume in transgender women is within the female range. Luders et al. reported regional gray matter variations in male-to-female transsexualism [55]. Lastly, Mueller et al. analyzed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from transgender men and women and cisgender men and women. Based on their findings, they suggested that transgender persons present a specific brain phenotype [56]. Unfortunately, no MRI data were available for our four patients.

In conclusion, the presented clinical data from our DES cohort, experimental works and the endocrine consequences of environmental disruptors suggest for the first time that male to female transgenderism in DES sons is associated with DES exposure and is not a coincidental finding.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, L.G., M.-O.S.-G. and C.S.; methodology, M.-O.S.-G. and C.S.; validation, F.P. and S.K.; formal analysis, C.S.; investigation, M.-O.S.-G. and C.S.; resources, M.-O.S.-G.; data curation, C.S.; writing—original draft preparation, writing—review and editing, M.-O.S.-G. and C.S.; visualization, F.P. and S.K.; supervision, C.S.; project administration, M.-O.S.-G.; funding acquisition, M.-O.S.-G. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

The APC was funded by HHORAGES Association.

Institutional Review Board Statement

The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of CHU Montpellier Pole 0078 Femme Mère Enfant protocol code 202301531/9-11-2023.

Informed Consent Statement

Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.

Data Availability Statement

Data are contained within the article.

Acknowledgments

The authors warmly acknowledge M. D, S. F., Chr. P., and J. R. for their participation in answering questionnaires and interviews and analyses. This work could not continue without the daily ongoing support of the HHORAGES-France families and board, especially Mauricette P. (HHORAGES-France, a patient association, is registered at the Epidemiological Portal of French Health Databases INSERM (French National Institute for Medical Research) and AVIESAN (National Alliance for Life Sciences and Health) (epidemiologiefrance.aviesan.fr)), Yette B. and Aimée I. The authors also thank Elisabetta Andermarcher for corrections and relevant suggestions for the manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

M-OS-G is a researcher and President of the HHORAGES-France Association and a mother concerned with DES and other synthetic hormones. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. HHORAGES-France Association is financed exclusively by subscriptions and donations.

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The name "Brock" has dual origins: it's an English/Germanic name meaning "badger" (from Old English broc), often a nickname for someone tenacious, or a variant of "Brook," meaning a small stream, given to those living near water.

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Trustee Brookings Institution from 1922 on, until at least 1929.

Founding or very early director of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) from at least 1922, together with the Morgan and Rockefeller interests.

The Warburg-Schiff connection to the Bolsheviks also extended from Germany to the United States. When Lenin's Bolshevik ally Leon Trotsky arrived in New York City in January 1917, a certain Arthur Concors, the superintendent and director of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), waited for him on the pier.

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Case No. 25-CR-276 3G

FILED

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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF DAYTON TOWNSHIP

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LYON, STATE OF NEVADA

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RECUSAL AND ORDER

WILLIAM FRANCIS DUNN IV

OF APPOINTMENT

Defendant.

Pursuant to the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes 1.230 and inasmuch as there may be actual or implied bias, the undersigned Judge of Dayton Township Justice Court, County of Lyon, State of Nevada, does hereby recues herself from the above-entitled matter.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Judge Lori Matheus be, and hereby appointed to preside over the above-entitled matter. The case is hereby transferred to Canal Township Justice Court for further proceedings. The next court date will be held at 595 Silver Lace Blvd, Fernley, Nevada on October 28, 2025 at 8:00 am.

DATED this 15th day of October, 2025.

Camille Vecchiarelli Justice of the Peace

Lorraine Bramblett Lane

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One notable use was during the French Revolution, when the dethroned King Louis XVI (a member of the House of Bourbon and a direct male-line descendant of Hugh Capet) and Queen Marie Antoinette (a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine) were referred to as "Louis and Antoinette Capet" (the queen being addressed as "the Widow Capet" after the execution of her husband).

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The number 3:33 symbolizes divine completeness, the Holy Trinity, and spiritual communication, while John 3:33 emphasizes affirming God’s truth.

Biblical Verse: John 3:33

John 3:33 states: “He that hath received His testimony hath set his seal to this: that God is true”. This verse highlights the importance of accepting and affirming God’s testimony, acknowledging His truth, and recognizing that God cannot lie. It underscores the believer’s role in confirming divine truth and trusting in the authority of God’s Word. This verse is often interpreted as a call to faith and spiritual discernment.

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Symbolic Meaning of 3:33

In biblical numerology, the number three represents completeness, divine presence, and the Holy Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The repetition of three, as in 3:33, amplifies this significance, symbolizing spiritual wholeness, divine guidance, and heightened attention to God’s messages. Multiple threes appear throughout scripture, such as in God’s covenant with Abraham, the Promised Land, and Jesus’ resurrection after three days, emphasizing God’s plan and fulfillment of promises.

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Spiritual Interpretations

Waking up at 3:33 or noticing this number repeatedly is often seen as a prompt for prayer, reflection, or spiritual awakening. It may indicate that God is calling attention to His presence, offering guidance, protection, or a reminder to strengthen one’s faith. This time can serve as a moment to meditate on scripture, seek divine wisdom, or acknowledge God’s watchfulness over one’s life. The triple three sequence also reflects the perfection and completeness of God’s plan, encouraging believers to trust in His divine timing and care.

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Key Takeaways

3:33 emphasizes the Trinity and divine completeness, reminding believers of God’s omnipresence and guidance.

John 3:33 reinforces the truth of God’s testimony and the importance of accepting His Word.

Repeated encounters with 3:33 may serve as a spiritual nudge to pray, reflect, or deepen faith, highlighting God’s protective and guiding presence.

In essence, 3:33 in the Bible combines numerical symbolism and scriptural affirmation, encouraging believers to recognize God’s truth, embrace spiritual growth, and remain attentive to divine communication.

Calculating the Mark of the Beast 666

August 1, 2011

Honest Question: What does 2 divided by 3 equal? Give me your answer in percentage (means you’ll have to move the decimal). Only use 3 digits for your answer & don’t round up. I will show you later what I mean. So, answer the question: 2/3 = ?

Congratulations! If you got 66.6%, You just calculated the mark of the beast 666 just as you suspected. For those who added a 7 in their number… No, there’s no 7 in the number! You probably put a 7 because your calculators cannot calculate the number into infinity (another word for eternity) for which it goes. If it did, there would never be a 7. All 6’s. It does not round up. So you ask, why did I only use 3 digits?? I use my very last paragraph to explain why I say to only use 3 digits because I figured you all want me to get straight to the point of this calculation, right? Ok, so how did 2 divided by 3 come about?

Ok here goes… This is long because it has the scriptures. We have the number Three (3). First off, there is a pie three-thirds (3/3). That is a whole. That is the circle, which is the world. And the world is set to be DIVIDED. God’s portion is one-third (1/3), and the Devil’s portion is two-thirds (2/3). How can this be? Well, don’t take my word for it, let’s see what it says in the scripture!! First of all, before I get to explaining the numbers, remember the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares in Matthew 13? It says: “The field is the world [three-thirds], the good seeds are the SONS OF THE KINGDOM [God’s one-third], but the tares are the SONS OF THE WICKED ONE [the Devil’s two-thirds]. The enemy who sowed them is the DEVIL, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire [cut-off], so it will be at the end of this age.” Matthew 13:38-40 And we know that one who sows can only reap what he has sown. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” Galatians 6:7 So, because God is not a liar and this is His Word, He too can only reap what He sowed. He sowed one-third, so that is His portion that He will reap.

How do I know God only sowed one-third? See the scriptures: “And it shall come to pass in all the land,” Says the LORD, “That TWO-THIRDS in it shall be cut off and die [the devil’s portion], but ONE-THIRD shall be left in it [the Lord’s portion]: I will bring the ONE-THIRD through the fire [this is Jesus’ baptism of fire], will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’” Zechariah 13:8-9 Jesus will indeed baptize us with fire according to Matthew 3:11 and Luke 3:16, so the baptism of fire in the scripture above mimics what is said in 1 Corinthians 3:9-17 (which mentions our works being tested in the fire, yet we will be saved) AND Malachi 3:1-3 (which mentions Jesus as the Refiner’s Fire and purifier of silver).

And here is another Scripture: “You shall also take A SMALL NUMBER OF THEM [one-third] and bind them in the edge of your garment. Then take some of them again and throw them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will go out into all the house of Israel.” Ezekiel 5:3-4 And that same scripture continues, this time mentioning all three-thirds: “ONE-THIRD of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst [the unbelievers, one-third of the devil’s two-thirds]; and ONE-THIRD shall fall by the sword all around you [Lukewarm believers, the other one-third of the devil’s two-thirds]; and I will scatter ANOTHER THIRD to all the WINDS [God’s one-third], and I will draw out a SWORD after them.” Ezekiel 5:12 This scripture just showed the entire pie of three thirds (3/3). Why will God draw out the sword after them? Knowing that the Word of God is Jesus (Revelation 19:13) in the flesh (John 1:14), and the Word is the sword (Hebrews 4:12), there’s a scripture that says: “And take the helmet of salvation, and the SWORD of the Spirit, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD.” Ephesians 6:17 Ok, so how do I know the one-third that God will scatter to all the WINDS is God’s one-third? Because God’s one-third is all of those who are sealed by Him with His Holy Spirit, and the Scripture compares those with the Spirit as being like that of the WIND. See the scripture: “The WIND BLOWS where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8 Another scripture: “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing MIGHTY WIND, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, AS OF FIRE, and one sat upon each of them. AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” Acts 2:1-4

Here is another Scripture regarding the number of people: “When the Most High DIVIDED their inheritance to the nations, WHEN HE SEPARATED THE SONS OF ADAM [the Devil’s two-thirds], He set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the NUMBER of the children of Israel. FOR THE LORD’S PORTION IS HIS PEOPLE [the Lord’s one-third]; Jacob [his name was changed to Israel] is the place of His inheritance.” Deuteronomy 32:8-9 There is something about this division here. Do you see how the math is calling to be DIVIDED? Let me show you in Scripture why that is: “Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather DIVISION. For from now on five in one house will be DIVIDED: THREE AGAINST TWO, AND TWO AGAINST THREE.” Luke 12:51-52 Jesus has come to DIVIDE. Notice what specifically Jesus is dividing!! TWO-THIRDS!!! 2 divided by 3 = 66.6% Yeah, but… How are they divided? I will show you how using scripture. See this scripture: “Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give YOU WHO ARE TROUBLED [God’s one-third] rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD [these are the unbelievers and they are one-third of the devil’s two-thirds], and on THOSE WHO DO NOT OBEY THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST [these are the Lukewarm believer who will say Lord-Lord, the other one-third of the devil’s two-thirds, who know God’s Word/Jesus, but do not obey it by living according to the Spirit]. These [two-thirds -the devil’s portion] shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe [God’s one-third], because our testimony among you was believed.” 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10

Why did God sow less than the Devil? Why did the Devil sow more? Because God can do a lot with a few. It’s just like seeds (that’s why He only needs faith the size of a mustard seeds). God can plant a few seeds, and those seeds will grow fruit trees with hundreds of fruits on them, and those fruits will have seeds in them that can be planted in the ground to grow more trees & grow more fruit. God can multiply with just a few. It’s like math. If I plant 3 seeds, and they produce 3 trees (notice how I reaped what I sowed meaning 3 seeds reaped 3 trees). And say those 3 trees had on them 3 fruit each (3 x 3), then that is 9 fruit. Take the seeds from those 9 fruit and plant them in the ground, and they produce 9 more trees with 3 fruit each (9 x 3), then that is 27 fruit. God said in Genesis that this was good, and that everything He made like that, in a way that it could reproduce itself, (including food, animals, & man who can reproduce himself & make his own family tree), according to God was good! That is the basis of reaping and sowing seeds, remembering that it is God alone who gives the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6-7). Since only God can give the Increase, that means that only God can multiply. The Devil can’t multiply. So the only way he can get more is to sow more.

So, God sowed few (one-third), the devil sowed many (two-thirds). Now, here is an example in the Bible of God reaping FEW, and the devil reaping MANY: “Enter the narrow gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are MANY who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are FEW who find it. Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.” Matthew 7:13-15 Notice how that scripture mentioned false prophets. That’s because God uses few prophets, while the devil uses many, and God wanted us to be aware that the devil has many! See the scripture: “Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.” 1 Kings 18:22 Ok, So… WHY DID GOD CHOOSE ONE-THIRD INSTEAD OF ANY OTHER FRACTION? WHY DID HE SOW ONLY ONE-THIRD? THE FEW? WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN?… LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS… LOOK AT THE NUMBERS SEPARATELY… ONE… THIRD… BECAUSE THE THREE ARE ONE… FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT. All who have the Holy Spirit become one with the Father and the Son. Scripture: “There is ONE BODY and ONE SPIRIT, just as you were called in ONE hope of your calling.” Ephesians 4:4 Scripture: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 28:19 Scripture: “Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him AND MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM [become one with him].” John 14:23 Scripture: “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth [Holy Spirit] who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.” John 15:26-27 Scripture: “Therefore let that [the Holy Spirit] abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.” 1 John 2:24 To abide means to dwell in & be ONE with the Father & the Son, which is why Jesus says They’ll make Their Home with those who let the Holy Spirit abide in them. And He says we’ve been with Him from the beginning because it’s the Holy Spirit in us that’s been with Him from the beginning. And the Holy Spirit is our seal, which is how Jesus will be able to identify us as God’s one-third. Scripture: “Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has ANOINTED US is God, who also has SEALED US and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a GUARANTEE [only if we continue to walk in the Spirit].” 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 Scripture: “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the WORD OF TRUTH [Sword], the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the GUARANTEE of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.” Ephesians 1:13-15 Scripture: “Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a GUARANTEE.” 2 Corinthians 5:5 Scripture: “It is the Spirit who GIVES LIFE; the flesh profits nothing. The WORDS that I speak to you are SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE LIFE.” John 6:63 Scripture: “And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but THE SPIRIT IS LIFE because of righteousness.” Romans 8:10

So, why does the Devil have two-thirds? Other than the obvious, which is if the whole pie is three-thirds (3/3), and God has one-third (1/3), then the Devil has that which remains, two-thirds (2/3). But let’s explain it beyond the obvious… Again, look at the numbers. The Devil has TWO… THIRDS…because the THREE (which includes the Beast from the Sea/Anti-Christ, the Beast from the Earth/False Prophet, and the Dragon/The Accuser) ARE TWO (the 2 Beasts in Revelation 13)… because the Devil works through the TWO to deceive the 66.6% (the Many), to believe their lies & accept their testimony of the false 2 or 3 witnesses. So, for the Devil, the THREE are indeed TWO. And remember this scripture: “One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.” Deuteronomy 19:15 Well The Devil is the accuser, He’s been accusing us from the beginning. (& Just like Jesus said, 3 against 2, and 2 against 3, so the devil is)… He is 3 in 2. He had 2 or 3 witnesses against us when He accused us of sin in front of God (according to Revelation 12:10). But the problem is, they were false accusations with false witnesses. He’s been false witnessing through his false prophets, the 2 beasts, and deceiving the world to believe his testimony like a defense lawyer who uses lies to defend a man he knows is guilty. & those who believe his lies become anti-christs like him: “Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now MANY antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.” 1 John 2:18

The Devil uses his 66.6% of the population to be of one mind with their father the devil, and become ONE BODY (a movement as in a body of people) with the Anti-Christ (false witness), and accuse God’s children, through their reproach of them… reproach being defined as “to disgrace or shame, to express criticism towards.” See the scripture: “For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me; They have spoken against me WITH A LYING TONGUE. They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. In return for my love they are my ACCUSERS, But I give myself to prayer. Thus they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love. Set a wicked man over him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand. When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer become sin.” Psalm 109:2-7 And if you continue reading Psalm 109, it will show that they will be cut-off. The Dragon who is also known as the Accuser, his TWO beasts are false witnesses. Therefore, THE ACCUSER + THE 2 FALSE WITNESSES = 2 or 3. Two-thirds or 66.6%. And that’s how MANY people they will deceive… 66.6% of the world. Scripture: “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. LET HIM WHO HAS UNDERSTANDING CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST, FOR IT IS THE NUMBER OF A MAN: His number is 666.” Revelation 13:16-18

Ok, so the scripture said to CALCULATE THE NUMBER. So now, let’s do the math. Let’s start off with God. God has ONE-THIRD: 1 divided by 3 is .33333. But the Devil has TWO THIRDS: 2 divided by 3 is .666666. This makes a total of THREE-THIRDS. The number would stop at 3 digits because 3 is a whole, a solid figure, a body, which I explain what that means the last paragraph. God’s 3 (.333) is His Holy Trinity for which there are 3: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit. All of those who have the Holy Spirit (33.3%) will belong to the population of New Jerusalem (Holy City / Kingdom of God). The Devil’s 3 digits (calculated from his two-thirds) is .666. That is the number of the Beast 666, and his population (66.6%) will be damned to the Lake of Fire. See the Scripture: “Then A THIRD ANGEL [notice how it is a third angel, God used the 3RD because it mimics His one-third] followed them, saying with a loud voice, ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image, AND RECEIVES HIS MARK ON HIS FOREHEAD OR ON HIS HAND, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, AND WHOEVER RECEIVES THE MARK OF HIS NAME.’” Revelation 14:9-11 FYI, it says they will have no rest day nor night because along with their father the devil accused God’s children day & night according to Revelation 12:10. The Bible did indeed say to calculate the number, and that is the calculation. 2 divided by 3 = 666 or 66.6%. It will also be the name of a man (the Man of Sin in 2 Thessalonians 2), which is the Beast of the EARTH in Revelation 13 that is a man (human). Everyone who belongs to him, the devil’s two-thirds, will have his name/his mark on them, and all of them (the number of them) will make up two-thirds of mankind. Two-thirds of mankind 66.6% will have this mark because two-thirds belong to the devil. The devil needs to mark those who belong to him in order to seal them, just as God seals all of His children (His one-third) with His Holy Spirit in the 7th seal of Revelation. That’s why in Revelation 8, Notice how even in the first 4 trumpets, everything that was struck, from ONE-THIRD of vegetation (1st trumpet), to ONE-THIRD of the seas (2nd trumpet), to ONE-THIRD of the waters (3rd trumpet), to ONE-THIRD of the heavens (4th trumpet), to ONE-THIRD of man-kind (6th trumpet)… all was ONE-THIRD of each… Amazing how it came as a result of the prayers of the saints in verse 4 of Revelation 8, who just so happen to be God’s portion of ONE-THIRD, which is exactly who God takes at His 7th Trumpet sound, HIS ONE-THIRD!!! So this confirms, that what remains to receive the bowls of God’s wrath are indeed the devil’s two-thirds of 66.6%, which is his number 666!

The number 3. So why did I say to only use 3 digits? Other than the obvious reasons I stated above about God having 3 (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), and the Devil using 3 to mimic God in order to exalt himself above God, let’s go beyond the obvious. To see why I say to only use 3 digits, you must first understand the meaning of the number 3. Two straight lines cannot possibly enclose any space, or form a plane figure; neither can two plane surfaces form a solid. Three lines are necessary to form a plane figure; and three dimensions of length, breadth, and height, are necessary to form a solid. Hence three is the symbol of the cube–the simplest form of solid figure. Also note: a solid figure is a body or movement (body of people). And the Bible says many times that Jesus is Head of the BODY (God Head) and the church are the members of the BODY, and this body (the BODY of Christ) is the Kingdom of God (Colossians 1:12-18 and Luke 17:21). The number, Three, therefore, stands for that which is solid, real, substantial, complete, and entire. All things that are especially complete are stamped with this number three. There are three great divisions completing time: past, present, and future. Three persons, in grammar, express and include all the relationships of mankind. Thought, word, and deed, complete the sum of human capability. The simplest proposition requires three things to complete it: the subject, the predicate, and the copula. Three propositions are necessary to complete the simplest form of argument: the major premise, the minor, and the conclusion. Three kingdoms embrace our ideas of matter: mineral, vegetable, and animal. When we turn to the Scriptures, this completion becomes Divine, and marks Divine completeness or perfection. God is comprised of three: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19). God is the Creator of the Heavens, Earth, & Sea and everything in them (Acts 14:15). God is the God of Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob (Deuteronomy 30:20)… Ever wonder why He stopped at Jacob also known as Israel? Because it was whole at three. God is the first, the last, and the only God (Isaiah 44:6). God’s attributes are three: omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. Three denotes divine perfection. Hence the number three points us to what is real, essential, perfect, substantial, complete, and Divine. So that’s what it is!

Further reading… Here is another site I found that also got the same calculation the Spirit lead me to get from the two-thirds (2/3): http://www.bibletruthlion.org/666%20-%20mark%20of%20the%20beast.html

https://holyspiritoftruth.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/calculating-the-mark-of-the-beast-666/

Seminary of St. John Séminaire Syro-Chaldéen St. Jean, Maʿhad Mār Yūḥannā al-Ḥabīb

A prestigious Roman Catholic theological seminary in Mosul, Iraq, called Séminaire Syro-Chaldéen St. Jean in French. It was founded by the French Dominican Fathers in 1878, and though it was closed between the beginning of the First World War and 1923, it continued to serve the Chald. and Syr. Catholic churches until 1973, when it was shut down by the Iraqi authorities. It was divided into two main parts: Le Petit Séminaire, a junior and senior high school which consisted of six years of studies after elementary school, where the study of French, Syriac, and Arabic language and literature was essential, and Le Grand Séminaire, which consisted of two years of Philosophy and four years of Theology, including Biblical Studies. Throughout its history, the instruction in both parts of the Seminary was entirely in French, and its strength remained in the study of language and literature. Eminent scholars graduated from this institution, including 1. Awgen Manna (1866–1928) who published Dalīl al-rāghibīn fī lughat al-ārāmiyyīn [Guide for the Students of the Aramaic Language] (Mosul, 1900), an excellent Syriac-Arabic dictionary; 2. the well-known Alphonse Mingana (1878–1937) who published among other things the Chronicle of Arbela (Mosul, 1907) and Clef de la langue araméenne (Mosul, 1905), a valuable Syriac grammar; and 3. Addai Scher (martyred in Turkey in 1915), a prolific writer who published the Histoire nestorienne inédite (Chronique de Séert). Most of the professors were French Dominicans, including the great Syriacist Fr. Jean-Maurice Fiey (1914–95), who was the Director of the Seminary for a short period before he was forced to leave Iraq in 1973. A few Seminary graduates became professors there, as in the case of Mingana in the 1900s, and in the 1950s and 1960s Fr. Albert Abūnā, professor of Syriac, who published among other things the French translation of the second part of the Chronicle of 1234 (1974). Hundreds of Iraqi priests graduated from this Seminary, many becoming bishops and at least one, the Syr. Catholic Gabriel Tappuni (1879–1968), becoming patr. The Seminary published several internal journals, but the now rare Bulletin du Séminaire Syro-Chaldéen (1940s and 1950s) included scholarly papers on Syriac. In the more recent history of the Seminary, Fr. Joseph Omez (1902–74) was its director, and it was thanks to him that this institution was modernized and some 84 highly educated and multi-lingual priests graduated, some still serving the church of Iraq and elsewhere.

