Christian Zionism - Prophetic Fulfilment or Racism?

After a great deal of research, study, prayer I have looked with great depth into this belief system pervading the evangelical Christian movement and the deeper I look the more I find the concept to be filled with error and racism.

When I began my ministry I had a visionary-like moment in which I distinctly felt God inform me that the current view on this issue was not just in error, but was actually the "Great Deception" referred to in prophecy as "deceiving even the Elect (if possible)" and I tell you it was not only possible but has occurred.

Zionism is a huge issue in today's world as we view the middle East most Christians have been and are being taught (even brain-washed in a way) by way of their bible colleges, churches and televangelism that we must support the NATION of Israel because somehow they are favored by God... yet, the intent is not to defend or uphold the Hebrew Faith but rather to support the political objectives of a Nation they assume is the "Israel" referred to in Scripture.

The Jewish people living in this Nation are more than happy to have this support because with it comes the power offered by the military forces of the United States who even now are sending massive amounts of military backup and support for a forthcoming confrontation between Iran and Israel.

Seen as the fulfilment of prophecy DISPENSATIONALISTS (AKA "Christian Zionists") are actually overjoyed at the prospect of such a battle which they see as the forthcoming "Armageddon" which they believe will Harald the return of Christ.

But, what if Jerusalem is destroyed?

Impossible say Dispensationalists because it was foretold that at the time Jerusalem is surrounded by armies Jesus shall return and save them.. BUT.. What will happen to the faith of the Dispensationalist IF Jerusalem ends up with "not one stone atop another"?.. What shall these people say to those who followed this belief are confronted by the fact that what they expected to happen (by being mistaught) did not occur as they felt it would?

Hebrews, Christians and YES, Even Islam teaches a doctrine that Jerusalem cannot be utterly destroyed and so Iran would have no problem trying to destroy it because even they teach that their Mahdi (the Islamic Messiah) will return in that moment with Jesus in tow as a witness to bring about a new world of perfect Islamic Rule.

Thus if Jerusalem becomes the victim of utter ruin without the return of these figures what do you suppose will happen to ALL THREE FAITHS IN CRISIS???

When I began feeling my calling to approach this issue I myself had been brought up with this belief that the 6-day War was somehow the fulfillment of the prophetic "return to Zion". I assumed I had been taught correctly regarding Zion, Jerusalem and Israel and somehow because I contain some Semitic heritage felt that I must be favored by God because I had some of Abraham's bloodline... and as a Christian I must be twice favored for I also knew the TRUE MESSIAH.

Pride comes before a fall and in 1999 God began to reveal to me in amazing ways that I needed to revamp my thinking. He led me to study deeply about prophecy, religion, philosophy, history and focus on the idea of what "Zion" was. I felt i knew that of course it was the Nation of Israel but God kept saying within me "No, this is the Great Deception I am allowing.. But you must be my vessel to confront this error".

Huh?..What?.. What Error??? I questioned God and realized that I had become locked into a Dispensational mindset... So I studied Dispensationalism and found that it had begun as a belief system ONLY LESS THAN 200 YEARS AGO and was originally based only on the theories of a man named Darby which was then perpetuated by a man of dubious character named Cyrus Scofield.

As I began to dig deeper I found shocking facts that only confirmed that God had indeed allowed men to redefine prophecy. Oh, it all sounded authoritative but actually it encouraged people to accept literalistic translation related not to the intent of the original Biblical writers but rather gave focus to the sidebar notes written by Scofield.

The original Scofield text stated with great authority that the Earths age was far less than now known by Science and this note has somehow apparently become omitted from later editions having been proven incorrect.. what else did Scofield get wrong?

It seems very hard for me to fathom that for over 1,800 years God kept people in the dark only to let a man like Scofield (See this Link for some info and Proofs: http://poweredbychrist.homestead.com/files/cyrus/scofield.htm ) be his spokesperson for redefining terms and interpreting prophecy correctly.. Yet, to this day his "Scofield Reference Bible" is upheld in most evangelical seminaries as though Cyrus himself was some kind of prophet.

In talking with many evangelical Christians I have great difficulty discussing the errors of Dispensationalism and Christian Zionism because frankly I see that most Christians these days are either hopelessly undereducated, disturbingly argumentative or too lazy to actually research why they believe what they believe.