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Honorable Judge John P. SCHLEGELMILCH

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As per numerology, 666 when added comes to 9, a tricky number that stands for greediness, and natural disasters. But 9 (6+6+6+18=1+8=9 )

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Revelation 13:18

New International Version

18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[a] That number is 666.

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District Court Judge John Schlegelmilch, conviction on jury verdict of man for false imprisonment, upheld on appeal. Court of Appeals cites "invited error doctrine", defendant induced error by proffering improper statements during opening statements.

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Cardinal Sako, head of Chaldean Church in Iraq, retires as war engulfs the region

Rome — March 11, 2026

The patriarch of one of the most important Christian churches in the Middle East retired on Tuesday, setting the stage for new leadership as war engulfs the region.

Iraqi Cardinal Louis Sako of the Chaldean Catholic Church said he had asked to retire to pursue "prayer, writing, and simple service," and that Pope Leo XIV granted his request on the day he had proposed.

Sako, 76, who had occasionally clashed with Iraq's political leaders, said in a statement that he freely offered his resignation and was leaving "of my own will."

The Chaldean Catholic Church is one of the nearly two dozen Eastern Rite churches that are in full communion with Rome. It is one of the four that claim links to the ancient Church of the East, located in Mesopotamia, and is today prevalent in Iraq, Iran and Lebanon, as well as in the diaspora.

Sako led the ancient church through the traumatic years of the rise of the Islamic State group in Iraq that devastated the Christian community. His retirement paves the way for a successor to lead the church at a time of new conflict in the region, the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, that has spilled over into Iraq.

Iran-backed militias in Iraq have launched dozens of attacks targeting U.S. bases, energy facilities, and other targets in the country.

"I led the Chaldean Church under extremely difficult circumstances and amid great challenges. I preserved the unity of its institutions and spared no effort in defending it and the rights of Iraqis and Christians, taking positions and maintaining a presence both inside and outside the country," Sako said in a statement on the patriarch's website.

He said that "in these difficult times" he hoped that his successor will possess "solid theological culture, courage, and wisdom — someone who believes in renewal, openness, and dialogue, and who also has a sense of humor. I will respect him and never interfere in his work."

In July 2023, Sako withdrew from his headquarters in Baghdad and went into self-imposed exile in the Kurdish regional capital for nine months after Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid revoked a decree recognizing his position as patriarch of the Chaldeans.

The Iraqi president downplayed his revocation of Sako's recognition as bureaucratic housekeeping, claiming it did not diminish the patriarch's legal or religious status, but Sako called it an affront to the church.

At the time of his departure, Sako blamed a campaign against him by Rayan al-Kildani, a fellow Chaldean Christian who is head of the Bablyon Movement political party and founder of a militia called the Babylon Brigades that fought against IS and still patrols much of the Nineveh plains.

He returned to Baghdad in April 2024 after receiving a formal invitation from Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

Iraq's Christian population has dwindled after decades of war and the rise of extremist groups including the Islamic State in the security vacuum that followed the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to unseat the country's former strongman leader, Saddam Hussein.

The number of Christians in Iraq today is estimated at 150,000, compared with 1.5 million in 2003. Iraq's total population is more than 40 million.

A 2021 visit by Pope Francis, which Sako helped organize, provided a glimmer of hope that quickly faded. Many of the Christian villages destroyed as IS rampaged across the country remain in ruins, their former inhabitants scattered.

Sako told The Associated Press in an interview in 2023 that he saw it as part of his mandate to protect the rights of Christians.

"Of course, no one defends Christians other than the church," he said.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/cardinal-sako-head-chaldean-church-iraq-retires-war-engulfs-region

This retirement from Louis RAPHAEL Sako the Cardinal of Baghdad, this is an unjudicial sneak that more than likely is going to lay low for a while until 2028 and will be offered position as Pope at the Vatican, before the United States Presidential election in November 2028  and influenced by Jesuit Superior Jeffrey Burwell of Toronto Canada as of end of 2026-middle of 2027 the newly elected Jesuit Superior General of The Society of Jesus. Arturo Sosa was elected Superior General of the Society of Jesus in October 2016 one month before the election of Donald JOHN Trump as President of the United States. 

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Spaniard becomes Jesuits' new "black pope"

By Reuters

January 19, 20085:07 AM PST Updated January 19, 2008

By Stephen Brown

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Spaniard Adolfo Nicolas was elected the Jesuits' "black pope", as the head of the largest and perhaps most influential, controversial and prestigious Catholic order is known, in a secret conclave on Saturday.

Nicolas, 71, has run Jesuit operations in east Asia and Oceania since 2004 and spent most of his career in the Far East after being ordained in Tokyo in 1967.

https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/spaniard-becomes-jesuits-new-black-pope-idUSL19414053/

Benedict XVI returns to Vatican for first time since resignation

May 2, 2013 / 1:54 PM EDT / CBS/AP

VATICAN CITYEmeritus Pope Benedict XVI came home to the Vatican on Thursday for the first time since he resigned Feb. 28, beginning an unprecedented era for the Catholic Church of having a retired pontiff living alongside a reigning one.

Pope Francis welcomed Benedict outside his new retirement home — a converted monastery on the edge of the Vatican gardens — and the two immediately went into the adjoining chapel to pray together, the Vatican said.

The Vatican said Benedict, 86, was pleased to be back and that he would — as he himself has said — "dedicate himself to the service of the church with prayer." Francis, the statement said, welcomed him with "brotherly cordiality."

CBS News' Allen Pizzey noted at any other time in church history, the prospect of two popes in Vatican City at the same time would provoke fears of a schism and there are concerns about what influence his presence could have.

Just before Benedict abdicated the papal throne, he said he would "withdraw into prayer," and live out his remaining days "hidden from the world."

However Benedict's new home - in a restored convent behind St. Peter's Basilica - is a 15-minute stroll from the guest house Pope Francis has chosen in preference to the grandeur of the Apostolic Palace apartments.

When he left the Vatican in February, Benedict's staff bade him an emotional public farewell. His spectacular flight into exile was watched live by a worldwide audience.

Unlike that coverage, the Vatican provided no television images of his return Thursday.

The low-key return followed the remarkable yet somewhat alarming images transmitted on March 23 when Francis went to visit Benedict at the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, where Benedict was living. In that footage, Benedict appeared visibly more frail and thinner only three weeks after resigning.

Some Vatican officials questioned whether those images should have been released, given how frail Benedict appeared.

The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, has acknowledged Benedict's post-retirement decline but has insisted the 86-year-old German isn't suffering from any specific ailment and is just old.

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"He is a man who is not young: He is old and his strength is slowly ebbing," Lombardi said this week. "However, there is no special illness. He is an old man who is healthy."

Benedict chose to leave the Vatican immediately after his resignation to physically remove himself from the process of electing his successor and from Pope Francis' first weeks as pontiff.

His absence also gave workers time to finish up renovations on the monastery tucked behind St. Peter's Basilica that until last year housed groups of cloistered nuns who were invited for a few years at a time to live inside the Vatican to pray.

In the compact, four-story building, Benedict will live with his personal secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, and the four consecrated women who look after him, preparing his meals and tending to the household. The building also has a small library, a study and a guest room for when his brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, comes to visit.

"It is certainly small but well-equipped," Lombardi said.

When Benedict announced his intention to resign — the first pontiff to do so in 600 years — questions immediately swirled about the implications of having two popes living alongside one another inside the Vatican.

Benedict fueled those concerns when he chose to be called "emeritus pope" and "Your Holiness" rather than "emeritus bishop of Rome." He also raised eyebrows when he chose to continue wearing the white cassock of the papacy.

Given the political intrigues that plague the Vatican, it wasn't much of a stretch of the imagination to wonder if some cardinals, bishops and monsignors — not to mention ordinary Catholics — might continue making Benedict their point of reference rather than the new pope.

But Benedict made clear on his final day as pope that he was renouncing the job and pledged his "unconditional reverence and obedience" to his then-unknown successor. It was a pledge he repeated in person on March 23 when Francis went to have lunch with him.

It was during that visit that the world saw how weak Benedict had become: Always a man with a purposeful walk, he shuffled tentatively that day, using his cane.

Francis, for his part, seems utterly unfazed by the novel situation. He has frequently invoked Benedict's name and work and has called him on a half-dozen occasions, making clear he has no intention of ignoring the fact that there's another pope still very much alive and now living on the other side of the garden.

Francis' gestures to Benedict during that March 23 visit were also remarkable: He refused to pray on the special papal kneeler in the small chapel of Castel Gandolfo, preferring to join Benedict on a kneeler in the pews, and referring to his predecessor as his "brother."

Now that they're neighbors, they might bump into one another on walks in the Vatican gardens or at the shrine to the Madonna, which is just a stone's throw from Benedict's new home.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/benedict-xvi-returns-to-vatican-for-first-time-since-resignation/

Cardinal Sako Reinstated As Chaldean Patriarch in Iraq

By  Posted June 12, 2024  

By AFP (via AINA) –

Iraq’s prime minister reinstated Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako as the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic church, paving the way for his return to Baghdad a year after a dispute with the president.

Sako, Iraq’s top Christian leader and the architect of Pope Francis’ historic visit to the country in 2021, is a key interlocutor between the Iraqi government and its Christian minority.

In July last year, Sako left Baghdad and settled in the autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq after President Abdul Latif Rashid cancelled a decree recognising him as head of the Chaldean hurch.

But the church on Tuesday published a recent decree by Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani naming Sako as the patriarch, adding that he “will be responsible” for the church’s endowment and properties.

“I will return to Baghdad,” Sako told AFP.

“I am very pleased because the rule of law prevailed, which gives more hope to Christians about the respecting of their rights,” added the cardinal, who met Sudani in April during a rare visit to Baghdad.

For several months before the presidential decree last year, Sako had been embroiled in a war of words with a Christian lawmaker, Rayan al-Kildani.

Kildani is the leader of the Babylon Movement, whose armed wing is part of Hashed al-Shaabi — a network of largely pro-Iran paramilitaries that were integrated into Iraqi security forces in recent years.

In a country ravaged by repeated conflicts and plagued by endemic corruption, Sako and Kildani both accused each other of illegally seizing Christian-owned properties.

Kildani, who has been under US sanctions since 2019, accused the cardinal of assuming a political role beyond his religious mandate.

Sako, in turn, said the parliamentarian aimed to gain legitimacy as the sole representative of the Christian community.

Iraq’s Christian population has drastically declined since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled strongman Saddam Hussein, dropping from more than 1.5 million people to around 400,000 today.

Many have fled the violence that has plagued the country over the past 20 years.

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https://www.copticsolidarity.org/2024/06/12/cardinal-sako-reinstated-as-chaldean-patriarch-in-iraq/

Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, Elected 31st Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, SJ, of Venezuela has been elected the 31st Superior General of the Society of Jesus.

October 14, 2016 — Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, SJ, of Venezuela was elected the 31st Superior General of the Society of Jesus at the Jesuits’ General Congregation 36 (GC 36) today in Rome. Fr. Sosa is the first Latin American Superior General of the Society of Jesus, the largest religious order of priests and brothers in the Catholic Church.

Fr. Sosa, Delegate of the General for the International Houses and Works of the Society of Jesus in Rome, was elected by 212 Jesuit electors at the General Congregation, the supreme governing body of the Society, which is currently being held at the Jesuit Curia, the Society’s headquarters in Rome. He succeeds Father Adolfo Nicolás, SJ, 80, who resigned last week after serving as Superior General since 2008.

Jesuits celebrated the Mass of the Holy Spirit at Santo Spirito Church before electing a new Superior General Oct. 14.

Fr. Sosa was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on November 12, 1948. He entered the Society of Jesus in September 1966 and was ordained a priest in 1977. He holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the Catholic University Andrés Bello in Caracas, a bachelor’s degree in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome and a doctorate in political science from the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He was provincial superior of the Society of Jesus in Venezuela from 1996 to 2004. Fr. Sosa speaks Spanish, Italian and English and understands French.

Prior to his appointment as provincial, he was in charge of the social apostolate of the Jesuits in Venezuela, which includes the Jesuit network of schools for the poor, Fe y Alegría. He was also head of the Centro Gumilla, the Jesuit-run social and action research center.

Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ (right), newly elected Superior General, is greeted by Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, SJ, his predecessor.

Among his distinguished academic posts, he has served as a member of the founding board of the Andrés Bello Catholic University in Caracas and rector of the Catholic University of Táchira. He has taught and researched political science in many different institutes and colleges, and in 2004 was a visiting professor at the Latin-American Studies Center of Georgetown University.

Fr. Sosa, only the 31st Superior General in the Society’s 476-year history, now leads the 16,740 Jesuits worldwide. This includes about 12,000 priests; 1,300 brothers; 2,700 scholastics; and 753 novices, according to Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, General Counsellor and Assistant ad Providentiam.

In an interview at GC 36 before the election, Fr. Sosa said delegates gathered come from different countries, but they share a common culture linked to their experience of the Ignatian spiritual exercises and practices of discernment. “We have a long tradition and a strong desire to listen to the same voice, that is the voice of the Holy Spirit.”

The election was held after four days of murmuratio, a centuries-old practice of one-on-one conversation and information gathering, designed to prepare the delegation for the selection of a new Superior General.

Jesuits talk during the murmuratio.

The day of the election began with a Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit at Santo Spirito Church, the 12th-century church across the street from the Curia. Father James Grummer, SJ, Vicar General of the Congregation, delivered the homily.

Santo Spirito Church

Fr. Grummer reflected on their task to choose a new leader: “Our mission this morning is to elect a General. We will be locked into an upper room, not for fear but for concentrated listening to the Spirit’s whisper. We are not afraid because we believe so strongly that the Spirit guides the balloting that according to Formula 84 ‘The man elected cannot refuse the election.’ ”

The Jesuit electors’ mission was not just to listen carefully, said Fr. Grummer, “but also to trust that even if I need batteries in my spiritual hearing aid, I can trust that through this band of brothers the Spirit will identify the man he has chosen. We can trust that Jesus will give us his Spirit, no matter how locked we may feel.”

Fr. James Grummer, SJ, at the Mass of the Holy Spirit at Santo Spirito Church.

Fr. James Grummer, SJ, at the Mass of the Holy Spirit at Santo Spirito Church.

Fr. Grummer noted that St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, did not talk about the Holy Spirit often in his writings. “I believe Ignatius said so little about the Holy Spirit because he did not want words to distract doubters and Inquisitors from the deeds of the Spirit, from experiencing joy, gifts and mission of the Holy Spirit.

“Ignatius’ silence about the Spirit leaves more room to contemplate the deeds of that Spirit. As we celebrate the Eucharist at this altar this morning, may the Spirit fill our silence with the joy and all the gifts we need to embrace the special mission this day of choosing the one the Lord has chosen.”

Fr. Antonio Spadaro, SJ (left), gets the first selfie with the Jesuits’ 31st Superior General.

After Mass, the Jesuits assembled in silence in the Aula (Latin for hall) back at the Jesuit Curia. The delegates then prayed silently for one hour, before voting began. In order to be named as the Jesuits’ new superior general, Fr. Sosa would have had to have received 107 votes (50 percent plus one of the 212 electors). All aspects of the election are strictly confidential, although the congregation confirmed that the first person to be notified of Fr. Sosa’s election was Pope Francis.

Jesuits congratulate Fr. Sosa after his election.

While Fr. Sosa’s election as Superior General completes one of the main tasks of GC 36, the group’s work is not over. Now the delegates will tackle matters of mission, governance and the state of the Society. Topics may range from the Society’s changing demographics to challenges in worldwide ministries, to the Jesuit response to a rapidly changing world, environmental concerns, poverty and violence. [Sources: GC36.org, Crux]

Do you want to learn more about vocations to the Society of Jesus? Visit www.jesuitvocations.org for more information.

https://www.jesuitsmidwest.org/press-release/fr-arturo-sosa-sj-elected-31st-superior-general-of-the-society-of-jesus/

2016 Presidential Election

Donald J. Trump

The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Virginia Tim Kaine.

While Clinton received about 2.9 million more votes nationwide, a margin of 2.1% of the total cast, Trump won a victory in the Electoral College, winning 30 states with 306 pledged electors out of 538, and overturned the perennial swing states of Florida, Iowa and Ohio, as well as the "blue wall" of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which had been Democratic strongholds in presidential elections since the 1990s. Leading up to the election, a Trump victory was projected unlikely by most media forecasts.

2016 Election Facts

Popular vote totals from Federal Elections 2016.

Issues of the Day: Health care costs, Economic inequality, Terrorism, Foreign policy (Russia, Iran, Syria, Brexit), Gun control, Treatment of minorities, Immigration policy, Shifting media landscape

One of only 5 elections (1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, 2016) where the popular vote winner was defeated

Hillary Clinton first female presidential nominee of a major political party

Clinton won Maine but Trump earned an electoral vote by winning the popular vote in the 2nd Congressional District. This marked the first time that Maine has split its electoral vote since it moved away from the winner-take-all method in 1972.

Independent Evan McMullin received 21.5% of the vote in Utah; best '3rd party' performance in any single state since Ross Perot in 1992

Libertarian Gary Johnson received over 3% of the nationwide vote; best 3rd party performance nationwide since Ross Perot in 1996

There were seven faithless presidential electors. Aside from 1872 - death of Horace Greeley - it is the greatest number since electors began casting one vote each for president and vice president (12th Amendment, 1804). Three additional faithless votes, one each in Colorado, Maine and Minnesota, were disallowed.

Clinton won Washington; however three electors cast votes for Colin Powell, one for Faith Spotted Eagle

Trump won Texas; however one elector cast a vote for Ron Paul, another for John Kasich

Clinton won Hawaii; however one elector cast a vote for Bernie Sanders

https://www.270towin.com/2016-election/

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Based on available information, there is no record of a "37th General Congregation" of the Jesuits. The most recent major governing assembly, the 36th General Congregation, was held in 2016, where Fr. Arturo Sosa was elected Superior General. General Congregations are convened specifically to address major issues or elect a new leader. 

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Current Leadership: Fr. Arturo Sosa, S.J., serves as the 31st Superior General, elected at the 36th Congregation in 2016.

Context: General Congregations (GC) are the highest authority in the Society of Jesus. The 35th was held in 2008.

Recent Events: The Jesuits often hold smaller, regional, or provincial meetings, but the "37th GC" has not occurred as of early 2026. 

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For the most up-to-date information on Jesuit governance, refer to the official Jesuit Curia website. 

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The 37th Annual Slammy Awards (TV Special 1987) - IMDb

The 1987 WWF Slammy Awards, mockingly marketed as the "37th Annual Slammy Awards," was the second-ever WWF award show, held in Atlantic City and featuring musical performances, including Vince McMahon's famous "Stand Back" performance. It was a chaotic, often parody-style event promoting the "Piledriver" music album, featuring various wrestler musical numbers and comedy segments. 

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Key Details of the 1987 Slammy Awards (37th Annual):

Date: December 16, 1987 (Taped); Aired in syndication later.

Location: Caesars Atlantic City, NJ.

Hosts: Jesse "The Body" Ventura and "Mean" Gene Okerlund.

Highlights: Vince McMahon singing "Stand Back" with Hulk Hogan on bass, plus Jimmy Hart performing "Girls in Cars".

Context: While called the 37th to make the event seem bigger than it was, it was only the second Slammy ceremony, following the 1986 inaugural event.

Winners: Included awards for "Best Producer," "Best Individual Singer," and various in-ring accomplishments. 

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The show is remembered fondly for its campy, over-the-top atmosphere, setting the tone for future WWE award shows, which are often highly produced, unlike the theatrical variety show format of this 1987 production. 

St. Mike’s congratulates Jeffrey S. Burwell, SJ, Next Provincial of the Jesuits of Canada

Father Jeffrey S. Burwell, SJ

Fr. Burwell is a seasoned educator and chaplain

Montreal, March 14, 2024 – The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) announced the appointment of Father Jeffrey S. Burwell, SJ, as the next Provincial of the Jesuits of Canada. This appointment is the culmination of a thoughtful, prayerful process of consultation and discernment, marking a significant milestone for the Canadian Province.

Father Burwell will succeed Fr. Erik Oland, assuming his new responsibilities on July 31, 2024, with an inaugural Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Toronto. A special celebration will also take place at the Jesuit infirmary in Richelieu, Quebec, on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 2024.

The University of St. Michael’s College congratulates Fr. Burwell on his appointment and gives thanks for the service of Fr. Erik Oland.

https://stmikes.utoronto.ca/news/st-mikes-congratulates-jeffrey-s-burwell-sj-next-provincial-of-the-jesuits-of-canada

Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House

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President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.

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A papal renunciation (Latin: renuntiatio), also called a papal abdication, occurs when the current pope of the Catholic Church voluntarily resigns his position.

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Louis Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako

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Raphael Gamaliel Warnock[1] (/ˈrɑːfiɛl ˈwɔːrnɒk/ RAH-fee-el WOR-nok; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021.

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Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI).

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The conspiracy is racist, considering Blacks, Hispanics, and Aboriginal Peoples to be inferior races of useless eaters. They believe or at least profess that the Anglo/Aryan race is the true Israel (British Israel and Christian Identity for the dupes and an Anglophile Secular Humanism for the leaders) and thus the Master race.

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (abbr. SDGs). The aim of these global goals is "peace and prosperity for people and the planet"[1][2] – while tackling climate change and working to preserve oceans and forests.

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Revelation 16:8

1599 Geneva Bible

8 [a]And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and it was given to him to torment men with heat of fire,

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416 Finally, those means that are proposed by our holy father Saint Ignatius in Part X of the Constitutions for the preservation and development not only of the body or exterior of the Society but also of its spirit, and for the attainment of the objective it seeks, which is to aid souls to reach their ultimate and supernatural end, [10] are to be observed eagerly and diligently by all, with a truly personal sense of responsibility for its increase and development, for the praise and service of our God and Lord Jesus Christ, and the help of souls.[11]

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The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

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A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass (roughly 0.3–8 solar masses (M☉)) in a late phase of stellar evolution. The outer atmosphere is inflated and tenuous, making the radius large and the surface temperature around 5,000 K [K] (4,700 °C; 8,500 °F) or lower.

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Revelation 16:8

1599 Geneva Bible

8 [a]And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and it was given to him to torment men with heat of fire,

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016%3A8-10&version=GNV

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2 Peter 3:10

1599 Geneva Bible

10 [a]But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a [b]noise, and the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth with the works that are therein shall be burnt up.

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Footnotes

2 Peter 3:10 A very short description of the least distinction of the world, but in such sort as nothing could be spoken more gravely.