It is all too easy to be brain-washed if you fail to explore alternatives and if your only resources are those which teach, practice and promote Dispensational ideas then it is likely you have so limited your knowledge that you can be easily manipulated into thinking whatever you are told is right.. rather than actually fact checking.

Some people have said "but the Holy Spirit confirms in me that whjat i believe is correct" and I say if this were true then the Holy Spirit is confused (which cannot be so) since I hear those same words from so many people who use it as an excuse to not question their leadership and whose testimonies about things often vary from each other.

God gave us a mind to learn and question and if we just let others define everything for us then we have no hope but to be manipulated and deceived. If all you read is what you are told is acceptable how then shall you know for sure that you have been taught truth.

I believe Christian Zionism is indeed a "Great Deception" and I shall occasionally in this Blog show various proofs that i have discovered. You might wish to access my first Blogs on this site where I share more about what i believe ZION really is all about and I will soon be posting a blog that proposes what i feel are the REAL MEANINGS of ISRAEL, JERUSALEM and ZION as intended by the writers rather than the Dispensationalists.

Indeed, whatever i post i want you to research, fact check, question and pray about because I do not wish people to blindly accept my views any more than i wish anyone to accept any ones view without question.

I will say that I have spent the last 3 years researching the subject of "Zion" and other than BEING LOVE and teaching about LOVE I feel the true knowledge of Zion is essential to those seeking a refuge from a coming global storm. I feel that what I am doing is not teaching anything NEW.. Darby and Scofield did that... I am trying to bring people back to examine the intent of the authors of the Bible and other sacred texts that have been redefined only recently (yet before any of us were yet born).

You may feel free to comment on your views of Dispensationalism or Christian Zionism because I feel in the time we now live the TRUTH of ZION must be regained or surely all shall go through the tribulation from lack of knowledge.

BE LOVE & BE LOVED!
JoZ

2012: The Warning (new joz video)

Do you love mysteries? One popular mystery concerns the year 2012. Some say this year will be the end of the world but I do not believe the world ever ends... it only changes.

I also believe in a "theory" called "circular or Spiral Time" in which (like the Mayan calendar or the seasons themselves) a cycle comes in regular intervals with similar events occurring over and over unless something breaks the cycle.

This video asks the question regarding what the KEY is that breaks us free from the confines of the "Time Cycle Trap" and provides a few clues regarding the KEY.

"So, Neo, do you wish to know what the Matrix is?"



I have my own unique ideas about that year (and prophecy in general) Here is what has been mentioned on Wikipedia regarding the various predictions.

2012 is claimed by some to be a great year of spiritual transformation (or apocalypse). This claim is based on Christian text, Mayan civilization or some other source. However, there is no agreement whether in 2012 there will be the end of civilization, or humanity will be elevated to a higher level, or a new human species will evolve, or some other major catastrophe will occur.

Many esoteric sources interpret the completion of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Maya calendar (which occurs on December 21 by the most widely held correlation) to mean there will be a major change in world order.

Accordingly, several eclectic authors claim that a major, world-changing event will take place in 2012:

The 1997 book The Bible Code claims that, according to certain algorithms of the Bible code, an asteroid or comet will collide with the Earth.

The 2006 book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck discusses theories of a possible global awakening to psychic connection by the year 2012, creating a noosphere.

Patrick Geryl predicts a pole reversal. This has happened many times in the past.

Geryl also predicts that the Earth will start rotating in the opposite direction, although a geomagnetic reversal does not require the Earth to change its rotation direction. He does not explain from where the required energy will come. The Earth functions as a gigantic gyroscope. The energy required to rotate the poles would be immense.

Riley Martin claims that Biaviian aliens will allow passage aboard their 'Great Mother Ship' when the Earth is 'transformed' in 2012.
Other prophecies and apocalyptic writings and hypotheses for this year include:

Terence McKenna's numerological novelty theory suggests a point of singularity in which humankind will go through a great shift in consciousness.

Please comment and let me know what you believe.. Does 2012 hold significance to you OR do you just think it will be another year?

SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012

THE GOSPEL MANY HAVE NEVER READ (Thomas)

One of my favorite Scriptures is not to be found in the Canon (Accepted texts) of the Holy Bible. Although present for consideration "The Gospel of Thomas" was left on the cutting room floor and yet some of the thoughts (though mysterious) have deep and relevant meaning.

There are a great many biblical texts that in my opinion are worthy to be read in spite of their absence and the fact that the councils member did not comprehend the deeper meaning often became the reason they became declared unacceptable.

I have decided (even though it is lengthy) to reprint one of the translations of The Gospel of Thomas for you to read and consider as the deep thoughts and mysterious passages offer what I feel are words that perhaps should have made it in.

For those who enjoy reading "sacred texts" I do offer several links located on the right column of this blog (scroll down) and it should be noted that even Jesus of Nazareth actually quoted from Books that were widely read in that time but are not within the Authorized Christian Canon (I actually have a list of texts mentioned in the Bible by name and quoted from but which either do not exist today or were omitted by the council of Nicea and/or Trent).

You will note that this Gospel was written within the same period as the other established Gospels.

The Gospel Of Thomas
c. 70-150 C.E.

The Gospel of Thomas might well be the most informative discovery about Christian origins in modern history. The gospel was often mentioned in early Christian literature, but no copy was thought to have survived until the discovery of an extant Coptic manuscript at Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. Since then, part of the Oxyrynchus papyri have been identified as older Greek fragments of Thomas.

Thomas is a pure sayings gospel; that is, like the hypothetical gospel Q, it consists only of a collection of the sayings of Jesus without any extended narrative. While Thomas is not Q, its discovery proves the theory that such collections existed in the early days of Christianity.

While the Coptic MS dates from around the fourth century, there is much debate regarding the original time of composition. Most scholars believe it to be mid-second century, but some have argued for a date as early as mid-first century. The debate centers around whether Thomas is dependent upon the canonical gospels, or is derived from earlier independent traditions. Many of the passages in Thomas appear to be more authentic versions of the synoptic parables, yet it is difficult to account for many of the parallels to "special" Matthean or Lukan material (specific to those particular gospels), unless Thomas used the same sources as each of them.

The discovery of Thomas as part of a gnostic library has led many to believe it a gnostic creation; however, very little of it would have been considered unorthodox to the early church, and what little questionable material can be found is probably a later addition. Thomas does represent a Jewish "Wisdom" philosophy that was embraced by the gnostics—that the kingdom of God is not something we must await, but is in fact already here, if only we can become spiritual enough to see it.