2 Peter 3:10 With the violence as it were of a hissing storm.

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The heat death of the universe (also known as the Big Chill or the Big Freeze)[1][2] is a scientific hypothesis regarding the ultimate fate of the universe which posits the universe will evolve to a state of no thermodynamic free energy and, having reached maximum entropy, will therefore be unable to sustain any further thermodynamic processes.

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Revelation 21:8

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8 But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their [a]part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

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Jesus Christ – The Righteous Warrior

The most common impression of Jesus is that of a loving, tender, compassionate Savior. But there is another side to that “coin” — the one portrayed in Revelation 19:11ff.

Wayne Jackson

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One of the more awesome scenes in the final book of the Bible reads as follows:

“And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself. And he is arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure. And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty. And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS (Rev. 19:11-16 – ASV).

Introductory Matters

The scene begins with John using that expression which asserts that his message is of divine origin. He saw “heaven opened” (see 4:1; cf. Ezek. 1:1). Moreover, the events of earth are under the sovereign control of him who orchestrates his will from heaven, and the apostle was given a preview of the final conflict.

John uses his characteristic “behold” (idou – 26 times in Revelation) to enliven the narrative, to awaken attention to what he is about to describe.

The Holy Warrior

The primary subject of the vision was on a “white horse.” “White” in Revelation can suggest either purity (3:18) or victory (6:2); here the latter sense seems implied – particularly in view of the astounding conquest that is described subsequently (see Jackson, p. 13-14).

The rider undeniably is Jesus Christ. He is designated as the “Word” of God, whom the apostle elsewhere identifies as the Lord Jesus (cf. Jn. 1:1,14; 1 Jn. 1:1). Christ is the divine Word (logos) because he is the thought and voice of Heaven to humanity (cf. Jn. 1:18; 14:8f). The will of God for mankind cannot be ascertained apart from the revelatory mission of Jesus of Nazareth.

The Lord is further characterized as “faithful” because he ever was loyal to the will of his Father (Jn. 8:29; 2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 3:2; 4:15; 1 Pet. 2:22). It was Jesus’ perfect life that qualified him to be the atoning sacrifice for sin (1 Pet. 1:18-19). Moreover, he is “true” as to his witness of the will of God to our blighted race (cf. Rev. 1:5; 3:7,14).

The Purpose of His Mission

The apostle sets forth the mission of the heavenly warrior. In righteousness he judges and makes war!

When Jesus came to earth the first time, his purpose was to inaugurate a system of redemption for Adam’s fallen family. As he himself said: “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” (Jn. 3:17). Once that mission of mercy was implemented, no further plan was to be offered. Aside from Jesus, there is no other sacrifice for sins (cf. Heb. 10:26).

In this latter instance, however, the Lord has not come on a mission of mercy; rather, he has arrived for judgment and the destruction of the ungodly. It is important to note the connection between “judge” and “make war.” The two occur simultaneously. The war is the day of judgment! See 2 Corinthians 5:10 and 2 Thessalonians 1:7ff.

One can hardly consider this context without referring back to the scene in chapter 16, when, in the graphic symbolism of the narrative, wrath from heaven is poured out as a prelude to a holy war. The major enemies of truth (the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet) were gathered “unto the war of the great day of God” (16:14). Figuratively, it was designated as “Har-Magedon” (i.e., the hill of Megiddo). Megiddo, the most famous battlefield in history, thus becomes a symbol for the conflict that is to take place on the final day of this globe’s existence. Observe that this is “the great day of God,” which corresponds to “the day of God” described by Peter in the third chapter of his second epistle (v. 12). It also is referred to as “the day of the Lord” (v. 10), or the time of “his coming” (v. 4).

According to the vision in 16:13ff, the forces of Satan are gathered for a mighty confrontation with the Sovereign of the universe. The actual conflict is viewed in chapter 19 – together with the predictable result.

Significantly, it is affirmed that the Lord will act (judge and make war) in “righteousness” (v. 11), i.e., consistent with the ultimate standard of a just Deity. Abraham once expressed confidence in the fact that God would treat humanity fairly, distinguishing between the righteous and the wicked. He asked: “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” (Gen. 18:25). The theme of divine justice is common to this book (cf. 16:5,7; 19:2). The final judgment will be fair in that it will:

take into consideration one’s level of personal knowledge (Lk. 12:47-48);

be consistent with one’s individual abilities (Lk. 19:13ff);

be rendered in light of one’s unique opportunities (Mt. 11:20ff);

be cognizant of the law-system to which one was amenable (Heb. 10:28-29).

There are many aspects of Heaven’s judgment that we cannot appreciate from our current, limited vantage point, but on that final day, called “the day of wrath and the revelation of the righteous judgment of God” (Rom. 2:5), our questions will be resolved, and the whole of humanity, in one fashion or another, will acknowledge the Creator’s justice (cf. Rom. 14:10-12).

The Warrior Described

John said of the Conqueror: “His eyes are a flame of fire” (Rev. 19:12). This descriptive has occurred twice previously in this book (1:14; 2:18). The symbolism likely highlights the deep, penetrating insight of the Son of God, suggesting that he is perfectly qualified to judge. All things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do (Heb. 4:13).

Upon the Lord’s head were many “crowns” (KJV), or “diadems” (ASV). There are two words for “crown” in the New Testament. There is the stephanos, the wreath of victory (cf. 1 Cor. 9:25), with which Christ is adorned in the scene of 14:14, and which faithful saints are promised (Rev. 2:10). Yet, in this case, the term is diadem, the crown of royalty. The picture is that of the regal authority of the Son of God. He has the divine right of judgment and conquest.

The apostle says the warrior “had a name written which no one knows but himself.” This phrase is obscure. It is generally taken to mean that there are mysteries associated with Jesus which the human mind can never fathom (cf. Barclay, p. 232).

The Lord is here arrayed with a garment dipped in blood. “Dipped” (from bapto) is supported by the better manuscript evidence than is “sprinkled” (rhantizo – ASV). But whose blood is it that so saturates this garment, that it almost looks dyed (Arndt, p. 132)? While some would argue that the imagery points to the shed blood of the Lamb (Johnson, pp. 574-5), it is more likely that the graphic is borrowed from the Old Testament – specifically Isaiah 63:1-6. In this sacred narrative, the prophet sees a strong and majestic being, who is returning from a devastating slaughter of the Edomites (enemies of the Lord’s people). His garment is soaked in blood – stained like one who has trod the winepress. The blood is that of those rebels who flaunted his will. God has had his “day of vengeance” upon them. No one was able to deliver these rogues from his mighty hand.

So similarly, the Son of God shall destroy those who have resisted his grace (Mt. 10:28; 2 Thes. 1:7ff). Unatoned wrongs will be addressed on the final day of history (cf. Lk. 18:7-8; Rom. 12:19; Rev. 6:9-11).

It is intriguing to note that later in chapter 19, the beast and the kings of the earth are represented as being gathered together to make war against the Lord and his armies (v. 19). Some suggest this indicates that the blood cannot be the enemies’; they are alive still. But, as Mounce notes, such an argument “misunderstands the nature of apocalyptic writing” (p. 345). The picture emphasizes that the battle is over before it is ever engaged! Such is the Lord’s power!

A Shared Victory

The conquering Christ is followed by heavenly armies who also are mounted on white steeds. Moreover, they are clothed in fine linen, pure and white. This celestial army consists of the redeemed, who, by their obedience, have washed their robes in the Lamb’s blood, making them white (Rev. 7:14). They share in the Lamb’s victory because they were willing to commit their very lives to the Master’s cause (cf. 12:10ff).

The Destruction of the Enemy

The weapon employed by the Faithful and True One is that of a sword, a sharp sword, that kept on proceeding from his mouth (v. 15). This is an obvious allusion to his powerful word (cf. Heb. 4:12).

Scripture is replete with references to the incomprehensible power of the spoken word of God. No less than ten times in Genesis 1 Moses employed the verb “said” in describing the creative acts by which the universe was fashioned. Later, the Psalmist expressed it like this: “By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. . . for he spake and it was done” (Psa. 33:6,9). In maintaining the world, the writer of Hebrews observes that the Lord Jesus upholds all things “by the word of his power” (Heb. 1:3).

And so, at the time of judgment, the Savior will wage no carnal conflict with his enemies; he will merely speak the word, and they will be banished to eternal punishment (cf. Isa. 11:4; 2 Thes. 2:8).

When John describes Christ as ruling his enemies “with a rod of iron” (v. 15), the picture is one of crushing judgment. The Psalmist speaks of the conquering role of the Messiah when he says that he shall “break [his foes] with a rod of iron” and “dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel” (Psa. 2:9; cf. Rev. 2:27). It is interesting that the original term for “rule” hints of a shepherd’s club, by which he not only destroys the predator, but also saves the flock.

The Messianic-warrior will tread the winepress of “the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty” (cf. 16:19). The “wrath” of God should not be interpreted in terms of an emotional outburst, as with frail humans; rather, it is a measured response of divine justice to human arrogance and rebellion. Too, it must be viewed against the backdrop of the Creator’s amazing love – so hatefully rejected by the masses. In 14:10, the apostle speaks of the “wine of the wrath of God, unmixed [i.e., undiluted, full strength] in the cup of his wrath.” This judgment will forever demonstrate that he is KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

Conclusion

The most common impression of Jesus, entertained by devout Bible students, is that of a loving, tender, compassionate Savior. These qualities must never be minimized. But there is another side to that “coin” – the one portrayed in Revelation 19:11ff; that of the righteous warrior. Don’t trifle with the Son of God!

Sources

Arndt, William & Gingrich, F. W. 1967. Greek-English Lexicon. University of Chicago: Chicago, IL.

Barclay, William. 1960. The Revelation of John. Vol. 2. Westminster: Philadelphia, PA.

Jackson, Wayne. 1995. Select Studies in the Book of Revelation. Christian Courier Publications: Stockton, CA.

Johnson, Alan. 1981. Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Frank Gaebelein, ed. Zondervan: Grand Rapids, MI.

Mounce, Robert. 1977. The Book of Revelation. Eerdmans: Grand Rapids, MI.

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St. Mike’s congratulates Jeffrey S. Burwell, SJ, Next Provincial of the Jesuits of Canada

Father Jeffrey S. Burwell, SJ

Fr. Burwell is a seasoned educator and chaplain

Montreal, March 14, 2024 – 

Father Burwell will succeed Fr. Erik Oland, assuming his new responsibilities on July 31, 2024, with an inaugural Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Toronto. 

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Cardinal Sako, head of Chaldean Church in Iraq, retires as war engulfs the region

Louis Sako, patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, April 21, 2025. (AP/Hadi Mizban, File)

Rome — March 11, 2026

Iraqi Cardinal Louis Sako of the Chaldean Catholic Church said he had asked to retire to pursue "prayer, writing, and simple service," and that Pope Leo XIV granted his request on the day he had proposed.

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The surname Arturo is an Italian patronymic surname; that is, it was a name created from the first name of the father. Arturo is derived from the Breton given names Artuir and Arthur. This personal name is of very ancient origin and is derived from the Celtic word art, which means bear. 

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The Beast (Koine Greek: Θηρίον, Thērion) may refer to one of three beasts described in the Book of Revelation.

Revelation 12-13 describes these three beasts as follows:

The dragon (later revealed in the text to be Satan)[1]

The beast of the sea (commonly interpreted as the Antichrist)[2][3]

The beast of the earth (later revealed in the text to be the False prophet)[4]

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Jeffrey S. Burwell, SJ, Named Next Provincial of the Jesuits of Canada

March 15, 2024 — The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) announced the appointment of Fr. Jeffrey S. Burwell, SJ, as the next provincial of the Jesuits of Canada. This appointment is the culmination of a thoughtful, prayerful process of consultation and discernment, marking a significant milestone for the Canadian Province.

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Pope Clement X is generally recognized as the oldest elected pope, having taken office on April 29, 1670, at the age of 79 years, 290 days. 

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Oldest Elected: Clement X (Emilio Bonaventura Altieri) was born on July 13, 1590, and was elected at nearly 80 years old.

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Cardinal Sako Reinstated As Chaldean Patriarch in Iraq

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By AFP (via AINA) –

Iraq’s prime minister reinstated Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako as the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic church, paving the way for his return to Baghdad a year after a dispute with the president.

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Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House

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USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida

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President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, Louis Prevost, at the White House.

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And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Revelation 13:3

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“MY ELF WEAPON”

In 1995, when Time magazine announced the RMA, who could have foreseen that all of human

society (and anything and anyone living), foreign and domestic, was being redefined as a

potential battlespace? Is this what former Navy reservist Aaron Alexis unwittingly triggered at

the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, September 16, 2013, when he shot and killed twelve

people? On his shotgun was carved “My ELF weapon.” Officials may not have known what the

carved words meant, but the Navy certainly did: the Office of Naval Research (ONR) had spent

decades researching the biological and neurological effects of ELF waves:

• Put a person to sleep

• Make a person tired or depressed

• Create a feeling of fear

• Create a zombie state

• Create a violent state

• Create a sexually aggressive state

• Change cellular chemistry

• Change hormone levels

• Inhibit or enhance mRNA synthesis/processes

• Control the DNA transaction process

• Control biological spin and proton coupling constants in DNA, RNA & RNA

transferases

The month before the Navy Yard debacle, Alexis had told Rhode Island police that “he was

hearing voices of three people who had been sent to follow him and keep him awake and were

using ‘some sort of microwave machine’ to send vibrations into his body, preventing him from

falling asleep.”55 Perhaps while being driven mad by sleep deprivation, Alexis had been involved

in testing the Army’s Burke Pulsar that fits into an M4 rifle like a standard suppressor—two

wide antennas, a piezoelectric generator, and a blast shield. The claim is it’s for use against

electronics, sort of a mini-EMP, but who knows?56

“Nonlethal” weapons wire everywhere wireless for war. Many components of weapons

systems double as consumer products that have been tested for decades on nonconsensual

citizens, like the video game helmets loaded with TMS and neuro-feedback that “detect the

player’s thoughts, emotions and expressions, then translate them into their character in the

game.”57 The question is, can video game TMS helmets be trusted as long as the military views

them as dual use? Caveat emptor.

The United States has always been wired for war. Two million miles of power lines spew a minimum of 500mG (milligauss), with 4mG being enough to produce leukemia in small

children. Those living under and around power lines are also subject to a constant 60Hz

entrainment created by the magnetic field, thanks to the wiring in their homes. Freelance

journalist Jim Stone points out the covert dual use behind how the nation has been purposefully

wired:

. . .the longest possible antenna needed for ANY cell activity in the U.S. is around 20 inches, for the lowest possible

cell-related frequencies. More common would be 9-inch antennas. Why then are the antennas which adorn cell towers

up to eight feet long? You can easily make a high-powered coil antenna suitable for low MHz frequencies with that

much room to work with . . .58

Under An Ionized Sky: From Chemtrails To Space Fence Lockdown 

by Elana Freeland

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The Physiology of Naps and the Impact on Athletic Performance

The ideal nap is 15–30 minutes long, taken between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to boost alertness and cognitive function without causing grogginess, known as sleep inertia. Shorter "power naps" (10–20 mins) are best for quick energy, while longer 90-minute naps help if you are sleep-deprived. Keep it cool, dark, and quiet to maximize benefits

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The Swan Knight (or Chevalier au cygne) is a medieval legend about a mysterious knight, often named Helyas or Lohengrin, who arrives in a swan-drawn boat to defend a damsel. While often linked to Crusade-era figures like Godfrey of Bouillon, some traditions (including disputed esoteric theories) link the lineage of the Swan Knight to the Merovingian kings.

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Remote-operated “telepresence” is little more than the brain-computer interface (BCI) known

as voice-to-skull (V2K) or synthetic telepathy.

Capture/kill candidates and “grunts” to be plugged into remote computers are now recruited

primarily by poverty and secondarily by keeping the cost of higher education too high for lowincome

youths. The rural population of the United States is now only 16 percent of the total

population, and yet 40 percent of military draftees come from rural areas.44

Haunted by the fact that 80 to 85 percent of American soldiers in World War II never fired

on the enemy and fewer than 30 percent did so in Vietnam,45 the military has become obsessed

with the Nazi dream of the Superman super soldier, an “enhanced” neuroscience version of the

ancient Spartan characterized in the dark 2007 film 300. According to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman,

author of On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, “Spartan

warriors were subjected to a vigorous regime involving unending physical violence, severe cold,

a lack of sleep, and constant sexual abuse,” all of which are still part of the “pain induction” in

typical MK-ULTRA programming.

The neuroscience for producing “human terminators who feel less pain, less terror and less

fatigue than ‘non-enhanced’ soldiers and whose bodies may be augmented by powerful

machines”46 is now employed to remotely release chemicals and zap nanobots in the brains of

warriors busy at their battlespace missions. Combat helmets like Q-Warrior47 have an augmented

reality display and electronic sensors to measure the brain’s electrical activity and are rigged

with direct current transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to enhance reasoning and learning

while switching off higher levels of mentation like the conscience.

Under An Ionized Sky: From Chemtrails To Space Fence Lockdown 

by Elana Freeland

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oneu_kEMMH5AeAffiWOR_7NJ0HptHJrC/view?usp=sharing

The ratlines (German: Rattenlinien) were systems of escape routes for German Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe from 1945 onwards in the aftermath of World War II. These escape routes mainly led toward havens in the Americas, particularly in Argentina, though also in Paraguay, Colombia,[1] Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Bolivia, as well as the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain, and Switzerland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)

In the Nazi state, the SS assumed leading responsibility for security, identification of ethnicity, settlement and population policy, and intelligence collection and analysis. The SS controlled the German police forces and the concentration camp system. The SS conceived and implemented plans designed to restructure the ethnic composition of eastern Europe and the occupied Soviet Union.

From 1939, the SS assumed responsibility for “solving” the so-called Jewish Question; after 1941, its leadership planned, coordinated and directed the so-called Final Solution of the Jewish Question. This “solution” was the annihilation of the European Jews, which we now refer to as the Holocaust

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/ss

2 §1. The character and charism of the Society of Jesus arise from the Spiritual Exercises which our holy father Ignatius and his companions went through. Led by this experience, they formed an apostolic group rooted in charity, in which, after they had taken the vows of chastity and poverty and had been raised to the priesthood, they offered themselves as a HOLOCAUST to God,[2] so that serving as SOLDIERS of God beneath the banner of the cross and serving the Lord alone and the Church his spouse under the Roman Pontiff, the vicar of Christ on earth,[3] they would be sent into the entire world[4] for the defense and propagation of the faith and for the progress of souls in Christian life and doctrine. [5]

The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

https://jesuitas.lat/uploads/the-constitutions-of-the-society-of-jesus-and-their-complementary-norms/Constitutions%20and%20Norms%20SJ%20ingls.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxkjl121-Rb1zPgeIMaEyIEuqJ-YkLNn68

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and created by Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show aired for 12 seasons on CBS from September 20, 1968, to April 5, 1980. The show starred Jack Lord as Detective Captain Stephen "Steve" McGarrett, the head of a fictional state police task force in Hawaii. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes in the series would end with McGarrett's catchphrase, "Book 'em, Danno!"

At the airing of its finale, it was the longest-running police drama in American television history, and the last scripted primetime show that debuted in the 1960s to leave the air.[a]

Overview

The CBS television network produced Hawaii Five-O, which aired from September 20, 1968, to April 5, 1980. The program continues to be broadcast in syndication worldwide. Created by Leonard Freeman, Hawaii Five-O was shot on location in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, and throughout the island of Oʻahu and elsewhere in the Hawaiian Islands with occasional filming in locales such as Los Angeles, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

The show centers on an elite fictional state police unit led by former U.S. Naval officer Steve McGarrett (played by Jack Lord), a detective captain, appointed by the Governor, Paul Jameson. In the show, McGarrett oversees state police officers – the young Danny "Danno" Williams, veteran Chin Ho Kelly (Kam Fong Chun), and streetwise Kono Kalakaua for seasons one through four. Honolulu Police Department Officer Duke Lukela joined the team as a regular, as did Ben Kokua, who replaced Kono beginning with season five. Occasionally, McGarrett's Five-O team is assisted by other officers as needed: Det. Frank Kamana (Douglas Mossman), P.O. Sandi Wells (Amanda McBroom), medical examiner Doc Bergman (Al Eben), forensic specialist Che Fong (Harry Endo), and a secretary.[2]

The title of the show refers to Hawaiʻi's status as the fiftieth U.S. state. At the time of the show's premiere, Hawaiʻi had been a state for nine years.[3] The Five-O team consists of three to five members (small for a real state police unit), and is depicted as occupying a suite of offices at the ʻIolani Palace.[4] Five-O lacks its own radio network, necessitating frequent requests by McGarrett to the Honolulu Police Department dispatchers.

For 12 seasons, McGarrett and his team pursued international secret agents, criminals, and organized crime syndicates plaguing the Hawaiian Islands. With the aid of District Attorney and later Hawaiʻi's Attorney General John Manicote, McGarrett is successful in sending most of his enemies to prison. One such crime syndicate, introduced in the fifth season, was led by the Vashon family, portrayed by Luther Adler and Harold Gould. Other criminals and organized crime bosses on the islands were played by actors such as Ross Martin, Gavin MacLeod, and Ricardo Montalban.

By the 12th and final season, series regular James MacArthur had left the show (in 1996, he admitted that he had become tired of the role and wanted to do other things), as had Kam Fong. Unlike other characters before him, Fong's character, Chin Ho Kelly, at Fong's request, was killed off, murdered while working undercover to expose a protection ring in Chinatown in the last episode of season 10. New characters Jim 'Kimo' Carew (William Smith), Lori Wilson (Sharon Farrell), and Truck (Moe Keale) were introduced in season 12 alongside returning regular character Duke Lukela.[2]

Most episodes of Hawaii Five-O ended with the arrest of criminals and McGarrett snapping, "Book 'em." The offense occasionally was added after this phrase, for example, "Book 'em, murder one." In many episodes, this was directed to Danny "Danno" Williams and became McGarrett's catchphrase: "Book 'em, Danno."[5] This catchphrase also expanded to sports in the mid-1970s with former Pittsburgh Penguins announcer Mike Lange, who would utter the line for some Penguins goals.

Jack Lord played Steve McGarrett.

McGarrett's tousled yet immaculate hairstyle, as well as his proclivity for wearing a dark suit and tie on all possible occasions (uncommon in the islands), rapidly entered popular culture. While the other members of Five-O "dressed mainland" much of the time, they also often wore local styles, such as the ubiquitous aloha shirt.

In many episodes (including the pilot), McGarrett is drawn into the world of international espionage and national intelligence. McGarrett's nemesis is a rogue intelligence officer of the People's Republic of China named Wo Fat. The communist rogue agent was played by veteran actor Khigh Dhiegh. In the show's final episode in 1980, titled "Woe to Wo Fat", McGarrett finally sees his foe go to jail.[4]

Unlike the reboot, the show's action and straightforward storytelling left little time for personal stories involving wives or girlfriends,[5] though a two-part story in the first season dealt with the loss of McGarrett's sister's baby. Occasionally, a show would flash back to McGarrett's younger years or to a romantic figure.

In the episode "Number One with a Bullet, Part 2", McGarrett tells a criminal, "It was a bastard like you who killed my father." His 42-year-old father had been run down and killed by someone who had just held up a supermarket. Because Steve McGarrett is also a commander in the Naval Reserve, he sometimes uses their resources to help investigate and solve crimes. The United States Navy as well as the U.S. Coast Guard provided some locations and resources for filming, hence the closing credits of some episodes acknowledge the assistance of the United States Navy.[6] A 1975 episode involving Danno's aunt, played by MacArthur's mother Helen Hayes, provided a bit of Williams' back story.

Creation of the show

Sources differ on how the show came to be. Producer Leonard Freeman moved to Hawaiʻi to recuperate after suffering a heart attack. One source states the idea for the show may have come from a conversation Freeman had with Hawaiʻi's then-Governor John A. Burns.[7][8]

Another source instead claims that Freeman wanted to set a show in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California until his friend Richard Boone convinced him to shoot it entirely in Hawaiʻi.[9] A third source claims Freeman discussed the show with Governor Burns only after pitching the idea to CBS.[10] Before settling on the name "Hawaii Five-O", Freeman considered titling the show "The Man".[7]

Casting

Kam Fong Chun played Chin Ho Kelly.

Freeman offered Richard Boone the part of McGarrett, but Boone turned it down;[9] Gregory Peck[10] and Robert Brown[11] were also considered. Ultimately, Jack Lord – then living in Beverly Hills – was asked at the last moment. Lord read for the part on a Wednesday, was cast, and flew to Hawaiʻi two days later. On the following Monday, Lord was in front of the cameras. Freeman and Lord had worked together previously on an unsold TV pilot called Grand Hotel.[10]

Tim O'Kelly originated the role of Danny "Danno" Williams in the pilot episode, "Cocoon". Test audiences apparently were not positive on O'Kelly, however, and the producers replaced him with James MacArthur.

Kam Fong Chun, an 18-year veteran of the Honolulu Police Department, auditioned for the part of the lead villain Wo Fat, but Freeman cast him in the part of Chin Ho Kelly instead. Freeman took the name Wo Fat from a restaurant in downtown Honolulu. The name Chin Ho came from Chinn Ho, the owner of the Ilikai Hotel where the penthouse shot of Steve McGarrett in the opening title sequence was taken.[12] Richard Denning, who played the governor, had retired to Hawaiʻi and came out of retirement for the show. Zulu was a Waikīkī beach boy and local DJ with no acting experience when he was cast for the part of Kono, which he played for the next four years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_Five-O_(1968_TV_series)

50th President of the United States of America: Tulsi Gabbard

Number 50 symbolism

Considered as "the holiest and the most natural of numbers, because it equals to the sum of the squares numbers 9+16+25 constructed on the sacred triangle of Pythagoras (3, 4 and 5) and also to the product of 5 x 10 of the pentad and the decade, numbers of the generating Life and the World-Harmony, the Microcosm and the Macrocosm".

The number 50 corresponds to the Hebraic letter "nun", form reminding a cup pouring its content. It is also associated to the fourteenth Arcane of the Tarot: the solar Angel, interpreted in general as the sign of the change, the mutations and the metamorphoses.

https://mail.ridingthebeast.com/numbers/nu50.php

AI Overview

The current 50-star American flag, adopted on July 4, 1960, features 13 alternating red and white stripes and 50 white stars on a blue canton, representing the 50 states and original colonies. Designed by 17-year-old Bob Heft in 1958, it is the longest-used version in U.S. history. 

Lucky 17, Q and the 'tippy top' White House: How conspiracy theories are being turbo-charged in Donald Trump's America

Donald Trump

World

Thursday 22 November 2018 at 12:01am

https://www.itv.com/news/2018-11-22/lucky-17-q-and-the-tippy-top-president-how-conspiracy-theories-are-being-turbo-charged-into-donald-trumps-america

48th President of the United States of America: Kamala Devi Harris

49th President of the United States of America: Raphael Warnock

50th President of the United States of America: Tulsi Gabbard

Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House

Kim Luciani

USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida

May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET

Key Points AI-assisted summary

President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/

̶A̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶(̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶:̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶t̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶)̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶b̶d̶i̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶u̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶a̶t̶h̶o̶l̶i̶c̶ ̶C̶h̶u̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶v̶o̶l̶u̶n̶t̶a̶r̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶s̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶

̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶e̶n̶.̶w̶i̶k̶i̶p̶e̶d̶i̶a̶.̶o̶r̶g̶/̶w̶i̶k̶i̶/̶P̶a̶p̶a̶l̶_̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶

Pope John Paul I[a] (born Albino Luciani;[b] 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I

On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Pope_John_Paul_II

SAKO Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Revelation 13:3

LOUIS Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako

The word asas in Arabic means "PRINCIPLE". The Asāsiyyūn (plural, from literary Arabic) were, as defined in Arabic, the principle people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins

PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola

TRANSLATED FROM

THE AUTOGRAPH

BY

FATHER ELDER MULLAN, S.J.

I.H.S.

NEW YORK

P.J. KENEDY & SONS

PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE

https://ia601603.us.archive.org/32/items/spiritualexercis00ignauoft/spiritualexercis00ignauoft.pdf

Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president of the United States for a term of four years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_United_States_presidential_election

Kamala Devi Harris (English: /ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi/ ⓘ,[1] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving under President Joe Biden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris

RAPHAEL Gamaliel Warnock[1] (/ˈrɑːfiɛl ˈwɔːrnɒk/ RAH-fee-el WOR-nok; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock

The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral John Warren's Chesapeake campaign. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington

London is going to launch nuclear attack on Washington D.C 2030-2031 after false flag attacks in Jerusalem because of the Vatican and CIA.

The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.S. presidency 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession

Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard

The Cheyenne Mountain Complex (CMOC)[a] is a non-public military installation of the United States Department of Defense[b] located inside Cheyenne Mountain, in El Paso County, Colorado.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Complex

The conspiracy is racist, considering Blacks, Hispanics, and Aboriginal Peoples to be inferior races of useless eaters. They believe or at least profess that the Anglo/Aryan race is the true Israel (British Israel and Christian Identity for the dupes and an Anglophile Secular Humanism for the leaders) and thus the Master race. 

MAJESTYTWELVE by William Cooper Copyright © 1997 William Cooper All Rights Reserved

HOTT - MAJESTYTWELVE (hourofthetime.com)

https://www.hourofthetime.com/majestyt.htm

RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, approximately 1,500 died (estimates vary), making the incident one of the deadliest peacetime sinkings of a single ship.[4] Titanic, operated by White Star Line, carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from the British Isles, Scandinavia, and elsewhere in Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States and Canada. ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic

AI Overview

Black holes act as ultimate cosmic sinks, creating intense gravity wells where space-time curves so steeply that nothing—not even light—can escape once passing the event horizon. These regions, often containing mass millions or billions of times that of the Sun, anchor galaxy centers and swallow surrounding gas, dust, and stars.

A nova (pl. novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova

Nova music festival massacre

On 7 October 2023, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian nationalist organization Hamas, initiated a sudden attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_music_festival_massacre

Revelation 16:8

1599 Geneva Bible

8 [a]And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and it was given to him to torment men with heat of fire,

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016%3A8-10&version=GNV

A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass (roughly 0.3–8 solar masses (M☉)) in a late phase of stellar evolution. The outer atmosphere is inflated and tenuous, making the radius large and the surface temperature around 5,000 K [K] (4,700 °C; 8,500 °F) or lower. The appearance of the red giant is from yellow-white to reddish-orange, including the spectral types K and M, sometimes G, but also class S stars and most carbon stars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_giant

In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how these strings propagate through space and interact with each other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

A chain reaction is a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions to take place. In a chain reaction, positive feedback leads to a self-amplifying chain of events.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_reaction

Revelation 21:8

1599 Geneva Bible

8 But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their [a]part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2021%3A8&version=GNV

AI Overview

through extreme heating, substances can be broken down past their molecular structure into simpler components, though this is technically chemical decomposition rather than mere physical melting. While physical melting only breaks intermolecular forces, excessive heat destroys molecular bonds (covalent bonds), resulting in a liquid or gas mixture of atoms or simpler molecules. 

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Key details:

Physical vs. Chemical Change: Melting usually keeps the molecule intact (e.g., ice to water). To lose molecular structure, the substance must undergo chemical decomposition (e.g., thermal decomposition).

Complex Substance Decomposition: Materials like wood or plastics don't "melt" in the traditional sense; they break down into smaller molecules like carbon, water, and char before they can melt.

Extremes: Even substances that sublimate, like carbon, can be converted to liquid at high pressures and temperatures (over), breaking the solid covalent network, as discussed on Reddit and Reddit. 

National Geographic Society

Essentially, heating something intense enough turns it into a completely different substance, breaking its original chemical identity. 

Implications of God and the Energy Creation for All Cellular Life

Faith & Science Conversation

Jul 2022

Aug 2022

post by Bucky_Wood on Jul 22, 2022

Bucky_Wood

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Most scientists agree that the origins of life required the ability to produce energy and to store heritable information. The large protein molecules necessary for life’s many functions are constructed by transcription from DNA into mRNA and then transcribed into proteins. But these very DNA functions require many large protein molecules for their activities. Thus it is reasonable for a committed atheist who studies this to begin to believe that perhaps there is a God who began it all and then turned it loose for us to evolve ad lib. And to remain honest to himself, he might restrict his beliefs to that exact point in time and nothing afterward.

So if a God was necessary to create the system necessary for all life, no matter how early or small, whether bacteria, plant or animal, what are the implications? Was He necessary to be involved after that? Could evolution have simply taken the course that we now understand and see? After all, without the Permian extinction, dinosaurs would not have evolved, and without the K-T extinction mammals would not have flourished. Natural events give structure to Earth today, but did it need a nudge at the origin of life? I am only posing these questions as possibilities for an atheist to begin his conversion with the “small step” of a belief in God.

One of these mysteries and possibilities surrounds the common denominator of all energy production in every living cell. This sine-qua-non of energy is the system in mitochondria called the Electron Transport Chain (ETC). Using laser induced liquid bead ion desorption (LILBID) mass spectrometry, we now know the actual structure of the Complexes I-IV that strip and transport electrons and protons (H+). And the final complex, complex V is the one known as ATP synthase. So here is what that scientist/convert to God might conclude:

Then it may not be necessary to view Christ’s birth as from a virgin.

After all, the Christian idea of a virgin birth is derived from the verse in Isaiah 7:14 describing an “alma” as giving birth. The word “alma” has always meant a young woman, but Christian theologians came centuries later and translated it as “virgin.”

The resurrection of Christ is not necessary. Accepting resurrection of the dead is almost impossible to any biologist anyway.

All of the miracles are no longer necessarily factual. That life’s events do not follow the natural laws of physics and biology has always been a barrier.

The concept of the power of prayer is rendered moot. Of course, a divine God with the power to structure DNA for “origins” could do most anything, but this converted scientist might be comforted that accepting this is no longer necessary.

The concept of heaven and hell is discarded. After all, it was difficult to imagine in the first place.

So what name is given to a belief system that accepts a divine origin, by a God, but then does not interfere whatsoever after that point? It is likely some combination of Deism, Unitarianism and Determinism. I’m sure that Christians would relegate his belief system to the “bottom of the pile” but should he? After all, if there is a God it is likely that there is only one and we would all worship that same God.

So what is this powerful energy generating system?

The Krebs Cycle is now understood much differently than when in Medical School. We learned it as a simple chemical pathway/circle of reactions between compounds that generated energy. It begins with oxaloacetate taking on an acetyl-CoA to form Citrate to begin the cycle. It looked like this:

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BUT…now, rather than viewing it as producing ATP, we know it actually produces the energy precursors, which then enter the ETC (electron transport chain) heading out of the inside matrix into and through the intracellular membrane the created protons (H+) and electrons. Then a separate molecule performs “oxidative phosphorylation” as it heads in the opposite direction back into the matrix using the magical enzyme, ATP Synthase, to fix Pi onto ADP to form our ATP:

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So, before these complexes can be used, we need the Krebs Cycle no produce high energy molecules.

Glycolysis occurs in the cytosol making pyruvate from glucose (a good Khan Academy video is here). Pyruvate is oxidized into acetyl CoA as it moves into the mitochondrial matrix (deep to the membranes) where it begins in the Krebs cycle, the product of which are substrates NADH and FADH2. Recall that the Krebs cycle (tricarboxylic acid cycle) is a circle that begins with acetyl-CoA combining with oxaloacetate and converted to citrate. There are 8 reactions before getting back to oxaloacetate with enzymes used for each step. All except succinate dehydrogenase (integral to the membrane, the 6th step converting succinate to fumarate) are in the mitochondrial matrix. Krebs itself does not require O2. O2 is the receptor for the electrons coming in through the OxPhos reactions next. It only generates 2 ATPs as opposed to the OxPhos reactions next that generate 36 per molecule of glucose.

Next comes the oxidation and removal of electrons from these precursors.

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There are 2 types of protein complexes embedded in the inner-membrane called the ETC (I-IV) and ATP synthase (V).

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These precursors then enter the Electron Transport Chain, which are 4 complexes, I - IV. The Krebs cycle produces 3 NADH and 1 FADH2. Complex I grabs the NADH high energy molecule and Complex II the FADH2 which causes a loss of electrons from each (oxidation is the loss of electrons). This process forces (pumps) the proton (H+) from the matrix to the intramembrane space. The electrons in Complex I are given to another ‘membrane-bound’ carrier called ubiquinone (Q). It is ubiquitous thus the name.

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The electrons tat arrived at protein complex 3 are picked up by cytochrome C, the last electron carrier, causing protons to be pumped into the intramembrane space. This transferring of electrons drives the pumping of protons “against gradient” since H+ ions accumulate in the intramembrane space. Thus, energy is stored temporarily. Note that FADH2 behaves differently, transferring its electrons directly to Q with the H2 so no H+ ions are pumped. Also, it uses the succinyl dehydrogenase which is the only enzyme embedded in the membrane.

Cytochrome C carries the electrons to the final protein complex, Complex IV. These electrons are then drawn to O2, the final electron acceptor. O2 must be present for OxPhos to occur. Water is formed as O2 receives the electrons from IV and combines with protons on the inside of the cell.

In summary we are now +3 NADH, +1 FADH2, +3 H+, -2 H+, -1/2 O2 AND +1 H2O.

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When the H+ concentration is high in the intramembrane space, the ATP synthase comes into action. It is a complex of 2 functional domains, F₁ and F⚬. F₁ is the “rotor” with 5 subunits, 3 each of the alpha and beta (the stator) and one of the gamma, delta and epsilon (the stalk/rotor). The Fo has subunits c, a, b, d, F6, OSCP plus accessory subunits ee, f, g, and A6L. I only mention these units to emphasize the complexity of this system. As the protons pass through Fo, the energy is transferred to F1 where ADP is phosphorylated to ATP. The H+ concentration creates a proton-motive force of a) pH differential and a b) electrical membrane potential.

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When there is high concentration of protons on the outside of the mitochondrial membrane, protons are pushed through the ATP synthase. This causes ATP synthase to spin, and bind ADP and inorganic phosphorus (Pi) producing ATP…FINALLY! The process of passing H+ through the Complex V is called chemiosmosis. But when it happens in a spinning molecule, it is called substrate phosphorylation. So imagine that this magnificent, elegant and complex machinery was “invented” as life began! It did not “evolve” from a slim-pond struck by lightning or from deep sea thermal vents. There has been no success in demonstrating any way to arrive at this system naturally.

https://discourse.biologos.org/t/implications-of-god-and-the-energy-creation-for-all-cellular-life/49667/4

The Five Elements

By Catherine Beyer

Catherine Beyer

Wicca Expert

M.A., History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

B.A., History, Kalamazoo College

Catherine Beyer is a practicing Wiccan who has taught religion in at Lakeland College in Wisconsin as well as humanities and Western culture at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

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Updated on May 17, 2024

The Greeks proposed the existence of five basic elements. Of these, four were the physical elements—fire, air, water, and earth—of which the entire world is composed. Alchemists eventually associated four triangular symbols to represent these elements. The fifth element, which goes by a variety of names, is more rarefied than the four physical elements. Some call it Spirit. Others call it aether or quintessence (literally "the fifth element" in Latin).

In traditional Western occult theory, the elements are hierarchical: spirit, fire, air, water, and earth—with the first elements being more spiritual and perfect and the last elements being more material and base. Some modern systems, such as Wicca, view the elements as equal.

Before we examine the elements themselves, it is important to understand the qualities, orientations, and correspondences that are associated with the elements. Each element is connected with aspects in each of these, and it helps correlate their relationship to one another.

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Elemental Qualities

Four elements and their qualities

Catherine Beyer

In classical elemental systems, each element has two qualities and shares each quality with one other element.

Warm or Cold

Each element is either warm or cold, and this corresponds with a male or female gender. This is a strongly dichotomous system, where male qualities are things like light, warmth, and activity, and female qualities are dark, cold, passive, and receptive.

The orientation of the triangle is determined by warmth or coldness, male or female. Male, warm elements point upward, ascending toward the spiritual realm. Female, cold elements point downward, descending into the earth.

Moist or Dry

The second pair of qualities is moistness or dryness. Unlike the warm and cold qualities, moist and dry qualities do not immediately correspond to other concepts.

Opposing Elements

Because each element shares one of its qualities with one other element, that leaves one element completely unrelated.

For example, air is moist like water and warm like fire, but it has nothing in common with earth. These opposing elements are on opposite sides of the diagram.

Hierarchy of Elements

There is traditionally a hierarchy of elements, although some modern schools of thought have abandoned this system. The lower elements in the hierarchy are more material and physical, with the higher elements becoming more spiritual, more rarefied, and less physical.

That hierarchy can be traced through this diagram. Earth is the lowest, most material element. Circling clockwise from earth you get water, then air, and then fire, which is the least material of the elements.

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Elemental Pentagram

Five elements and pentagram

Catherine Beyer

The pentagram has represented many diverse meanings over the centuries. Since at least the Renaissance, one of its associations is with the five elements.

Arrangement

Traditionally, there is a hierarchy among the elements ranging from the most spiritual and rarefied to the least spiritual and most material. This hierarchy determines the placement of elements around the pentagram.

Starting with spirit, the highest element, we descend to fire, then follow the lines of the pentagram over to air, across to water, and down to earth, the lowest and most material of the elements. The final line between earth and spirit completes the geometric shape.

Orientation

The issue of a pentagram being point-up or point-down only gained relevance in the 19th century and has everything to do with the arrangement of elements. A point-up pentagram came to symbolize spirit ruling over the four physical elements, while a point-down pentagram symbolizes spirit being subsumed by matter or descending into matter.

Since then, some have simplified those associations to represent good and evil. This is generally not the position of those who commonly work with point-down pentagrams, and is often not the position of those associating themselves with point-up pentagrams either.

Colors

The colors used here are those associated with each element by the Golden Dawn. These associations are commonly borrowed by other groups as well.

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Elemental Correspondences

Elemental correspondences and cardinal directions

Catherine Noble Beyer

Ceremonial occult systems traditionally depend on systems of correspondence: collections of items that are all associated in some way with the desired goal. While the types of correspondences are nearly endless, associations between elements, seasons, time of day, elements, moon phases, and directions have become fairly standardized in the West. These are frequently the basis for additional correspondences.

The Golden Dawn's Elemental and Directional Correspondences

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn codified some of these correspondences in the 19th century. Most notable here are the cardinal directions.

The Golden Dawn originated in England, and the directional and elemental correspondences reflect a European perspective. To the south are the warmer climates, and thus are associated with fire. The Atlantic Ocean lies to the west. The north is cold and formidable, a land of the earth but sometimes not a lot else.

Occultists practicing in America or elsewhere sometimes do not find these correspondences to work.

Daily, Monthly, and Yearly Cycles

Cycles are important facets of many occult systems. Looking at daily, monthly, and yearly natural cycles, we find periods of growth and dying, of fullness and barrenness.

Fire is the element of fullness and life, and it is closely associated with the sun. Therefore, it's unsurprising that noon and summer would be associated with fire. By that same logic, the full moon should also be in the same category.

Earth is in the opposite direction as fire and therefore corresponds with midnight, winter, and the new moon. While these things might represent barrenness, more often they are representative of potential and transformation; the point where the old gives way to the new; the empty fertility readies to feed new creations.

Air is the element of new beginnings, youth, increase, and creativity. As such, it is associated with spring, the waxing moon, and sunrise. Things are growing warmer and brighter, while plants and animals give birth to a new generation.

Water is the element of emotion and wisdom, particularly the wisdom of age. It represents a time past the peak of livelihood, moving toward the end of the cycle.

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Fire

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Fire is associated with strength, activity, blood, and life force. It is also seen as highly purifying and protective, consuming impurities and driving back the darkness.

Fire is traditionally seen as the most rarefied and spiritual of the physical elements because of its masculine properties (which were superior to female properties). It also lacks physical existence, produces light, and has a transformative power when it comes in contact with more physical material.

Qualities: Warm, Dry

Gender: Masculine (active)

Elemental: Salamander (Here referring to a mythological lizard creature which could burst into flames)

Golden Dawn Direction: South

Golden Dawn ​Color: Red

Magical Tool: Sword, athame, dagger, sometimes wand

Planets: Sol (Sun), Mars

Zodiac signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius

Season: Summer

Time of Day: Noon

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Air

Illustration of tree leaves blowing in the wind

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Air is the element of intelligence, creativity, and beginnings. Largely intangible and without permanent form, air is an active, masculine element, superior to the more material elements of water and earth.

Qualities: Warm, Moist

Gender: Masculine (active)

Elemental: Sylphs (Invisible beings)

Golden Dawn Direction: East

Golden Dawn Color: Yellow

Magical Tool: Wand, sometimes a sword, dagger, or athame

Planets: Jupiter

Zodiac Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius

Season: Spring

Time of Day: Morning, Sunrise

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Water

Stylized water

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Water is the element of emotion and the unconscious, as opposed to the conscious intellectualism of air.

Water is one of two elements with a physical existence that can interact with all of the physical senses. Water is still considered less material (and thus superior) to Earth because it possesses more motion and activity than Earth.

Qualities: Cold, Moist

Gender: Feminine (passive)

Elemental: Undines (water-based nymphs)

Golden Dawn Direction: West

Golden Dawn Color: Blue

Magical Tool: Cup

Planets: Moon, Venus

Zodiac Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Season: Fall

Time of Day: Sunset

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Earth

Artistic depiction of earth

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Earth is the element of stability, groundedness, fertility, materiality, potential, and stillness. Earth can also be an element of beginnings and endings, or death and rebirth, as life comes from the ground and then decomposes back into the earth after death.