The gospel was most likely composed in Syria, where tradition holds the church of Edessa to have been founded by Judas Thomas, "The Twin" (Didymos). The gospel may well be the earliest written tradition in the Syriac church.
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The "Scholars' Translation" of the Gospel of Thomas
by Stephen Patterson and Marvin Meyer
These are the secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas recorded.
1 And he said, "Whoever discovers the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death."
2 Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all. [And after they have reigned they will rest.]"
3 Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the FATHER'S kingdom is within you and it is outside you.
When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty."
4 Jesus said, "The person old in days won't hesitate to ask a little child seven days old about the place of life, and that person will live.
For many of the first will be last, and will become a single one."
5 Jesus said, "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you.
For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. [And there is nothing buried that will not be raised."]
6 His disciples asked him and said to him, "Do you want us to fast? How should we pray? Should we give to charity? What diet should we observe?"
Jesus said, "Don't lie, and don't do what you hate, because all things are disclosed before heaven. After all, there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and there is nothing covered up that will remain undisclosed."
7 Jesus said, "Lucky is the lion that the human will eat, so that the lion becomes human. And foul is the human that the lion will eat, and the lion still will become human."
8 And he said, The person is like a wise fisherman who cast his net into the sea and drew it up from the sea full of little fish. Among them the wise fisherman discovered a fine large fish. He threw all the little fish back into the sea, and easily chose the large fish. Anyone here with two good ears had better listen!
9 Jesus said, Look, the sower went out, took a handful (of seeds), and scattered (them). Some fell on the road, and the birds came and gathered them. Others fell on rock, and they didn't take root in the soil and didn't produce heads of grain. Others fell on thorns, and they choked the seeds and worms ate them. And others fell on good soil, and it produced a good crop: it yielded sixty per measure and one hundred twenty per measure.
10 Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and look, I'm guarding it until it blazes."
11 Jesus said, "This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away.
The dead are not alive, and the living will not die. During the days when you ate what is dead, you made it come alive. When you are in the light, what will you do? On the day when you were one, you became two. But when you become two, what will you do?"
12 The disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you are going to leave us. Who will be our leader?"
Jesus said to them, "No matter where you are you are to go to James the Just, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."
13 Jesus said to his disciples, "Compare me to something and tell me what I am like."
Simon Peter said to him, "You are like a just messenger."
Matthew said to him, "You are like a wise philosopher."
Thomas said to him, "Teacher, my mouth is utterly unable to say what you are like."
Jesus said, "I am not your teacher. Because you have drunk, you have become intoxicated from the bubbling spring that I have tended."
And he took him, and withdrew, and spoke three sayings to him. When Thomas came back to his friends they asked him, "What did Jesus say to you?"
Thomas said to them, "If I tell you one of the sayings he spoke to me, you will pick up rocks and stone me, and fire will come from the rocks and devour you."
14 Jesus said to them, "If you fast, you will bring sin upon yourselves, and if you pray, you will be condemned, and if you give to charity, you will harm your spirits.
When you go into any region and walk about in the countryside, when people take you in, eat what they serve you and heal the sick among them.
After all, what goes into your mouth will not defile you; rather, it's what comes out of your mouth that will defile you."
15 Jesus said, "When you see one who was not born of woman, fall on your faces and worship. That one is your Father."
16 Jesus said, "Perhaps people think that I have come to casy peace upon the world. They do not know that I have come to cast conflicts upon the earth: fire, sword, war.
For there will be five in a house: there'll be three against two and two against three, father against son and son against father, and they will stand alone.
17 Jesus said, "I will give you what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no hand has touched, what has not arisen in the human heart."
18 The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us, how will our end come?"
Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is.
Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death."
19 Jesus said, "Congratulations to the one who came into being before coming into being.
If you become my disciples and pay attention to my sayings, these stones will serve you.
For there are five trees in Paradise for you; they do not change, summer or winter, and their leaves do not fall. Whoever knows them will not taste death."
20 The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us what Heaven's kingdom is like."
He said to them, It's like a mustard seed, the smallest of all seeds, but when it falls on prepared soil, it produces a large plant and becomes a shelter for birds of the sky.
21 Mary said to Jesus, "What are your disciples like?"
He said, They are like little children living in a field that is not theirs. when the owners of the field come, they will say, "Give us back our field." They take off their clothes in front of them in order to give it back to them, and they return their field to them.
For this reason I say, if the owners of a house know that a thief is coming, they will be on guard before the thief arrives and will not let the thief break into their house (their domain) and steal their possessions.
As for you, then, be on guard against the world. Prepare yourselves with great strength, so the robbers can't find a way to get to you, for the trouble you expect will come.
Let there be among you a person who understands.
When the crop ripened, he came quickly carrying a sickle and harvested it. Anyone here with two good ears had better listen!