Qualities: Cold, Dry

Gender: Feminine (passive)

Elemental: Gnomes

Golden Dawn Direction: North

Golden Dawn Color: Green

Magical Tool: Pentacle

Planets: Saturn

Zodiac Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

Season: Winter

Time of Day: Midnight

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Spirit

A swirling artistic mass of color

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The element of spirit does not have the same arrangements of correspondences as the physical elements since spirit is not physical. Various systems may associate planets, tools, and so forth with spirit, but such correspondences are far less standardized than those of the other four elements.

The element of spirit goes by several names. The most common are spirit, ether or aether, and quintessence, which is Latin for "fifth element."

There is also no standard symbol for spirit, although circles are common. Eight-spoked wheels and spirals are also sometimes used to represent spirit.

Spirit is a bridge between the physical and the spiritual. In cosmological models, the spirit is the transitory material between the physical and celestial realms. Within the microcosm, the spirit is the bridge between body and soul.

Golden Dawn Direction: Above, Below, Within

Golden Dawn Color: Violet, Orange, White

https://www.learnreligions.com/elemental-symbols-4122788

Spiritual Alchemy #733 - Bill Cooper

Bill Cooper's Mystery Babylon

Transcript

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0:099 secondsyou're listening to the hour of the time I'm William Cooper ladies and gentlemen tonight is

0:1616 secondsan important broadcast at least for those of you who understand what important is got a letter today from a guy who

0:2525 secondssaid he was a real Christian wanted to know why I spent so much time on what he termed quote that

0:3333 secondsend quote wanted to know why I don't talk more about quote him end quote as if I'm

0:4242 secondssupposed to know who him is I think I do being uh as to the fact that he announced so strongly that he was such a

0:5151 secondsgreat Christian in the beginning of his letter well folks for those of you who feel that way turn off your radio this

0:5959 secondsis not your broadcast you should never listen to this program ever in your life this program is about truth no matter

1:081 minute, 8 secondswho it hurts or helps even if it hurts me it's about truth and truth is what we're going to

1:161 minute, 16 secondstalk about all the time on this broadcast and if it pings on you or your

1:271 minute, 27 secondsagenda then you're living a lie you're living in fantasy land you cannot live in this world or

1:361 minute, 36 secondsexpect to ever reach whatever is in the next World if you cannot deal with

1:431 minute, 43 secondstruth a very famous man once said and I quote seek ye the truth and the truth

1:501 minute, 50 secondswill make you free end quote now you can figure out who said that I'm not going to tell

1:581 minute, 58 secondsyou many of you might know the man who made that statement was

2:082 minutes, 8 secondstrying to educate the world to the truth the world took his truth and

2:152 minutes, 15 secondsperverted it and twisted it and created something that he would not even

2:232 minutes, 23 secondsrecognize were he to walk amongst us again in

2:312 minutes, 31 secondstoday you can bet on it don't go away I shall

2:392 minutes, 39 secondsreturn when we expose a piece of iron to the air the oxygen contained in the

2:462 minutes, 46 secondslatter element oxidizes the iron and in time disintegrates it this process is

2:532 minutes, 53 secondscommonly known as rusting the blood comes in contact with the the air every time it passes through

3:013 minutes, 1 secondthe lungs and as a needle is drawn to a magnet so does the oxygen of the inspired air coales with the iron in the

3:103 minutes, 10 secondsblood a process of combustion takes place which is similar to the rusting or oxidization we observed in the iron

3:193 minutes, 19 secondsexposed to the air this broadcast ladies and gentlemen is a

3:283 minutes, 28 secondscontinuation of freem in Catholicism the war between the philosophers of

3:363 minutes, 36 secondsfire and those of the Waters of Faith they claim that The Ether

3:453 minutes, 45 secondscontained in the dense fiber of wood after the latter has undergone combustion in a stove passes outwards

3:523 minutes, 52 secondsthrough the iron in the form of semi invisible heat waves vibrating at different velocities acoss according to

4:004 minutesthe degree of heat in the furnace so the spiritual vibration generated by the combustion of oxygen

4:074 minutes, 7 secondsand iron in our physical bodies passes outwards and colors our invisible

4:134 minutes, 13 secondsVehicles according to their vibratory pitch low vibrations are seen as red the

4:204 minutes, 20 secondshigher are yellow and the highest blue experience has taught us that combustible material may be placed in a

4:294 minutes, 29 secondsfurnace and all conditions necessary to combustion may be present but that until

4:354 minutes, 35 secondsthe match is applied the materials remain unconsumed those who have studied the

4:434 minutes, 43 secondslaws of combustion know also that a forced draft carries with it great quantities of oxygen which is necessary

4:524 minutes, 52 secondsto obtain heat from fuel containing much mineral the reason for this condition lies in the fact fact that minerals

5:015 minutes, 1 secondbeing the lowest in the scale of evolution vibrate at a correspondingly slower rate than the plant animal or

5:115 minutes, 11 secondsman it requires a maximum effort to raise their vibrations to such a pitch that combustion May liberate their

5:195 minutes, 19 secondsspiritual Essence and oxygen is the accelerator in this process where the same amount of oxygen

5:275 minutes, 27 secondssupplied to good vegetable fuel which naturally vibrates at a much higher rate than mineral the furnest would be in danger

5:365 minutes, 36 secondsof Destruction because of the intensity of the heat generated a similar process takes place

5:445 minutes, 44 secondswithin the body which is the Temple of the spirit this is the flame which Kindles the inner fire and generates the

5:535 minutes, 53 secondsspiritual product which passes outwards from all warm-blooded creatures as he heat radiates from a stove coldblooded

6:026 minutes, 2 secondscreatures are so low in the scale of evolution that they have as yet no life within themselves but are worked upon by

6:116 minutes, 11 secondsthe group Spirit from without entirely and it is the group Spirit which generates the lifegiving currents

6:196 minutes, 19 secondsresponsible for the animation in these creatures these currents pass inwards to sustain the nation life until it shall

6:286 minutes, 28 secondsbe able to respond and begin to send currents outward from itself now these radiant lines of force

6:386 minutes, 38 secondsemanating invisibly to the physical sight from our dense bodies are our Aura

6:456 minutes, 45 secondsas already stated and while the color of each individual's Aura differs from that of all other individuals there is

6:546 minutes, 54 secondsnevertheless a basic or ground color showing its status and the scale of

7:017 minutes, 1 secondevolution now before you get carried away with this especially if you're a new listener and have never heard anything about any of this

7:097 minutes, 9 secondsbefore I'm going to tell you that every single bit of it is absolute total

7:177 minutes, 17 secondscrap as no basis in science cannot be proven by anyone it is in fact another

7:267 minutes, 26 secondsreligion hidden behind the veil practiced in temples that have no

7:337 minutes, 33 secondswindows called The Mysteries now if you wish to believe in all of this that is your right and being

7:427 minutes, 42 secondsa constitution I certainly would support your right to do that in fact would be willing to give my life in defense of

7:507 minutes, 50 secondsthat right where you go wrong is when you try

7:577 minutes, 57 secondsto manipulate others with these religions whatever the religion is when you

8:058 minutes, 5 secondsattempt through lies deceit and manipulation to cause others to further

8:148 minutes, 14 secondsan agenda which is not apparent to them and if it

8:218 minutes, 21 secondswere they would not participate would not back that agenda in fact might turn

8:298 minutes, 29 secondsupon you Liberty is the process wherein each

8:388 minutes, 38 secondsindividual lives his or her life to the fullest doing whatever they

8:488 minutes, 48 secondswill as long as they never injure the person or the property of any other human

8:578 minutes, 57 secondsbeing and that's where I part

9:049 minutes, 4 secondscompany with all of the people in the world who believe that they have to shove their beliefs their ideas their agendas their plans their hopes for the

9:139 minutes, 13 secondsfuture down everyone else's throat the world is being lied to

9:249 minutes, 24 secondstoday most people are living in a state of deception fantasy if you will they're

9:319 minutes, 31 secondsbeing manipulated toward a

9:399 minutes, 39 secondsworld which in reality will bear no

9:459 minutes, 45 secondsresemblance to the myth that is being perpetrated about that future world and it doesn't

9:549 minutes, 54 secondstake too much intelligence to figure that out once you get past the veil of fantasy the deception the

10:0310 minutes, 3 secondsshimmering mirror wherein you look in and see yourself looking back and you just look so good to yourself that you

10:1110 minutes, 11 secondsdon't want to walk away from that mirror or hit it with a hammer and see what's on the other side the

10:1910 minutes, 19 secondsreality most people went to Disneyland and never came out the park is closed their e ticket

10:2610 minutes, 26 secondsdoesn't work the rides are not spinning around and yet they still walk around and stroll and enjoy the

10:4410 minutes, 44 secondsfantasy so now that I've served that warning on the new listeners let me

10:5010 minutes, 50 secondscontinue opening your eyes for that is what this broadcast is all

10:5810 minutes, 58 secondsabout in the lower

11:0611 minutes, 6 secondsraces this ground color is a dull red like the color of a slow burning fire

11:1211 minutes, 12 secondsindicating their passionate emotional nature remember Star Trek remember Dr

11:2011 minutes, 20 secondsSpock Spock was the most evolved of all of the creatures aboard the Starship Enterprise and he operated from a pure

11:2911 minutes, 29 secondslevel of intellect he did not understand emotion or love or

11:3711 minutes, 37 secondspassion Kirk was sort of the bridge between the other people on the Starship who were swayed by their emotions their

11:4611 minutes, 46 secondspassions and occasionally even he was but he could understand the intellectual and the

11:5311 minutes, 53 secondsemotional and he represented

12:0212 minutes, 2 secondsthis age Spock represents the

12:1112 minutes, 11 secondsfuture in the lower races this ground colors a dull red like the color of a slow burning fire indicating their

12:2012 minutes, 20 secondspassionate emotional nature when we examine people upon a somewhat higher rung of the latter of

12:2812 minutes, 28 secondsevolution the basic color or vibration radiated by them is seen to be of an orange Hue the yellow of

12:3612 minutes, 36 secondsintellect mixed with the red of Passion by the spiritual alemy unconsciously performed by them as they

12:4612 minutes, 46 secondstravel along the path of progress and learn to make their emotions subservient to mind any measure through many

12:5412 minutes, 54 secondsexperiences in the School of Life they are gradually freeing the themselves from bondage to the Marshal Lucifer

13:0313 minutes, 3 secondsspirits and the war god Jehovah whose colors are scarlet and

13:0913 minutes, 9 secondsred also by obeying consciously or unconsciously the unifying altruistic

13:1713 minutes, 17 secondsChrist Spirit whose vibrations produce a yellow color which is thus mingling with the red and will gradually obliterate it

13:2613 minutes, 26 secondsthe golden orial painting by the artists gifted with spiritual sight around holy

13:3313 minutes, 33 secondsmen is a physical representation of a spiritual promise which applies to humanity as a whole though it has only

13:4213 minutes, 42 secondsbeen realized by a few who are called Saints after lives of battle with their

13:5013 minutes, 50 secondspassions after patient persistence in well-doing high aspirations and steadfast adherence

13:5813 minutes, 58 secondsto lofty purposes these people have raised themselves above the red Ray and are now

14:0514 minutes, 5 secondsentirely imbued with the golden Christ Ray and its vibration now folks this is one of the

14:1314 minutes, 13 secondsreasons why those who belong to this secret religion can legitimately claim that

14:2214 minutes, 22 secondsthey believe in Christ they do but not the Christ

14:3014 minutes, 30 secondsthat most Christians believe in he said they believe that Christ is

14:3714 minutes, 37 secondsan office it is a state of mind and a state of the Perfection of the Soul

14:4314 minutes, 43 secondsbrought about by aliny the changing of Base metal iron are lead into pure

14:5214 minutes, 52 secondsgold has nothing to do with Jesus Christ and when they talk about the return of Christ they are not talking about Jesus

14:5914 minutes, 59 secondsChrist coming back and walking amongst us upon this Earth they are talking about the return

15:0715 minutes, 7 secondsof what was once called or known as the Golden Age where Wars cease to be and everyone

15:1715 minutes, 17 secondsis politically correct and they are all imbued with the golden Christ Ray and its vibration in

15:2615 minutes, 26 secondsother words ladies and gentlemen when man becomes God are you beginning to get the

15:3415 minutes, 34 secondspicture this spiritual fact has been embodied by medieval artists gifted with spiritual sight in their pictures of

15:4215 minutes, 42 secondssaints whom they represent as surrounded by a golden orial indicating their emancipation from the power of the

15:5015 minutes, 50 secondsLucifer spirits of Mars who are the fallen angels as well as from Jehovah and his angels

15:5915 minutes, 59 secondswho belong to an earlier stage of evolution earlier than Lucifer and are the warders of national and race

16:0816 minutes, 8 secondsreligions do you hear that that is a political statement condemning the followers of the Christian religion and

16:1616 minutes, 16 secondsof Jehovah and his angels Michael for

16:2616 minutes, 26 secondsone because they're the wers of national and race religions both of which have become Politically Incorrect and will

16:3316 minutes, 33 secondsnot be allowed in the New World Order nationalism will be a form of mental illness Patriots will be said to

16:4216 minutes, 42 secondsbe suffering from a psychosis and race religions which declare that it is a

16:5016 minutes, 50 secondssuperior race or a race that has a covenant with God or a race that is God's chosen people or a race that is

16:5816 minutes, 58 secondsthe the true Israel are scheduled for extinction ladies and gentlemen I told you this over and over again and that's

17:0417 minutes, 4 secondswhy you are wrong about the Jews yes there are many Jews involved in

17:1217 minutes, 12 secondsthis but they are not of the religion of Judaism they are secular humanists who believe that through the Perfection of

17:1917 minutes, 19 secondsthe intellect man himself will become God they belong to a secret brother hood

17:2917 minutes, 29 secondsthat practiced this ancient mystery religion of the Christos the Perfection of the

17:3617 minutes, 36 secondssoul and this religion existed long before Jesus Christ was ever

17:4517 minutes, 45 secondsborn George Bush belongs to this religion Jerry Farwell belongs to this

17:5617 minutes, 56 secondsreligion Bill Clinton belongs to this religion and I can go on and on and on

18:0218 minutes, 2 secondsthis religion is the mother of socialism the father of

18:1018 minutes, 10 secondsCommunism this religion gave birth to Adolf Hitler that is why I

18:2118 minutes, 21 secondsknow that if we do not successfully combat this lie

18:2918 minutes, 29 secondsman will go backwards in his Evolution into another form of slavery just like he has always lived in

18:3818 minutes, 38 secondsthroughout the history of the world the founder of this religion is

18:4818 minutes, 48 secondsLucifer Satan whether you believe in Lucifer or Satan or

18:5518 minutes, 55 secondsnot his followers are called the Magi the Magi are the practicers of the

19:0419 minutes, 4 secondsart of deception illusion remember this Fallen Angel was the

19:1419 minutes, 14 secondsfather of Lies well it is true and it is being

19:2019 minutes, 20 secondspracticed even in this modern day and age they cannot tell the truth they will

19:2819 minutes, 28 secondsnot tell the truth they lie and deceive and manipulate because their world that they wish to bring into being would not

19:3819 minutes, 38 secondsbe accepted by the majority of the people on this Earth they would rise up and Destroy

19:4519 minutes, 45 secondsthem you see if what they were trying to bring about were good they would not have to lie about it

19:5419 minutes, 54 secondsthey would not have to deceive they would not have to manipulate not at

20:0420 minutes, 4 secondsall even their religion is a lie everything that they do is a

20:1220 minutes, 12 secondslie they are the philosophers of fire they believe that all things are renewed in nature by

20:2020 minutes, 20 secondsfire they burn their enemies to make sure that all of the past is erased from their spiritual memory so that when they

20:2920 minutes, 29 secondscome back in a reincarnated body they will not be their enemies

20:3720 minutes, 37 secondsstill maybe that will help you to understand some recent events that if you're a student of

20:4620 minutes, 46 secondsHistory an awful lot of events throughout the history of the

20:5620 minutes, 56 secondsworld the Lucifer Spirits find expression in the iron in our blood iron is a Mars

21:0321 minutes, 3 secondsmetal difficult to start into high vibration so difficult that it takes many lives of great effort to change the

21:1121 minutes, 11 secondsproduct of its combustion to the golden color which designates the saint when that has been achieved the greatest feat

21:1821 minutes, 18 secondsof alchemy has been performed the base metal has been changed to Gold the wonderful alloy of the molten

21:2721 minutes, 27 secondssea has been made from the dro of the Earth all that then remains is to pull the plugs and pour

21:3521 minutes, 35 secondsit the natural golden color is the Christ Ray finding its emical expression in the oxygen a solar

21:4521 minutes, 45 secondselement and as we advance upon the path of evolution towards Universal Brotherhood Universal Brotherhood

21:5321 minutes, 53 secondsUniversal Brotherhood even those who are not professedly religious acquire a tinge of gold in their auras

22:0222 minutes, 2 secondsdue to the high altruistic impulses common to the West Paul speaks

22:0822 minutes, 8 secondsof this as quote Christ being formed in you end

22:1722 minutes, 17 secondsquote Paul was a member of this secret religion and if you really understand the symbology of the Mysteries and read

22:2522 minutes, 25 secondsthe words of Paul in the Bible you will see that he did not have any knowledge whatsoever of a crucified

22:3422 minutes, 34 secondsChrist as you know the crucified Christ upon the cross with a spear stuck in his

22:4022 minutes, 40 secondsside bleeding from wounds of nails through his hands and

22:4722 minutes, 47 secondsfeet having been whipped the crown of thorns upon his

22:5522 minutes, 55 secondshead thirsty hanging in the sunlight no Paul's Christ was a

23:0423 minutes, 4 secondsdifferent Christ of which you have no knowledge Paul speaks of this as quote

23:1123 minutes, 11 secondsChrist being formed in you end quote for when we have learned to mix the alloy by spiritual

23:2123 minutes, 21 secondslives then we vibrate to the same pitch as he we are Christ like ready as said

23:3023 minutes, 30 secondsto pull the plugs of the crucibles and to pour the molten Sea Christ was liberated on the cross

23:3723 minutes, 37 secondsthrough spiritual centers located where the nails are said to have been driven and elsewhere and one who has prepared

23:4523 minutes, 45 secondsthe molten sea is also instructed by the teacher how to pull the plugs and soar into the higher spheres

23:5523 minutes, 55 secondsare as the Masonic saying is to quote travel in foreign countries end quote

24:0224 minutes, 2 secondsand that is the true source of the term quote fellow traveler end

24:1024 minutes, 10 secondsquote this is in harmony with the dictum of Christ that to become his disciple

24:1624 minutes, 16 secondsone must leave father and mother that is one of the hard sayings

24:2424 minutes, 24 secondsof the gospel and generally misunderstood because it is Tak to refer to our physical father and mother in the

24:3024 minutes, 30 secondspresent life whereas in the esoteric or the Masonic point of view something very different is

24:3824 minutes, 38 secondsintended if you are of the philosophers of Fire or the sons of Cain you are to leave your father Lucifer and if you are

24:4824 minutes, 48 secondsof the Waters of Faith the sons of Seth or

24:5524 minutes, 55 secondsAdam you are to leave your father Jehovah that you have known as God which is also Jesus

25:0625 minutes, 6 secondsChrist to get the idea let us once more call to mind that the Lucifer Spirits by the introduction of iron into the system

25:1425 minutes, 14 secondsmade it possible for the human ego to become an indwelling Spirit but continued oxygenation of the

25:2125 minutes, 21 secondsblood renders the body undesirable as a habitation in time and death ensues

25:2925 minutes, 29 secondstherefore though the Lucifer Spirits helped us into the body they're also truly the angels of death and the

25:3725 minutes, 37 secondsprogeny of samel and Eve are subject thereto as well as the children begotten

25:4325 minutes, 43 secondsby her and Adam for all our flesh and for those of you who were not listening at the beginning of this

25:5025 minutes, 50 secondsseries samel is Satan Lucifer who they say mated with Eve and

25:5825 minutes, 58 secondsbore the child named Cain all who stem from that Union or the

26:0526 minutes, 5 secondssons of Cain the philosophers of fire of the material world whose God is

26:1326 minutes, 13 secondsLucifer their father is Lucifer all of those who sprang from the

26:2026 minutes, 20 secondsrelationship between Adam and Eve are the sons of Adam the sons of Jehovah

26:2826 minutes, 28 secondsthey are of the Waters of Faith the sun they say Su n not s o n is

26:3826 minutes, 38 secondsthe center of life and rules the lifegiving gas we know as oxygen which coalesces with the Marshal iron

26:4526 minutes, 45 secondstherefore Christ the lord of the sun is also the Lord of life and if you understand the ancient Mysteries and the

26:5326 minutes, 53 secondsold religion of sun worship this will make sense to you for Christ ladies and

27:0227 minutes, 2 secondsgentlemen is none other than tamuz in their religion is none other than Horus

27:1027 minutes, 10 secondsin their religion you see and when by spiritual Alchemy as has

27:2027 minutes, 20 secondsbeen explained we become like him we are Immortal and thus we leave our father Samuel and our mother Eve and death has

27:3027 minutes, 30 secondsno more dominion over us and that was the promise of Lucifer in the Garden of

27:3727 minutes, 37 secondsEden that god Jehovah was lying to Adam and Eve that they should eat of the fruit of

27:4527 minutes, 45 secondsthe tree of knowledge of Good and Evil and if they did they would not surely

27:5127 minutes, 51 secondsdie but would become as God

28:0128 minutes, 1 secondnow that does not mean that death may not happen to the body of such people they say but the body is entirely under

28:0828 minutes, 8 secondstheir control and a body used by such people usually lasts for many hundreds of years unless it becomes expedient to

28:1728 minutes, 17 secondstake another one and this is another lie then by the same process of spiritual Alchemy they are able to

28:2428 minutes, 24 secondscreate an adult body for them El and to leave the old body which they

28:3228 minutes, 32 secondsdesire to discard for the new one which they have made previously and fitted to serve their

28:4028 minutes, 40 secondspurpose I will return the question will now probably arise in the listener's

28:4628 minutes, 46 secondsmind how can an initiate create such a new adult

28:5328 minutes, 53 secondsbody ready to wear before he relinquish is his old one Pierre Cardin would like to know the

29:0229 minutes, 2 secondsanswer to that one the answer to this question according to the Mysteries and the Freemasons involves an understanding of

29:1129 minutes, 11 secondsthe law of assimilation but it should be said in the first place that no one who has just become aware of the spiritual world and

29:2029 minutes, 20 secondsperhaps learned to function in the so body only recently is capable of Performing this feat that's how they