22 Jesus saw some babies nursing. He said to his disciples, "These nursing babies are like those who enter the FATHER'S kingdom."
They said to him, "Then shall we enter the FATHER'S kingdom as babies?"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter [the kingdom]."
23 Jesus said, "I shall choose you, one from a thousand and two from ten thousand, and they will stand as a single one."
24 His disciples said, "Show us the place where you are, for we must seek it."
He said to them, "Anyone here with two ears had better listen! There is light within a person of light, and it shines on the whole world. If it does not shine, it is dark."
25 Jesus said, "Love your friends like your own soul, protect them like the pupil of your eye."
26 Jesus said, "You see the sliver in your friend's eye, but you don't see the timber in your own eye. When you take the timber out of your own eye, then you will see well enough to remove the sliver from your friend's eye."
27 "If you do not fast from the world, you will not find the FATHER'S kingdom. If you do not observe the sabbath as a sabbath you will not see the Father."
28 Jesus said, "I took my stand in the midst of the world, and in flesh I appeared to them. I found them all drunk, and I did not find any of them thirsty. My soul ached for the children of humanity, because they are blind in their hearts and do not see, for they came into the world empty, and they also seek to depart from the world empty.
But meanwhile they are drunk. When they shake off their wine, then they will change their ways."
29 Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, that is a marvel, but if spirit came into being because of the body, that is a marvel of marvels.
Yet I marvel at how this great wealth has come to dwell in this poverty."
30 Jesus said, "Where there are three deities, they are divine. Where there are two or one, I am with that one."
31 Jesus said, "No prophet is welcome on his home turf; doctors don't cure those who know them."
32 Jesus said, "A city built on a high hill and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden."
33 Jesus said, "What you will hear in your ear, in the other ear proclaim from your rooftops.
After all, no one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, nor does one put it in a hidden place. Rather, one puts it on a lampstand so that all who come and go will see its light."
34 Jesus said, "If a blind person leads a bind person, both of them will fall into a hole."
35 Jesus said, "One can't enter a strong person's house and take it by force without tying his hands. Then one can loot his house."
36 Jesus said, "Do not fret, from morning to evening and from evening to morning, [about your food--what you're going to eat, or about your clothing--] what you are going to wear. [You're much better than the lilies, which neither card nor spin.
As for you, when you have no garment, what will you put on? Who might add to your stature? That very one will give you your garment.]"
37 His disciples said, "When will you appear to us, and when will we see you?"
Jesus said, "When you strip without being ashamed, and you take your clothes and put them under your feet like little children and trample then, then [you] will see the son of the living one and you will not be afraid."
38 Jesus said, "Often you have desired to hear these sayings that I am speaking to you, and you have no one else from whom to hear them. There will be days when you will seek me and you will not find me."
39 Jesus said, "The Pharisees and the scholars have taken the keys of knowledge and have hidden them. They have not entered nor have they allowed those who want to enter to do so.
As for you, be as sly as snakes and as simple as doves."
40 Jesus said, "A grapevine has been planted apart from the Father. Since it is not strong, it will be pulled up by its root and will perish."
41 Jesus said, "Whoever has something in hand will be given more, and whoever has nothing will be deprived of even the little they have."
42 Jesus said, "Be passersby."
43 His disciples said to him, "Who are you to say these things to us?"
"You don't understand who I am from what I say to you.
Rather, you have become like the Judeans, for they love the tree but hate its fruit, or they love the fruit but hate the tree."
44 Jesus said, "Whoever blasphemes against the Father will be forgiven, and whoever blasphemes against the son will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit will not be forgiven, either on earth or in heaven."
45 Jesus said, "Grapes are not harvested from thorn trees, nor are figs gathered from thistles, for they yield no fruit.
Good persons produce good from what they've stored up; bad persons produce evil from the wickedness they've stored up in their hearts, and say evil things. For from the overflow of the heart they produce evil."
46 Jesus said, "From Adam to John the Baptist, among those born of women, no one is so much greater than John the Baptist that his eyes should not be averted.
But I have said that whoever among you becomes a child will recognize the FATHER'S kingdom and will become greater than John."
47 Jesus said, "A person cannot mount two horses or bend two bows.
And a slave cannot serve two masters, otherwise that slave will honor the one and offend the other.
"Nobody drinks aged wine and immediately wants to drink young wine. Young wine is not poured into old wineskins, or they might break, and aged wine is not poured into a new wineskin, or it might spoil.
An old patch is not sewn onto a new garment, since it would create a tear."
48 Jesus said, "If two make peace with each other in a single house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move from here!' and it will move."
49 Jesus said, "Congratulations to those who are alone and chosen, for you will find the kingdom. For you have come from it, and you will return there again."
50 Jesus said,
"If they say to you, 'Where have you come from?' say to them, 'We have come from the light, from the place where the light came into being by itself, established [itself], and appeared in their image.'
If they say to you, 'Is it you?' say, 'We are its children, and we are the chosen of the living Father.'
If they ask you, 'What is the evidence of your Father in you?' say to them, 'It is motion and rest.'"
51 His disciples said to him, "When will the rest for the dead take place, and when will the new world come?"
He said to them, "What you are looking forward to has come, but you don't know it."
52 His disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets have spoken in Israel, and they all spoke of you."