29:2729 minutes, 27 secondscover their butts folks because uh you never ever learn to perform that feat

29:3429 minutes, 34 secondsbut by the time you discover that fact you have been initiated into the highest levels and you understand what it's really all about anyway for the only

29:4429 minutes, 44 secondsreal secret concealed at the highest levels of all of these so-called fraternal organizations mystery

29:5029 minutes, 50 secondsreligions Etc is how to to control other people by

30:0030 minutesdangling the promise of a secret that does not exist in front of their eyes until they learn how to dangle that

30:0730 minutes, 7 secondssecret and become one of the Illuminati or the leaders in this

30:1330 minutes, 13 secondsscam because that's exactly what it is a

30:2230 minutes, 22 secondsscam according to them this requires a vastly more Spiritual Development and only those who are very high in the

30:3030 minutes, 30 secondsscale of initiation at our present time are able to perform the feet good luck the method is however

30:3930 minutes, 39 secondssaid said to be as follows when food is taken into the body of anyone be he Adept or ignoramus the

30:4930 minutes, 49 secondslaw of assimilation is that he must first overpower each particle and conform it to himself he must subdue and

30:5830 minutes, 58 secondsconquer the individual cell life before it can become part of his body when this has been done the cell will stay with

31:0531 minutes, 5 secondshim for a longer or a shorter time according to the Constitution and place in evolution of the life that dwells

31:1331 minutes, 13 secondswithin it the cell composed of tissue that has once been Incorporated in an animal body and interpenetrated by a

31:2331 minutes, 23 secondsdesire body has the most evolved cell life therefore this life quickly reasserts itself and leaves the body

31:3231 minutes, 32 secondsinto which it has been temporarily assimilated hence one who lives upon a flesh diet must replenish his food

31:4031 minutes, 40 secondssupply very often such material would therefore be unsuitable for the purpose of building a body that has to wait for

31:4831 minutes, 48 secondssome time before the Adept enters it food consisting of vegetables fruits and nuts particularly when these are ripe

31:5731 minutes, 57 secondsand fresh is interpenetrated by a great deal of The Ether which composes the vital body of the plant these are much

32:0532 minutes, 5 secondseasier to subdue and to incorporate into the poity of the body also they stay much longer there before the individual

32:1332 minutes, 13 secondscell life can assert itself therefore the Adept who wishes to build a body ready to wear before he leaves the old

32:2032 minutes, 20 secondsone naturally builds it of fresh vegetables fruits and nuts taking them into the body which he uses daily where

32:2832 minutes, 28 secondsthey become subjected to his will a part of himself now folks if you read my book

32:3532 minutes, 35 secondsyou know that I predicted in my book and before I wrote the book in my lectures that the meat business would be driven

32:4232 minutes, 42 secondsout of business the cattle industry would be destroyed vegetarianism would be promoted and

32:5032 minutes, 50 secondswould Prevail what did you expect from the sons of Kain remember shaine looked at the field and

32:5832 minutes, 58 secondswas not satisfied with the sheet of grass growing in the field and so he killed the field and doubled the

33:0533 minutes, 5 secondsproduction of grass Abel on the other

33:1333 minutes, 13 secondshand did as he was instructed by his God and tended the beasts of the field and when the offerings were made

33:2233 minutes, 22 secondsGod was not satisfied with Cain's offering rejected it and so Cain and a jealous fit of rage killed Abel and that was the first

33:3133 minutes, 31 secondsmurder acted out by the monkeys in

33:4533 minutes, 45 seconds2001 I'm not saying that it's all right I'm not saying that it's wrong I'm saying it is what it is and that is what these people believe and that's what a

33:5233 minutes, 52 secondslot of you believe I know that the so body of such a man is naturally very large and Powerful he

33:5933 minutes, 59 secondsseparates a part of that and makes a mold or Matrix into which he may build each day physical particles

34:0634 minutes, 6 secondsSuperfluous to the nourishment of the body he is using thus by degrees having assimilated a considerable surplus of

34:1434 minutes, 14 secondsnew material he may also draw upon the vehicle he is wearing for material that can be incorporated in the new

34:2434 minutes, 24 secondsbody so in the course of some time he gradually transmutes one body into the other and when the point is reached

34:3334 minutes, 33 secondswhere emaciation of the old body would be observable to the outside world and caused comment he would have balanced

34:4134 minutes, 41 secondsmatters so that the new body is ready to wear and he can then step out of the old into the

34:4834 minutes, 48 secondsnew absolute total in case you haven't figured it out yet

34:5534 minutes, 55 secondsfolks but he does not do that merely for the purpose of living in the same Community it is possible for him by reason of his

35:0435 minutes, 4 secondsgreat knowledge to use the same body for many centuries in such a manner that it would still seem young for there is no

35:1235 minutes, 12 secondswhere and tear upon it such as we ordinary Mortals caused by our passions emotions

35:1935 minutes, 19 secondsand desires they're talking about sexual intercourse but when he does create a new body it is always as far as the

35:2735 minutes, 27 secondswriter knows for the purpose of leaving the environment in which he is at that time and taking up his work in a new

35:3635 minutes, 36 secondsplace it is by reason of this fact that we hear of men like cagliostro St

35:4635 minutes, 46 secondsgerain and others who one day they say appeared in

35:5435 minutes, 54 secondsa certain environment took up an important work and then disappeared nobody knew whence they had come or

36:0136 minutes, 1 secondwhether they had gone but everybody that knew these people was ready to testify to their remarkable qualities whether for the purpose of vilification or

36:1036 minutes, 10 secondspraise this transition of the Adept from the Dominion of death to the realm of

36:1936 minutes, 19 secondsimmortality was foreshadowed in the daring leap of hyam abith the grand Master Workman of

36:2836 minutes, 28 secondsSolomon's Temple into the sething sea of molten metal and his Passage through the nine arc-like strata of the earth which

36:3736 minutes, 37 secondsformed the path of initiation also in the baptism of Jesus and the subsequent descent from galtha

36:4436 minutes, 44 secondsinto the Subterranean region where his vital body is still kept awaiting the day of final ESS of the Christ Spirit at

36:5336 minutes, 53 secondsthe second Advent and that is exactly the same story in the Egyptian religion of the

37:0237 minutes, 2 secondsosirian cycle let me substitute something

37:1437 minutes, 14 secondshere also in the baptism of Osiris and the subsequent

37:2237 minutes, 22 secondsdescent from the throne into the Subterranean region where his vital body is still kept awaiting the day of final

37:3137 minutes, 31 secondsegress of the child Horus at the next

37:3737 minutes, 37 secondssunrise now do you understand in our

37:4637 minutes, 46 secondsnext hour of Revelation which will not be tomorrow night have something else in store for

37:5337 minutes, 53 secondsyou for tomorrow night we shall follow hyam ath along this path of initiation to the embodiment he wore at

38:0238 minutes, 2 secondsthe time of Christ's appearance upon the Earth showing where and how he received the new initiation for ladies and gentlemen in

38:1138 minutes, 11 secondsthe Masonic temple hyam abys is Jesus Christ how about

38:1938 minutes, 19 secondsthat isn't this interesting I'm going to give you

38:2938 minutes, 29 secondsa few little

38:4238 minutes, 42 secondsRevelations maybe I shouldn't I am way beyond the capability

38:4938 minutes, 49 secondsof many of you having the ability to understand

38:5638 minutes, 56 secondswhat in the world I'm even talking about and I've got to tell you folks I

39:0439 minutes, 4 secondsam absolutely amazed that I have come this far with all of this with as many of

39:1239 minutes, 12 secondsyou as at least profess have been able to keep up with

39:2039 minutes, 20 secondsit I am at times dumbfounded because it is extremely

39:2739 minutes, 27 secondsdifficult and it is extremely difficult to look yourself in the mirror and admit that you have been

39:3639 minutes, 36 secondsdeceived and at least part of the deception was your own doing that you have been stupid apathetic

39:4339 minutes, 43 secondsignorant and it's difficult to come to the realization that you have to be able to do that in order to change your life

39:5139 minutes, 51 secondsand go on into the future living in the light of Truth rather than in the darkness of the

40:0240 minutes, 2 secondsLIE the Magi the priests of the great lie the priests of deception who

40:1240 minutes, 12 secondspractice the art of magic and that is what magic is Magic is the ability to perpetrate

40:2340 minutes, 23 secondsthe LIE to create the illusion and make people believe

40:2940 minutes, 29 secondsit to hold up one hand with a flourish and All Eyes in the

40:3740 minutes, 37 secondscrowd follow that hand while with the other hand you let loose the dove who flies

40:4340 minutes, 43 secondsout of the sleeve of the upraised arm we are living

40:5440 minutes, 54 secondslives steeped in deception Shakespeare was right when he

41:0441 minutes, 4 secondssaid all the world is a stage and we are but actors upon it absolutely correct he

41:1341 minutes, 13 secondsunderstood and there are some that say that the reason that he understood and the reason for the greatness of his

41:2041 minutes, 20 secondsplace which are all built around the Mysteries and have hidden layer upon layer of symbols and hidden

41:3041 minutes, 30 secondsmeanings was actually written by Sir Francis Bacon who also

41:3641 minutes, 36 secondswrote a book called the new Atlantis which was all about the New

41:4441 minutes, 44 secondsWorld Order you see it's been in process of planning for many many years

41:5241 minutes, 52 secondscenturies maybe thousands of years who knows we can trace the line of this hidden religion all the way back to the

41:5941 minutes, 59 secondsbeginning of recorded history Prometheus the

42:0842 minutes, 8 secondsmessenger who gave man the gift of fire is another name of

42:2042 minutes, 20 secondsLucifer remember Christ said that he saw Lucifer flung Out of Heaven

42:2842 minutes, 28 secondsas Lightning can you imagine in ancient

42:3542 minutes, 35 secondstimes a man naked cold standing afraid in the

42:4542 minutes, 45 secondsdarkness while all around him beasts of prey roamed and he didn't know from one second to the next if he would be eaten

42:5342 minutes, 53 secondsor if he would be spared to see the sun rise his

43:0243 minutes, 2 secondssavior the God of Light the bright and Morning

43:1243 minutes, 12 secondsStar and at noon thankful for the Warm Rays and the light by which he could use to protect

43:2043 minutes, 20 secondshimself and continue to live he performed a Living Sacrifice

43:2643 minutes, 26 secondson a rock or a pile of rocks under a tree in a

43:3543 minutes, 35 secondsGrove and then the sun began to die and man lamented the

43:4543 minutes, 45 secondspassing of his master and had to confront the Prince of

43:5443 minutes, 54 secondsDarkness once more

44:0944 minutes, 9 secondsand once again as he sat huddled in the cold of night afraid he

44:1744 minutes, 17 secondswaited for the Son of God to return with the Golden

44:2544 minutes, 25 secondsDawn in the early days of this broadcast I

44:3244 minutes, 32 secondsdid a series of 41

44:3844 minutes, 38 secondshours of broadcasts entitled the mystery series and what you're hearing tonight and what you've heard the

44:4744 minutes, 47 secondslast I don't know week and a half or two weeks off and on is just an extension of that series which included a tape with

44:5644 minutes, 56 secondsno narration on it of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas to

45:0345 minutes, 3 secondsshow you how all of the symbology exists around you and you don't even recognize it for what it

45:1245 minutes, 12 secondsis if you stand on the entertainment level inside the Luxor Hotel you'll see a giant Obelisk the gener force the phis

45:2145 minutes, 21 secondsof Osiris the Washington Monument and if you look straight up on the

45:3045 minutes, 30 secondsinside of the pyramid you will see a gigantic X which is the four elevator shafts that go up to

45:3845 minutes, 38 secondsthe apex of the pyramid the X in the Mysteries is the

45:4545 minutes, 45 secondssymbol of man the symbol of the illumined man is

45:5345 minutes, 53 secondsthe X with an

45:5945 minutes, 59 secondsi through the center of it letter I if you stand there long enough and

46:0946 minutes, 9 secondswatch the tip of this obelisk in the Luxor Hotel you will see this brought to

46:1546 minutes, 15 secondsbear as a shaft of green laser light and remember green remember green you're going to see

46:2346 minutes, 23 secondsthat color more and more in the future gorbachov's flag is green the first flag that Columbus planted in the sand when he reached the

46:3246 minutes, 32 secondsnew world was a flag with a green cross the MGM Grand from the air is a gigantic

46:4046 minutes, 40 secondsGreen Cross didn't know that did you a shaft of green laser light shoots

46:5046 minutes, 50 secondsup from the atex of this obelisk into the center of the

46:5946 minutes, 59 secondsX crisscrossing the apex of the pyramid and creates the illumined

47:0647 minutes, 6 secondsman you can see it ladies and gentlemen in the logo of the

47:2447 minutes, 24 secondsluxur I hope you can all awaken and I hope we can make this a

47:3247 minutes, 32 secondsbetter world and I hope we can do away with Wars and with evil and with bad things and bad men and women through

47:4147 minutes, 41 secondstruth that will overcome the lies you see the new world order is going to be a Despicable state it will

47:5047 minutes, 50 secondsnot be ladies and gentlemen what they

47:5747 minutes, 57 secondsportend or what they pretend I should say it portends

48:0448 minutes, 4 secondsevil it will not be the great utopian state of a New Jerusalem or anything like

48:1148 minutes, 11 secondsit for anything that is built upon a lie is still a

48:2148 minutes, 21 secondslie and when the light of Truth is shined upon that lie whatever ever rests upon that foundation will come crashing

48:2848 minutes, 28 secondsdown I can assure you and I hold the

48:3648 minutes, 36 secondsspotlight and I will be the one who shines that light upon that

48:4448 minutes, 44 secondsshaky deceitful Foundation good night ladies and gentlemen and God bless each and every single one of you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m69LwOywXPU

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxVgR7oXwgBkjTsC6U4TYSly5EEiaN_ClK

Setians believe that Set is the one real god and that he has aided humanity by giving them a questioning intellect, the "Black Flame", which distinguishes them from other animal species. Set is held in high esteem as a teacher whose example is to be emulated but he is not worshipped as a deity. Highly individualistic in basis, the Temple promotes the idea that practitioners should seek self-deification and thus attain an immortality of consciousness. Setians believe in the existence of magic as a force which can be manipulated through ritual, however the nature of these rituals is not prescribed by the Temple. Specifically, Aquino described Setian practices as "black magic", a term which he defines idiosyncratically.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Set

AI Overview

While the exact phrase "baleful light" is not found in the Bible, scripture frequently contrasts divine light with baleful (harmful or evil) darkness. The Bible depicts God and Jesus as the "Light of the World" (John 8:12), bringing illumination to a world shadowed by sin, deception, and spiritual darkness. 

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2 Kings 6:18

1599 Geneva Bible

18 So [a]they came down to him, but Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%206%3A18&version=GNV

AI Overview

Elizabeth, Elissa, and Elisha share ancient Hebrew roots related to "God" (el), primarily meaning "God is my oath" (Elizabeth/Elissa) or "God is salvation" (Elisha). Elizabeth (Hebrew: Elisheva) is the origin of many variants, while Elissa also stems from the Phoenician queen of Carthage (Dido), and Elisha is traditionally a masculine Hebrew name. 

Elissa F. Cadish (born August 8, 1964) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Nevada Supreme Court since 2019; she served as the chief justice from 2024 to 2025. She is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elissa_F._Cadish

the priest who comes out, the clergy who comes out with a long robe and, incidentally, 217 the reason why clergy always wear long robes is because it's a female garment, and it represents the feminine connection with God, and that's why clergy wear a long robe. It also has to do with...when the clergy wear the long robe, the judge...when the judge comes out, he wears the same long black robe. It's the same black robe that you wear when you graduate from university or high school. The black robe is a very important symbol. It has to with a very ancient culture called the Saturnalian cult going back into the ancient Sumeric world, the worship of Saturn. Black was a color attributed to Saturn and even today, in Islam, in Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, you have this square of Mecca within the magic circle, within the Masonic circle, and Mecca is black and it's draped in a black robe, and so this is a world fraternity of secret societies that use the same symbols. But let me get back to the government, the courtroom and the church. When you're sitting in a church or, of course, looking up to the altar, and you're looking...the priest is looking down on you [sic]. There was always a fence in the church and then there's a gate, and only the priest could go through the gate to enter the altar. The same thing is true in a court. There is the fence and there's the gate, and only the attorneys can go through, and they're called the Logas (sp?) and they go through and talk to the judge for you and, of course, the judge is sitting three tiers high so he can look down on you, and you look up to him. The same symbols which are used in religion are used in political circles, and I am saying...is my opinion that what we have in America is a religio-political scheme based on a very ancient secret societies [sic] and fraternal orders, and until such time as we understand that concept that things just don't happen

Jordan Maxwell Interview (Note: JM is an infiltrator)

https://viefag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/transcripts-of-william-cooper-s-mystery-babylon-series.pdf

2030–2031 apparition of Saturn

20 Sep 2030  –  Saturn enters retrograde motion

27 Nov 2030  –  Saturn at opposition

01 Feb 2031  –  Saturn ends retrograde motion

A close approach to the Earth

When a planet is at opposition, the solar system is aligned with that planet on the same side of the Sun as the Earth.

The term opposition refers to the moment when a planet passes opposite to the Sun in the sky. For those planets which orbit the Sun at a greater distance than the Earth – like Saturn – this geometry occurs as the two planets pass each other in their orbits and they make closest approach – termed its perigee.

https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20301127_12_100#:~:text=2030%E2%80%932031%20apparition%20of%20Saturn&text=Saturn%20will%20reach%20opposition%20%E2%80%93%20the,%3A41%20and%2006%3A04.

2030: The Year of the Metal Dog

In addition to being associated with a zodiac animal, each new lunar year also aligns with one of the five traditional Chinese elements. These elements are known in Chinese as the 五行 (wǔxíng).

https://studycli.org/chinese-zodiac/year-of-the-dog/

Pope Francis[b] (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio;[c] 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis

Easter in 2030

Date: April 21, 2030

Day: Sunday

2030-2031 APPARITION CHARACTERISTICS

The 2031 Mars apparition is considered Transitional (between Aphelic and Perihelic) because the orbital longitude at opposition will be 68.4° from the aphelion longitude of 70° Ls and 111.6° Ls from perihelion (250° Ls).

https://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/2031_MARS.htm

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (abbr. SDGs).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals

Nova music festival massacre

On 7 October 2023, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian nationalist organization Hamas, initiated a sudden attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_music_festival_massacre

Revelation 16:8

1599 Geneva Bible

8 [a]And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and it was given to him to torment men with heat of fire,

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016%3A8-10&version=GNV

SpaceX Roadster is not a natural celestial object, but rather a man-made object launched by SpaceX in February 2018 as part of the Falcon Heavy test flight. It is a red sports car owned by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and was launched as a demonstration of the Falcon Heavy's capabilities.

https://theskylive.com/roadster-info

416 Finally, those means that are proposed by our holy father Saint Ignatius in Part X of the Constitutions for the preservation and development not only of the body or exterior of the Society but also of its spirit, and for the attainment of the objective it seeks, which is to aid souls to reach their ultimate and supernatural end, [10] are to be observed eagerly and diligently by all, with a truly personal sense of responsibility for its increase and development, for the praise and service of our God and Lord Jesus Christ, and the help of souls.[11]

L. D. S.

The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

https://web.archive.org/web/20200211182223/https://jesuitas.lat/uploads/the-constitutions-of-the-society-of-jesus-and-their-complementary-norms/Constitutions%20and%20Norms%20SJ%20ingls.pdf

JFK | X Outlines a Massive Plot in Dallas | Warner Bros. Rewind

Warner Bros. Rewind

Mar 27, 2025  #KevinCostner #OliverStone #JFK

District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) meets with "X" (Donald Sutherland), a high ranking former military officer at the Lincoln Memorial in D.C. to inform Garrison of how close he's getting in his investigation of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. X's layout of a potential Coup d'état involves Kennedy's plan to withdraw from Vietnam and the collusion of the CIA, Mafia and other government agencies to assassinate the president. 

Oliver Stone's JFK is based on the book "On the Trail of the Assassins" by Jim Garrison.

About JFK (Theatrical Release - December 20, 1991):

Chronicling New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison's investigation into the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, this riveting drama examines assassination theories that still plague the United States with persistent questions, doubts and suspicions about the murder of a charismatic President--an event that changed a nation forever. Based on the books Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs and On the Trail of the Assasins by Jim Garrison.

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Kennedy: The Sacrificed King - Bill Cooper

Bill Cooper

Sep 6, 2021

Kennedy – The Sacrificed King 

Bill reveals the real story behind the secret government/MJ12, hidden technology, the “real” source of drugs, upcoming one world government JFK assassination, UFOs and much much more.

Transcript

0:2525 secondsdallas texas ladies and gentlemen is on the 33rd parallel are the 33rd degree of latitude

0:3232 secondsthis is significant as the highest degree in the scottish rite of freemasonry is the 32nd degree

0:3939 secondsthe 33rd degree is only awarded to those who contribute significantly to the furtherance of the plan or the

0:4646 secondscompletion of the great work the great work being the bringing in to the world of the new

0:5454 secondsworld order the one world totalitarian socialist government ruled by illumined man and the number of

1:021 minute, 2 secondsthat men is 6 6 6.

1:211 minute, 21 secondsthis is deeley plaza and the occult symbolism in dili plaza is overwhelming for those who understand it who have

1:291 minute, 29 secondsstudied it who can recognize it the first thing you will notice is that delhi plaza is in the shape of a truncated pyramid

1:371 minute, 37 secondsthe top is cut off by the railroad overpass in other words the pyramid has no capstone

1:451 minute, 45 secondsyou'll also notice that the large pyramid of dealey plaza is divided into two smaller pyramids by main street running through the center of dele plaza

1:541 minute, 54 secondsmaking three total triangles or pyramids with the three eyes of the pyramid being

2:012 minutes, 1 secondthe three underpasses underneath the railroad overpass so you will notice that there are three

2:092 minutes, 9 secondspyramids and three eyes in the pyramids three and three are six for the first six

2:182 minutes, 18 secondsthe second thing that you will notice are that there are four quarters of a druid or celtic temple of the sun

2:252 minutes, 25 secondsan exact twin of the temple of the sun making up the outer courtyard of the vatican

2:342 minutes, 34 secondsone quarter of the temple representing one of the seasons of the year is on the grassy knoll

2:422 minutes, 42 secondsthe second representing another season of the year is just a little to the right of the

2:482 minutes, 48 secondscenter of the screen another one is just above kennedy's head in the portrait in the right lower

2:572 minutes, 57 secondscorner of your screen the fourth is off the screen and is just below kennedy's portrait on the knoll

3:043 minutes, 4 secondsdirectly opposite the grassy knoll which is so famous in the kennedy assassination lore

3:133 minutes, 13 secondsthis is significant as it indicates a branch of the mystery school of mystery babylon

3:213 minutes, 21 secondswho worshipped the sun or the god that is represented by the sun

3:293 minutes, 29 secondswhich in all cases turns out to be the light or lucifer also known as osiris are raw

3:393 minutes, 39 secondsin all actuality these are just symbols for the intellect they believe that man was held prisoner in the garden of eden by an unjust

3:473 minutes, 47 secondsvindictive and very cruel god in the chains the bonds of ignorance and that man was set free by lucifer through his agent satan

3:563 minutes, 56 secondswith the gift of intellect and through the use of the intellect man himself will become god

4:034 minutes, 3 secondsnow if you look at the quarter section of the temple of the sun just to the right of the center of the screen you will see just to the right of it and

4:114 minutes, 11 secondsoblique the oblique is the symbol of the phallus the missing part of osiris the penis

4:194 minutes, 19 secondsthe lost word of freemasonry and you will see that it almost points

4:264 minutes, 26 secondsdirectly end to the parking garage opening where lee harvey oswald

4:324 minutes, 32 secondswas his himself assassinated now we already have one six symbolized

4:424 minutes, 42 secondsby the three triangles in the three eyes in the three triangles the second six is symbolized by the sixth floor window where supposedly lee

4:514 minutes, 51 secondsharvey oswald fired the fatal three shots in reality he was not even up there and you will see that later on in this

4:594 minutes, 59 secondsdocumentary but now we have two sixes what is the third six we have three shots

5:075 minutes, 7 secondsand three wounds three and three are six so now we have the six six six which is significant

5:155 minutes, 15 secondsit is the number of a man and what is that man it is the illumined man it is the man who will rule the world

5:235 minutes, 23 secondsin the new world order it is those who call themselves the guardians of the secrets of the ages the

5:305 minutes, 30 secondsinitiates the adepts the priests of the mystery school of the ancient religion of babylon

5:385 minutes, 38 secondsnow also significant in this study of d lee plaza

5:455 minutes, 45 secondsis the fact that kennedy was killed on november the 22nd 1963 november is the 11th month at eleven to twenty two and

5:535 minutes, 53 secondsagain you have thirty three the meritorious degree

6:016 minutes, 1 secondawarded only to those who do something significant toward the furtherance of the plan or the

6:086 minutes, 8 secondscompletion of the great work now you should understand that john f

6:186 minutes, 18 secondskennedy was murdered on the anniversary date of pope clement v's papal bull condemning the knights templar to

6:276 minutes, 27 secondstorture by the dominican monks under the inquisition the exact anniversary date for you see

6:356 minutes, 35 secondsthe papal bull was issued on november the 22nd in the year 1307.

6:426 minutes, 42 secondsnow if you subtract the year 1307 from sixty 1963 the answer you get is six six

6:516 minutes, 51 secondssix and folks that is no accident

7:017 minutes, 1 secondyou figure it out now there is much much more of the occult significance connected with dele

7:107 minutes, 10 secondsplaza here but i'm not going to go into it i'll leave that for you to explore and discover for yourself

7:187 minutes, 18 secondsfor when you find out that the knights of malta

7:277 minutes, 27 secondsthe scottish rite of masonry the order of saint john of jerusalem

7:347 minutes, 34 secondsthe ancient order of the rosen cross are all different branches of the knights templar

7:427 minutes, 42 secondsthen you will understand that john f kennedy was assassinated in an outdoor temple of the sun

7:507 minutes, 50 secondsby the night's templar in a combination probably of initiates or adepts or priests of the babylonian

7:587 minutes, 58 secondsmystery school from all of the different branches now controlled by the knights templar at the time of day

8:068 minutes, 6 secondswhen the sun is most high and in the ancient religion it was said

8:158 minutes, 15 secondsthat when the sun was most high he was doing his father's work in the temple the temple being deli plaza his father

8:248 minutes, 24 secondswork was the assassination of john f kennedy now john f kennedy suffered three wounds one in the back one in the throat one in

8:328 minutes, 32 secondsthe head the exact same wound suffered by hiram abif in the masonic initiation

8:408 minutes, 40 secondsinitiation has nothing to do with the master builder of the temple of solomon in actual

8:498 minutes, 49 secondshistory but hiram abif is the representation of jacques de malay it was burned at the stake

8:578 minutes, 57 secondsby the pope and philip v and he was the grand master

9:059 minutes, 5 secondsof the knights templar the three wounds suffered by hiram abiff

9:159 minutes, 15 secondsin the masonic initiation and in reality by jacques de malay represent ignorance superstition and

9:249 minutes, 24 secondsfear which are symbolic of the church the state and the mob the

9:319 minutes, 31 secondsmob of course is us happened in delhi plaza

9:439 minutes, 43 secondswas the carrying out of the revenge of the night's templar upon the church the state and the mob

9:529 minutes, 52 secondsjohn f kennedy is the first and only catholic president in this country

9:589 minutes, 58 secondsa country established and ruled by the knights templar in the personification are in the

10:0810 minutes, 8 secondspublicly known branch of mystery babylon

10:1410 minutes, 14 secondscalled freemasonry john f kennedy was murdered in dealey plaza

10:2310 minutes, 23 secondsby the mystery religion of babylon most likely carried out by members of the intelligence community

10:3210 minutes, 32 secondswho belong to the scottish rite of freemasonry the knights of malta

10:3910 minutes, 39 secondsthe order of saint john of jerusalem the ancient order of the rose and cross and the mormon church

10:4810 minutes, 48 secondsand the mormon church the mormon church ladies and gentlemen is just another branch of mystery

10:5510 minutes, 55 secondsbabylon another branch of freemasonry and that is historical fact

11:0311 minutes, 3 secondsthe intelligence community of the united states of america was set up by a 33rd degree freemason

11:0911 minutes, 9 secondsnamed harry truman who took his advice from bill donovan

11:1811 minutes, 18 secondswho was the head of the oss which was made up solely and completely of knights

11:2611 minutes, 26 secondstemplar william casey was a knight's templar

11:3311 minutes, 33 secondsalan dulles was a knights templar they were also members of the knights of

11:4211 minutes, 42 secondsmalta which is just another branch of the knights templar

11:5111 minutes, 51 secondsthe veil of national security was created so that organizations like the central intelligence agency in the national

11:5911 minutes, 59 secondssecurity agency could be erected for the furtherance of the plan of the completion of the great work the

12:0612 minutes, 6 secondsdestruction of the sovereignty of all nation states the destruction of all religions

12:1412 minutes, 14 secondsputting all peoples into the shackles of slavery and bringing about

12:2312 minutes, 23 secondsthe one world totalitarian socialist state the socialist and the mystery schools

12:3312 minutes, 33 secondsconception of heaven on earth the utopia that will last

12:4212 minutes, 42 secondsfor a thousand years no more wars no more criminals but to do

12:5012 minutes, 50 secondsthat they have to put every single human being on the face of this earth under their control

12:5812 minutes, 58 secondsfor every second of every 24 hours of their life the assassination of john f kennedy

13:0613 minutes, 6 secondsresulted in the destruction of the political will of the people of the united states of america they lost face in their government

13:1613 minutes, 16 secondsand of course it was a great blow to the catholic church

13:2613 minutes, 26 secondsthis is deeley plaza folks this is the dedication of dealey plaza

13:3713 minutes, 37 secondsdedicated to a famous texas freemason named dealey and that is his statue on the top of the

13:4513 minutes, 45 secondsmonument in the background you see the old courthouse john f kennedy came down main street in

13:5413 minutes, 54 secondsthe direction that those cars are traveling and turned right on houston this is the corner of maine in houston

14:0314 minutes, 3 secondsnow for much of this little tour of dealey plaza i'm going to keep quiet and just let you watch and

14:1214 minutes, 12 secondslook directly behind the man walking you can

14:2214 minutes, 22 secondssee a flag over a double garage doorway that is the entrance to the underground parking facility where lee harvey oswald

14:3014 minutes, 30 secondswas assassinated by jack ruby it is on houston street facing directly

14:3714 minutes, 37 secondsinto dealey plaza there you can see the oblique the

14:4814 minutes, 48 secondsrepresentation of the phallus or the penis of osiris are raw and on top there is the flame representing the light or lucifer or the

14:5714 minutes, 57 secondsintellect if you count the stones sitting on the

15:0515 minutes, 5 secondsbase making up this oblique you will notice that there are exactly 14

15:1215 minutes, 12 secondsthe exact number of pieces that osiris was cut into and scattered around the kingdom

15:2015 minutes, 20 secondswhich isis attempted to find and could not find the one part the phallus or the penis the generative force the lost word

15:2915 minutes, 29 secondsof freemasonry you're looking directly at the sixth floor window what you see in the window partly open

15:3715 minutes, 37 secondsis just a box now to the left

15:4415 minutes, 44 secondsof the oblique you can see a portion of one of the four quarters of the temple of the sun

15:5515 minutes, 55 secondsthere's the flame representing the light lucifer the sun the intellect

16:0516 minutes, 5 secondsit is both ironic and extremely cruel that the mystery schools have placed

16:1216 minutes, 12 secondstheir symbol of victory on the grave of john f kennedy the eternal flame

16:2916 minutes, 29 secondsthis is the plaque on the bottom of the oblique and you'll see that it's dedicated to the first

16:3616 minutes, 36 secondsfraternal lodge among other things we checked with the historical society it was a masonic lodge of the scottish

16:4516 minutes, 45 secondsrite as you learned earlier plaza is an

16:5316 minutes, 53 secondsoutdoor temple

17:1117 minutes, 11 secondsyou can see behind the oblique one of the quarters of the temple of the sun the druid or celtic temple also

17:2017 minutes, 20 secondsa symbol of the ancient mystery religion of babylon there you can see the play of light

17:2917 minutes, 29 secondsrepresenting the battle between the forces of light and darkness and for all you looney tunes out there

17:3917 minutes, 39 secondsthose are not ufos that's what you call lens flare the lens of the camera is almost looking into the

17:4717 minutes, 47 secondssun we must have

17:5517 minutes, 55 secondsthe flame taken off of kennedy's grave for his disgrace

18:0818 minutes, 8 secondsit is the symbol of those who assassinated our president

18:1918 minutes, 19 secondsit is the symbol of the sun the light lucifer the intellect now there's nothing wrong with the

18:2618 minutes, 26 secondsintellect or knowledge folks but when it's used as a symbol by these

18:3418 minutes, 34 secondsliars and deceivers and manipulators then it takes on an entirely new meaning

18:4318 minutes, 43 secondsthey believe that we are all nothing but cattle so stupid that we can never put this together we can never decipher the symbology

18:5418 minutes, 54 secondsthat we are just beasts of burden and stakes on the table by choice and consent

19:0219 minutes, 2 secondswell i served notice with this film that some of us are not cattle

19:1219 minutes, 12 secondsthat's the double garage going into the parking facility where lee rb oswald was himself assassinated a patsy a dupe

19:4619 minutes, 46 secondsnow remember if you get bored or dissatisfied or you don't think this is a hollywood production it's because it's not

19:5419 minutes, 54 secondsthis film was made in d lee plaza for researchers was not made to entertain anyone if

20:0120 minutes, 1 secondyou're bored fast forward the film or just turn it off

20:1520 minutes, 15 secondswe're looking across houston and across maine to the old courthouse

20:3520 minutes, 35 secondsand on top of the courthouse we see the symbol of the ancient order of the dragon also known as the order of the snake

20:4320 minutes, 43 secondsthe order the illuminati

20:5320 minutes, 53 secondsi have always been amazed whenever i visit dealey plaza and i see people walking around not realizing where

21:0021 minutesthey're at or the significance of any of the symbolism which surrounds them almost overwhelms

21:1021 minutes, 10 secondshere you see the symbol of osiris our raw reflected

21:1721 minutes, 17 secondsin the pool you will see the same thing in washington dc the oblique is the representation of the sun the light lucifer the intellect

21:2621 minutes, 26 secondsthe oblique is the representation of the sun the light lucifer the intellect the reflecting pool

21:3521 minutes, 35 secondsis the symbol of the moon or the mystery religion the school

21:4221 minutes, 42 secondsosiris is the doctrine isis is the church

21:5321 minutes, 53 secondsand you will see that the moon or the church reflects the pure light of

22:0022 minutesits master the sun or the doctrine

22:1422 minutes, 14 secondsisn't it amazing how different the world looks when you understand the esoteric meaning of the symbols

22:2222 minutes, 22 secondsof those who call themselves the guardians of the secrets of the ages the power behind all the thrones of the world who have been manipulating man

22:3022 minutes, 30 secondsthroughout his history the liars the deceivers the manipulators

22:4122 minutes, 41 secondsthose who claim to be the representation of the real truth those who claim to possess the only

22:4822 minutes, 48 secondsmature minds and thus are the only ones capable of leading the rest of us the cattle the ones who claim that what they do is

22:5722 minutes, 57 secondsin the best interest of all mankind humanity the ones who have the philosophy that

23:0523 minutes, 5 secondsthe means whatever they may be are okay

23:1423 minutes, 14 secondsif the end is good in other words the ends justify the means

23:2223 minutes, 22 secondsif they believe that the end result is in their best interest and they have to kill or murder two billion people to reach their end they

23:3123 minutes, 31 secondswill with a free conscience

23:4023 minutes, 40 secondsi have found the ones that i have met and dealt with in my life to be true sociopaths no conscience

23:4723 minutes, 47 secondsno morals no regrets no feelings no emotion

24:0024 minutesthis is behind the picket fence on the grassy knoll

24:1424 minutes, 14 secondsand i can assure you without reservation that kennedy was not assassinated

24:2124 minutes, 21 secondsby anyone who stood behind this grassy knoll behind this fence for we placed our camera at different

24:2924 minutes, 29 secondspositions and no no assassin would ever choose this location

24:4324 minutes, 43 secondsthat's the railroad tower now we believe that someone did stand on the grassy knoll

24:5224 minutes, 52 secondsand did light off a string of firecrackers or fire blanks from a gun to make people believe that the shots came from the grassy knoll

25:0325 minutes, 3 secondsbut no assassination could have taken place with anyone using a rifle with a scope on it

25:1025 minutes, 10 secondswith a moving target passing from left to right directly in front of them so close

25:2225 minutes, 22 secondsthere were people everywhere on that day and some of the obstructions that

25:3125 minutes, 31 secondsexisted on the day that kennedy was assassinated have been removed

26:1726 minutes, 17 secondswe're now standing directly in the center of the overpass

26:5726 minutes, 57 secondsthis is the view directly up main street kennedy came directly toward us turn

27:0327 minutes, 3 secondsright on houston

27:2027 minutes, 20 secondswe're looking directly up elm street now if we had been on the overpass on that

27:2827 minutes, 28 secondsday kennedy would have come down elm street directly toward us notice the street lights do not follow the road but are instead in the shape

27:3527 minutes, 35 secondsof an exact triangle on all of the columns of the temple of

27:4127 minutes, 41 secondsthe sun you can see the pentagrams this again is the oblique the symbol of the phallus or the penis

27:5027 minutes, 50 secondsof osiris there you see the pentagrams and the columns

28:0428 minutes, 4 secondspentagrams are significant in the mystery schools and in the practice of magic i'll let you go to your library and look

28:1328 minutes, 13 secondsup the meaning or the symbolism of the pentagrams this is one of the buildings where shots

28:2028 minutes, 20 secondscould have been fired from but were not

28:3428 minutes, 34 secondsand of course this is another now notice from the center of the

28:4628 minutes, 46 secondsrailroad overpass to this building behind it they have erected a pyramid

28:5328 minutes, 53 secondsbuilding which is indirectly in line with elm street and the center of the railroad overpass

29:0429 minutes, 4 secondsthe pyramid is the symbol or the most recognizable symbol of the mystery religion

29:1529 minutes, 15 secondsand there's the courthouse with the texas state flag hanging on the pole limp as if left impotent by the events

29:2229 minutes, 22 secondsthat happened on the 22nd of november 1963.

29:3329 minutes, 33 secondsremember the legend that set or typhon chopped osiris into 14 pieces and scattered him about the land

29:4129 minutes, 41 secondsisis grieving went and retrieved the pieces one by one and found all save one the phallus are

29:4829 minutes, 48 secondsthe penis of osiris the generative force the lost word of freemasonry the representation

29:5529 minutes, 55 secondsof the sun the light lucifer remember also

30:0430 minutes, 4 secondsthat she created his phallus made a penis of gold and replaced

30:1230 minutes, 12 secondsreplaced osiris on the altar of the mystery school with the golden penis and that is what you will always find on

30:2030 minutes, 20 secondsthe altar of the mystery schools and the dismantling of old christian cathedrals and churches in europe

30:2930 minutes, 29 secondsthey have found concealed within the altar where the congregation and the priests did not know or could not see

30:3830 minutes, 38 secondsstone phalluses are penises mocking the christian religion and while christians were

30:4530 minutes, 45 secondskneeling before the altar they were kneeling before the phallus or the penis of osiris

30:5430 minutes, 54 secondsthese men are the greatest liars and deceivers and manipulators in the history of the world and while they profess benevolence

31:0531 minutes, 5 secondsthey are creators of the greatest malevolence that the world has ever known

31:1431 minutes, 14 secondsnow remember this story and remember the significance of the penis for when jim garrison arrested clay shaw

31:2231 minutes, 22 secondsand they searched his home this is what they found

31:3031 minutes, 30 secondsthey were marble statues of penises on his dresser

32:2032 minutes, 20 secondsfolks i want your journey here to be one of self-discovery so i'm going to show you two examples of how the film has been manipulated look above william greer's left shoulder he's the driver

32:2832 minutes, 28 secondsyou'll see where the emulsion has been scraped off the film all the way up into the grass you can see where we've drawn a red line to show you this they're either hiding

32:3632 minutes, 36 secondswhat really happened or they scraped the emulsion off to make it look like something happened that maybe did not the same on the top of roy kellerman's

32:4432 minutes, 44 secondshead the passenger in the driver's seat it appears that he has a bright reflection on top of his head dark black hair with a reflection

32:5332 minutes, 53 secondsbrighter than the chrome on the windshield well we've drawn a line when we put this on the computer to show you the real contour of roy kellerman's head

33:0233 minutes, 2 secondsagain the emulsion has been scraped completely off the film either to hide the barrel of a gun or else to make us believe that a gun

33:1033 minutes, 10 secondsbarrel is there i don't know the answer but this proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that this film has been severely tampered with and there are many other

33:1833 minutes, 18 secondsinstances i want you to locate them on your own i will show you where it appears that a bullet goes through the windshield

33:3833 minutes, 38 secondswhat we've done here folks is put this on a special editing machine that can bring a close-up of any portion

33:4633 minutes, 46 secondsof the film that we wish first you're going to see the driver and the passenger in the front seat the two secret service agents

33:5533 minutes, 55 secondsroy kellerman and william greer who are the two secret service agents in the front

34:0234 minutes, 2 secondsseat of the car william greer is driving now i'm not going to say anything i want you to watch and i want you

34:1134 minutes, 11 secondsto learn how to see how this film has been doctored and manipulated in ways that we've never seen before and folks we didn't do it

34:1834 minutes, 18 secondsthis was either done by abraham's uprooter or it was done by the intelligence community at the national photographic laboratory in washington dc

34:2734 minutes, 27 secondsor it was done by the corporation known as time life now time warner i don't know who did it but this film

34:3634 minutes, 36 secondsproves beyond any shadow of a doubt conspiracy beyond any doubt and it does it better than anything else

34:4634 minutes, 46 secondsany other evidence that there is so pay close attention and this will blow your mind now you're

34:5534 minutes, 55 secondsgoing to see it bouncing a little bit every time it changes frames you'll see the frame bounce that's so you'll know that it's a new frame

35:0335 minutes, 3 secondsand it's also the way the rank sintel did it this is right off the film folks

35:2035 minutes, 20 secondsnow those little jitters are not the frame change this is a frame change every time you see that it will show that you are looking at a new frame

35:2935 minutes, 29 secondsif you want to examine it further if you have a forehead guitar or guitar a forehead vcr

35:3635 minutes, 36 secondsyou can put it in the pause or still mode and you should be able to get a crystal clear beautiful frame

36:2036 minutes, 20 secondsnow i've slowed it down substantially so that you'll have a longer period of time to look at each frame

36:2936 minutes, 29 secondsagain if you want to look at one particular frame for a longer period of time then please put your tape

36:3836 minutes, 38 secondsin a forehead vcr with a flying erase head and put it on still

36:4636 minutes, 46 secondsand you should get a crystal clear picture that you can look at for as long as you want now remember the larger the screen the

36:5436 minutes, 54 secondsbetter you're going to be able to see the detail and what is really happening inside the front seat

37:0237 minutes, 2 secondsof the president's limousine now once more i want to remind you this

37:1037 minutes, 10 secondsfilm has been extensively altered if you have sharp eyes common sense and a good brain

37:1737 minutes, 17 secondsyou can spot these alterations yourself and i'm going to refrain from showing them to you are pointing them out i've

37:2437 minutes, 24 secondsalready given you two examples the reason for that is i don't want anybody to say that i corrupted your

37:3137 minutes, 31 secondsmind or that i made you believe that something is there or something is not there

37:4037 minutes, 40 secondswhen maybe you wouldn't have believed that yourself so it's up to you to see what you see and it's up to you to find the places

37:4737 minutes, 47 secondswhere this film has been altered in a subsequent documentary

37:5437 minutes, 54 secondsi will supply the exact points where the film has been altered but for now this is your journey of discovery and i

38:0438 minutes, 4 secondshope you have just as much fun as i did if you have access to a video toaster

38:1238 minutes, 12 secondsyou can put this videotape on the video toaster blow it up and examine it pixel by pixel

38:2038 minutes, 20 secondsyou will be amazed at what you see

38:5138 minutes, 51 secondsi do want to point one thing out to you that it would take a truckload of brill cream or axle grease

38:5838 minutes, 58 secondsto make a reflection off of black hair our dark blue suit our dark gray suit

39:0739 minutes, 7 secondsthat has a luminance brighter than the reflection on the chrome or on the glass

39:1439 minutes, 14 secondsare on the shiny surfaces of the painted car

44:5244 minutes, 52 secondsmake sure you're watching the mirror or excuse me the window

45:0045 minutesthat is at the partition between the front seat and the back seats look through that window and see what you see there

45:0945 minutes, 9 secondsand i'm sure that you've already seen the manipulation of the film in the front seat that has either hidden the fact that william greer turned and shot the

45:1645 minutes, 16 secondspresident with a gun in his left hand or that was done to make us intentionally believe that that's what william greer did

45:2445 minutes, 24 secondsand don't be fooled by what looks like hands in the front seat because on a computer you can't see any fingers can't see any digits

45:3345 minutes, 33 secondscan't tell their hands you can't see the steering wheel the entire image in the front seat has been totally manipulated so that it's

45:4045 minutes, 40 secondsimpossible to tell what's really going on up there

46:0246 minutes, 2 secondsnow if william greer didn't shoot the president and they've manipulated this film to make it look like he did

46:0946 minutes, 9 secondsand then furnished phony documents to me and many others linda molten howe one of them

46:1846 minutes, 18 secondsthat said that william greer did shoot the president again more conspiracy coming right out of the intelligence community

46:2746 minutes, 27 secondsfor the documents that i saw i saw while serving on the intelligence briefing team and the commander-in-chief of the united states pacific fleet when

46:3446 minutes, 34 secondsi was a part of the office of naval intelligence and linda molten howe was shown the same documents by a sergeant richard doty

46:4246 minutes, 42 secondsinside the air force office of special investigation building offices

46:4846 minutes, 48 secondsat kirtland air force base in new mexico

47:4547 minutes, 45 secondsthen watch very closely you're going to see what appears to be a bullet shattered the right front windshield on the passenger side that's the side

47:5247 minutes, 52 secondsnearest to you close to the chrome frame of the windshield now it's either a real bullet going

48:0048 minutesthrough the windshield or it's another example of the manipulation of this film

48:0848 minutes, 8 secondssince what we have is a first generation copy of the original there's no way we can tell

48:2348 minutes, 23 secondsthere you see it strike you can see glass flying

48:3648 minutes, 36 secondsso you see it penetrating glass flying into the car

48:4948 minutes, 49 secondsthere you see glass particles falling down alongside the car now again

48:5848 minutes, 58 secondseither this really happened it's a real bullet going through the windshield and the photographs that you've seen of purporting to be the kennedy limousine

49:0549 minutes, 5 secondsor not or this is just another case of manipulation of the film

49:1649 minutes, 16 secondsnow watch closely you'll see that this section of the film was also manipulated you'll also see clearly that a bullet hit kennedy in the

49:2449 minutes, 24 secondsright front of the forehead temple area that it exploded upon impact and threw

49:3349 minutes, 33 secondskennedy all the way back into the seat you'll see where the wounds where the

49:4049 minutes, 40 secondsemulsion was scraped off the film to hide the true nature of the wounds and if you look closely at the back of kennedy's head there is no damage no

49:4949 minutes, 49 secondswound no nothing does this represent what really happened

49:5649 minutes, 56 secondsor is it another case of manipulation of the film we can't tell unless they let the public have the

50:0450 minutes, 4 secondsoriginal that brooder film that somebody's got locked up in a vault somewhere we'll never

50:1050 minutes, 10 secondsknow but we can be assured of one thing the film has been tampered with extensively

50:1850 minutes, 18 secondsas you will clearly see bullet hits and explodes right front

50:2550 minutes, 25 secondsforehead temple area you can tell the bullet was traveling from front to back as the mist of blood

50:3350 minutes, 33 secondsand fluid goes up in the air and backwards kennedy is flung backwards you can clearly see there's no wound on the back

50:4250 minutes, 42 secondsof his head what so ever at all none

50:5550 minutes, 55 secondswe put it on a computer we looked at every pixel at the back of his head we could see nothing

51:0251 minutes, 2 secondsnothing no wound no hold no blood no red pixels only the normal color of kennedy's hair

51:1351 minutes, 13 secondsand watch how they manipulate these wounds

51:2251 minutes, 22 secondsblood and brain matter suddenly become as reflective as a mirror they've completely scraped the emulsion

51:3151 minutes, 31 secondsoff the film in order to hide the true nature of the wounds this is the same film folks that you can

51:4051 minutes, 40 secondslease from time life or if you spend the time and the money that we've spent you can get a copy from some source in the

51:4951 minutes, 49 secondsintelligence community just like we did there are patriots within the intelligence community not many i can

51:5851 minutes, 58 secondsassure you but there are some and it's not because

52:0652 minutes, 6 secondsan intelligence gathering organization is a bad organization folks it's because they've been infiltrated and are in the complete control

52:1352 minutes, 13 secondsof the secret societies in particular the freemasons

52:2252 minutes, 22 secondsthe group known as the knights templar the knights of malta the order of saint john of jerusalem

52:3552 minutes, 35 secondsthe secret society known as the mormon church and several others at the highest levels they're all the

52:4352 minutes, 43 secondssame and they are all belong to the ancient religion of mystery babylon

52:5252 minutes, 52 secondsthey all believe that satan and christ are brothers

53:0253 minutes, 2 secondsand they're going to destroy the sovereignty of all nation-states and bring about a one-world totalitarian socialist government look at the wounds

53:0953 minutes, 9 secondson his head every copy that's ever fallen into the

53:2053 minutes, 20 secondshands of the public is so bad so deteriorated that you can't tell any of this and that's why we set

53:2753 minutes, 27 secondsout on our search that it's ever fallen into the hands of the public it's so bad so deteriorated that you

53:3453 minutes, 34 secondscan't tell any of this and that's why we set out on our search i was going to prove or disprove that william greer shot the president and

53:4153 minutes, 41 secondswhat i found is a film that has been so manipulated so tampered with that the only thing that this film

53:5053 minutes, 50 secondsproves now is that there definitely was a conspiracy and that abraham zapruder

53:5853 minutes, 58 secondsor the intelligence community at the national photographic laboratory or time life now time warner

54:0654 minutes, 6 secondsare part of the conspiracy you make up your own mind folks i don't

54:1654 minutes, 16 secondsknow all the answers i've just got a hell of a lot of evidence what you're seeing here now you're seeing for the first time also notice

54:2454 minutes, 24 secondsthat the back of the trunk lid has nothing on it no blood no guts no part of kennedy's skull

54:3254 minutes, 32 secondsthe bumps and little things that you see back there are part of the rear deck they are supposed to be there

54:4454 minutes, 44 secondsjacqueline kennedy was climbing out of the car to get away from the horror and possibly from the assassin

54:5454 minutes, 54 secondsif you watch her hand you'll see that every time she puts her hands down she puts them down flat she doesn't stop trying to crawl out of the car

55:0155 minutes, 1 seconduntil clint hill her personal bodyguard a secret service agent jumps up on the back bumper

55:0755 minutes, 7 secondsi have no idea what he tells her but he made her get back into the car

55:2755 minutes, 27 secondsnow those two bumps that you see on the rear deck lid are supposed to be there they're part of the automobile

55:3455 minutes, 34 secondsif you don't believe it go get pictures of the automobile as it's going through the downtown area there were many pictures taken you'll see the same bumps

55:4155 minutes, 41 secondsthe same antennas everything that is there is supposed to be there there's no piece of skull

55:4955 minutes, 49 secondsthere's no brain matter jacqueline kennedy did not go back there to get a piece of her husband's brain or a piece of his skull

55:5855 minutes, 58 secondsif she had something in her hand when she arrived at parkland hospital and something that she picked up from the back seater that fell out of the president's head

56:0656 minutes, 6 secondsprobably into her lap you'll also notice that the right tail

56:1656 minutes, 16 secondslight has been opaque the left tail light does not ordinarily show up when this is shown on television

56:2356 minutes, 23 secondsand since nobody ever has access to the film nobody ever sees that it's on in fact the driver almost comes to a complete stop during

56:3256 minutes, 32 secondsthe assassination pointing to the fact that if he didn't kill the president he was certainly involved

56:3956 minutes, 39 secondsbecause his training his training specifically indicated to him

56:4956 minutes, 49 secondsand he was supposed to memorize and practice getting that car out of the kill zone as quickly as possible his goal was to

56:5756 minutes, 57 secondsspeed the car up as fast as he could maneuver to get the president or whatever dignitary he was carrying

57:0457 minutes, 4 secondsout of an area that we in the military and the intelligence community call the kill zone

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Revelation 16:8

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8 [a]And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and it was given to him to torment men with heat of fire,

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016%3A8-10&version=GNV

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2 Peter 3:10

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10 [a]But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a [b]noise, and the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth with the works that are therein shall be burnt up.

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Revelation 21:8

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8 But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their [a]part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2021%3A8&version=GNV

Blind Justice

Written by

tim.young

Justice is not blind but some prosecutors certainly are.  Let me explain. I am a huge fan of the show Sunday Morning on CBS.  This past Sunday, the lead segment was ostensibly about mandatory minimum sentencing.  And while it focused on the extreme unfairness of such laws, it really highlighted the abusive and overreaching power of the prosecutor in our justice system. 

What was truly astonishing about the segment were the comments by the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.  In defending these mandatory minimum sentences the following exchange occurred: "It's an invaluable tool for prosecutors and law enforcement to use, because it gives us leverage," said Steven Jansen, who runs the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys. He says that defendants, when faced with harsh mandatory sentences, are more likely to negotiate a plea bargain, avoiding lengthy, costly trials. And the sentencing is more fair, he says. 

I find it interesting that truth and justice are absent from his justifications for these draconian laws.  Perhaps he should focus on the facts of his case as leverage rather than unjustly harsh sentencing.

Moriarty asked, "When you have these mandatory minimum sentences, aren't you treating the violent career criminals the same way as you are treating the first offenders, the non-violent? They get the same sentence."

"But justice is blind," said Jansen. "And so it doesn't matter what status you are in our society. If you commit these crimes and fulfill the elements for a crime, blind justice will charge you with that. And you should receive equal sentence just as anybody else that committed that same crime."

But then he admits sometimes the wrong people are incarcerated. "Unfortunately, you have these situations where people who think they are innocent decide to go to trial instead of accepting a plea offer, and they end up receiving a more severe sentence than what maybe a gang member or a drug dealer would have taken.”

It was at this point that I wanted to scream at Mr. Jansen.  Justice should be blind to factors that have no place in our system – race and ethnicity are prime examples.  But it should always account for the circumstances of the crime and the person’s past behavior. 

This message of prosecutorial abuses is also the focus of an article in the The Economist titled The Kings of the Courtroom:  How prosecutors came to dominate the criminal-justice system.  The article reminds us that as far back as 1940, the prosecutor has too much power, quoting then Attorney General Robert Jackson:  “While the prosecutor at his best is one of the most beneficent forces in our society, when he acts with malice or other base motives, he is one of the worst.”

And today, innocent people are pleading guilty, primarily because of prosecutors.  “Jed Rakoff, a district judge in New York, thinks it unlikely that 95|PERCENT| of defendants are guilty. Of the 2.4m Americans behind bars, he thinks it possible that “thousands, perhaps tens of thousands” confessed despite being innocent. One reason they might do so is because harsh, mandatory-minimum sentencing rules can make such a choice rational. Rather than risk a trial and a 30-year sentence, some cop a plea and accept a much shorter one.”

Many prosecutors wrap themselves in righteousness and cloak themselves as guardians and protectors. And there are many good prosecutors across this country.  But when the national voice for prosecutors speaks for them about leverage, power, and blind justice in ways that have nothing to do with true justice, I fear the culture of prosecutors has become corrupted.  Leverage, power, blind justice.  That is not what I learned in 5th grade civics.  I was taught that a prosecutors job is to do justice, not railroad people into harsh, unfair sentences.  

(Full disclosure: The reporter for the CBS segment, Erin Moriarty, provides financial support to the Office of the Ohio Public Defender Wrongful Conviction Project through a donation made to the Ohio State University)

https://publicdefenders.us/blogs/blind-justice/

Matthew 7:3-5

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3 And why seest thou the mote, that is in thy brother’s eye, and perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how sayest thou to thy brother, Suffer me to cast out the mote out of thine eye, and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5 Hypocrite, first cast out that beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207%3A3-5&version=GNV

What does it mean to “take the plank out of your own eye” (Matthew 7:4)?

Answer

In His great Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Christ sometimes employed a literary tool known as hyperbole to make a point. In one such example, Jesus asked, “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:3–5).

Jesus drew a brilliant word picture of someone struggling with the sensitive business of extracting a tiny speck of sawdust from a friend’s eye. In contrast, a sizable plank of wood in that person’s own eye completely obstructed his vision. Such a feat would be impossible. It’s evident that Jesus was not speaking literally here. Instead, He used exaggeration to drive home the truth that people are often blind to their own faults while keenly focused on weaknesses in others. This segment of Christ’s sermon addressed the natural human tendency to see shortcomings in others and to be judgmental of their sin while ignoring, minimizing, or excusing our own sin.

When the woman caught in adultery was brought before Jesus, He confronted the same issue by telling the scribes and Pharisees, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her” (John 8:7, ESV). Jesus wasn’t excusing the woman’s sin but instead pointing out the need for consistency, honesty, and humility when passing judgment.

The Lord would have us remember that the blade of judgment cuts both ways. When we judge others, we condemn ourselves as well. If we are not willing to evaluate ourselves honestly and accurately, we’ll undermine our right to scrutinize the lives of others. Jesus said, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged” (Matthew 7:1–2; see also Luke 6:37–42). Paul taught in 1 Corinthians 11:31, “If we were properly judging ourselves, we would not be judged” (CSB).

Sadly, Christ’s instruction to “take the plank out of your own eye” is often misinterpreted as a general prohibition against all judgment. We can’t overlook the fact that Jesus said both the speck and the plank were to be removed. Believers are indeed called to help other Christians who become entangled in sin. Paul said, “Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path” (Galatians 6:1, NLT). But before we can help a fellow brother or sister onto the right path—before we can remove the speck from another’s eye—we must first deal honestly with our own sin.

In the Lord’s illustration, the fact that there is a “plank” in our eye, but only a “speck” in our brother’s eye, exposes the hypocrisy, self-righteousness, and pride at the heart of the matter. Somehow, we can’t discern that our own sins are more glaringly serious than those we concentrate on in others. We criticize others while absolving ourselves. Yet, often, those faults we pass judgment on in others are the very same flaws we can’t bear to admit in ourselves.

The Lord’s choice of an illustration involving the eye also ties in with a person’s overall spiritual condition: “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” (Matthew 6:22–23).

The Lord calls all believers to live holy, godly lives (1 Peter 1:14–16). To do that, we must never forget our propensity to overlook our own faults while arrogantly locking on to those same faults in others. All ungodliness is cause for concern, whether it be in ourselves or in others. If we hope to help and restore someone else, we must honestly face up to our own sins and confess them—we must first take the plank out of our own eye.

https://www.gotquestions.org/take-the-plank-out-of-your-eye.html

https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx0zsWntQcTpsFrE2G_k4hfa4oDodYBGTQ

John 8

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8 3 The woman taken in adultery, 11 hath her sins forgiven her. 12 Christ the light of the world. 19 The Pharisees ask where his Father is. 39 The sons of Abraham. 42 The sons of God, 44 The devil the father of lying. 56 Abraham saw Christ’s day.

1 And Jesus went unto the mount of Olives,

2 And early in the morning came again into the Temple, and all the people came unto him, and he sat down and taught them.

3 [a]Then the Scribes and the Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery, and set her in the midst,

4 And said unto him, Master, we found this woman committing adultery even in the very act.

5 Now Moses in our Law commanded, that such should be stoned: what sayest thou therefore?

6 And this they said to tempt him, that they might have, whereof to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground,

7 [b]And while they continued asking him, he lifted himself up, and said unto them, Let him that is among you without sin, cast the first stone at her.

8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

9 And when they heard it, being accused by their own conscience, they went out, one by one, beginning at the eldest even to the last: so Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

10 [c]When Jesus had lifted up himself again, and saw no man, but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.

12 [d]Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am that light of the world: he that followeth me, shall not walk in darkness, but shall have that light of life.

13 [e]The Pharisees therefore said unto him, [f]Thou bearest record of thyself: thy record is not true.

14 Jesus answered, and said unto them, [g]Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I come, and whither I go: but ye cannot tell whence I came, and whither I go.

15 Ye judge after the flesh: I [h]judge no man.

16 And if I also judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I, and the Father, that sent me.

17 And it is also written in your Law, that the testimony of two men is true.

18 [i]I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

19 [j]Then said they unto him, Where is that Father of thine? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor the Father of mine. If ye had known me, ye should have known that Father of mine also.

20 These words spake Jesus in the [k]treasury, as he taught in the Temple, and no man laid hands on him: [l]for his hour was not yet come.

21 [m]Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins, Whither I go, can ye not come.

22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go, can ye not come?

23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath, I am from above: ye are of this world, I am not of this world.

24 I said therefore unto you, That ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe, that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

25 [n]Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus said unto them, Even [o]the same thing that I said unto you from the beginning.

26 [p]I have many things to say, and to judge of you: but he that sent me, is true, and the things that I have heard of him, those speak I to the world.

27 [q]They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as my Father hath taught me, so I spake these things.

29 For he that sent me, is with me: the Father hath not left me alone, because I do always those things that please him.

30 ¶ As he spake these things, many believed in him.

31 [r]Then said Jesus to the Jews which believed in him, If ye continue in my word, ye are verily my disciples,

32 And shall know the truth, and the truth shall [s]make you free.

33 [t]They answered him, We be [u]Abraham’s seed, and were never bond to any man: why sayest thou then, Ye shall be made free?

34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily I say unto you, that whosoever commiteth sin, is the servant of sin.

35 And the servant abideth not in the house forever: but the Son abideth forever.

36 If that Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

37 [v]I know that ye are Abraham’s seed, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your Father.

39 They answered, and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

40 But now ye go about to kill me, a man that have told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

41 Ye do the works of your father. Then said they to him, We are not born of fornication: we have one Father, which is God.

42 Therefore Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, then would ye love me: for I proceeded forth, and came from God, neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

43 Why do ye not understand my [w]talk? because ye cannot hear my word.

44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he hath been a murderer from the [x]beginning, and [y]abode not in the [z]truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his [aa]own: for he is a liar, and the [ab]father thereof.

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

46 [ac]Which of you can rebuke me of sin? and if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

48 [ad]Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil, but I honor my Father, and ye have dishonored me.

50 And I seek not mine own praise: but there is one that [ae]seeketh it, and judgeth.

51 [af]Verily, verily I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never [ag]see death.

52 [ah]Then said the Jews to him, Now know we that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets: and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.

53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the Prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

54 [ai]Jesus answered, If I honor myself, mine honor is [aj]nothing worth: it is my Father that honoreth me, whom ye say, that he is your God.

55 [ak]Yet ye have not known him: but I know him, and if I should say I know him not, I should be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his word.

56 [al]Your father Abraham [am]rejoiced to see my [an]day, and he [ao]saw it, and was glad.

57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was, I [ap]am.

59 [aq]Then took they up stones to cast at him, but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the Temple: And he passed through the midst of them, and so went his way.

Footnotes

John 8:3 While the wicked go about to make a snare for good men, they make a snare for themselves.

John 8:7 Against hypocrites which are very severe judges against other men, and flatter themselves in their own sins.

John 8:10 Christ would not take upon him the civil Magistrates office: he contented himself to bring sinners to faith and repentance.

John 8:12 The world which is blind in itself cannot come to have ray light but in Christ only.

John 8:13 Christ is without all exception the best witness of the truth, for he was sent by his Father for that purpose, and was by him approved to the world by infinite miracles.

John 8:13 Thou bearest witness of thyself which thing by all men’s opinion, is naught: and for a man to commend himself is very discommendable.

John 8:14 That which he denied afore, John 5:31, must be taken by a manner of granting, for in that place he framed himself somewhat to the humor of his hearers, which acknowledged nothing in Christ but his humanity, and therefore he was content they should set light by his own witness, unless it were otherwise confirmed. But in this place he standeth for the maintenance of his Godhead, and praiseth his Father, who is his witness, and agreeth with him.

John 8:15 I do now only teach you, I condemn no man: but yet if I list to do it, I might lawfully do it, for I am not alone, but my Father is with me.

John 8:18 The Godhead is plainly distinguished from the manhood, else there were not two witnesses: for the party accused is not taken for a witness.

John 8:19 No man can know God, but in Christ only.

John 8:20 This was some place appointed for the gathering of the offerings.

John 8:20 We live and die at the pleasure of God and not of men: Therefore this one thing remaineth that we go forward constantly in our vocation.

John 8:21 Because that men do naturally abhor heavenly things, no man can be a fit disciple of Christ, unless the Spirit of God frame him: in the mean season notwithstanding, the world must of necessity perish, because it refuseth the life that is offered unto it.

John 8:25 He shall at length know who Christ is, which will diligently hear, what he saith.

John 8:25 That is, I am Christ, and the savior, for so I told you from the beginning that I was.

John 8:26 God is the revenger of Christ’s doctrine despised.

John 8:27 Even the contempt of Christ maketh for his glory: which thing his enemies shall feel at length to their great smart.

John 8:31 The true disciples of Christ continue in his doctrine, that profiting more and more in the knowledge of the truth, they may be delivered from the most grievous burden of sin, into the true liberty of righteousness and life.

John 8:32 From the slavery of sin.

John 8:33 Some of the multitude, not they that believed: for this is not the speech of men that consent unto him but of men that are against him.

John 8:33 Born and begotten of Abraham.

John 8:37 Our wicked manners declare, that we are plainly born of a devilish nature, But we are changed, and made of the household of God, according to the covenant which he made with Abraham by Christ only, apprehended and laid hold on by faith: which faith is known by a godly and honest life.

John 8:43 Or, language: as though he said, you do no more understand what I say, than if I spake in a strange and unknown language to you.

John 8:44 From the beginning of the world: for as soon as man was made, the devil cast him headlong into death.

John 8:44 That is, continued not constantly, or remained not.

John 8:44 That is, in faithfulness, and uprightness, that is, kept not his creation.

John 8:44 Even of his own head, and of his own brain or disposition.

John 8:44 The author thereof.

John 8:46 Christ did thoroughly execute the office, that his Father enjoined him.

John 8:48 The enemies of Christ make their bravery for a while, but the Father will appear at his time to revenge the reproach that is done unto him in the person of his son.

John 8:50 That is, that will revenge both your despising of me, and of him.

John 8:51 The only doctrine of the Gospel apprehended by faith, is a sure remedy against death.

John 8:51 That is, he shall not feel it: for even in the midst of death, the faithful see life.

John 8:52 Against them which abuse the glory of the Saints, to darken Christ’s glory.

John 8:54 There is nothing farther off from all ambition than Christ, but his Father hath set him above all things.

John 8:54 This is spoken by manner of [a grant]: as if he had said, Be it so, let this report which I give of myself, be of no force: yet there is another that glorifieth me, that is, that honoreth my Name.

John 8:55 There is no right knowledge of God, without Christ, neither any right knowledge of Christ without his word.

John 8:56 The virtue of Christ showed itself through all former ages in the Fathers, for they saw in the promises, that he should come, and did very joyfully lay hold on him with a lively faith.

John 8:56 Was very desirous.

John 8:56 A day is a space that a man liveth in, or doeth any notable act, or suffereth any great thing.

John 8:56 With the eyes of faith, Heb. 11:13.

John 8:58 Christ as he was God, was before Abraham: and he was the Lamb slain from the beginning of the world.

John 8:59 Zeal without knowledge, breaketh out at length into a most open madness: and yet the wicked cannot do what they list.

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