He said to them, "You have disregarded the living one who is in your presence, and have spoken of the dead."
53 His disciples said to him, "is circumcision useful or not?"
He said to them, "If it were useful, their father would produce children already circumcised from their mother. Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become profitable in every respect."
54 Jesus said, "Congratulations to the poor, for to you belongs Heaven's kingdom."
55 Jesus said, "Whoever does not hate father and mother cannot be my disciple, and whoever does not hate brothers and sisters, and carry the cross as I do, will not be worthy of me."
56 Jesus said, "Whoever has come to know the world has discovered a carcass, and whoever has discovered a carcass, of that person the world is not worthy."
57 Jesus said, The Father's kingdom is like a person who has [good] seed. His enemy came during the night and sowed weeds among the good seed. The person did not let the workers pull up the weeds, but said to them, "No, otherwise you might go to pull up the weeds and pull up the wheat along with them." For on the day of the harvest the weeds will be conspicuous, and will be pulled up and burned.
58 Jesus said, "Congratulations to the person who has toiled and has found life."
59 Jesus said, "Look to the living one as long as you live, otherwise you might die and then try to see the living one, and you will be unable to see."
60 He saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb and going to Judea. He said to his disciples, "that person ... around the lamb." They said to him, "So that he may kill it and eat it." He said to them, "He will not eat it while it is alive, but only after he has killed it and it has become a carcass."
They said, "Otherwise he can't do it."
He said to them, "So also with you, seek for yourselves a place for rest, or you might become a carcass and be eaten."
61 Jesus said, "Two will recline on a couch; one will die, one will live."
Salome said, "Who are you mister? You have climbed onto my couch and eaten from my table as if you are from someone."
Jesus said to her, "I am the one who comes from what is whole. I was granted from the things of my Father."
"I am your disciple."
"For this reason I say, if one is whole, one will be filled with light, but if one is divided, one will be filled with darkness."
62 Jesus said, "I disclose my mysteries to those [who are worthy] of [my] mysteries.
Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing."
63 Jesus said, There was a rich person who had a great deal of money. He said, "I shall invest my money so that I may sow, reap, plant, and fill my storehouses with produce, that I may lack nothing." These were the things he was thinking in his heart, but that very night he died. Anyone here with two ears had better listen!
64 Jesus said, A person was receiving guests. When he had prepared the dinner, he sent his slave to invite the guests. The slave went to the first and said to that one, "My master invites you." That one said, "Some merchants owe me money; they are coming to me tonight. I have to go and give them instructions. Please excuse me from dinner." The slave went to another and said to that one, "My master has invited you." That one said to the slave, "I have bought a house, and I have been called away for a day. I shall have no time." The slave went to another and said to that one, "My master invites you." That one said to the slave, "My friend is to be married, and I am to arrange the banquet. I shall not be able to come. Please excuse me from dinner." The slave went to another and said to that one, "My master invites you." That one said to the slave, "I have bought an estate, and I am going to collect the rent. I shall not be able to come. Please excuse me." The slave returned and said to his master, "Those whom you invited to dinner have asked to be excused." The master said to his slave, "Go out on the streets and bring back whomever you find to have dinner."
Buyers and merchants [will] not enter the places of my Father.
65 He said, A [...] person owned a vineyard and rented it to some farmers, so they could work it and he could collect its crop from them. He sent his slave so the farmers would give him the vineyard's crop. They grabbed him, beat him, and almost killed him, and the slave returned and told his master. His master said, "Perhaps he didn't know them." He sent another slave, and the farmers beat that one as well. Then the master sent his son and said, "Perhaps they'll show my son some respect." Because the farmers knew that he was the heir to the vineyard, they grabbed him and killed him. Anyone here with two ears had better listen!
66 Jesus said, "Show me the stone that the builders rejected: that is the keystone."
67 Jesus said, "Those who know all, but are lacking in themselves, are utterly lacking."
68 Jesus said, "Congratulations to you when you are hated and persecuted;
and no place will be found, wherever you have been persecuted."
69 Jesus said, "Congratulations to those who have been persecuted in their hearts: they are the ones who have truly come to know the Father.
Congratulations to those who go hungry, so the stomach of the one in want may be filled."
70 Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you have will save you. If you do not have that within you, what you do not have within you [will] kill you."
71 Jesus said, "I will destroy [this] house, and no one will be able to build it [...]."
72 A [person said] to him, "Tell my brothers to divide my father's possessions with me."
He said to the person, "Mister, who made me a divider?"
He turned to his disciples and said to them, "I'm not a divider, am I?"
73 Jesus said, "The crop is huge but the workers are few, so beg the harvest boss to dispatch workers to the fields."
74 He said, "Lord, there are many around the drinking trough, but there is nothing in the well."
75 Jesus said, "There are many standing at the door, but those who are alone will enter the bridal suite."
76 Jesus said, The Father's kingdom is like a merchant who had a supply of merchandise and found a peal. That merchant was prudent; he sold the merchandise and bought the single pearl for himself.
So also with you, seek his treasure that is unfailing, that is enduring, where no moth comes to eat and no worm destroys."
77 Jesus said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all came forth, and to me all attained.
Split a piece of wood; I am there.
Lift up the stone, and you will find me there."
78 Jesus said, "Why have you come out to the countryside? To see a reed shaken by the wind? And to see a person dressed in soft clothes, [like your] rulers and your powerful ones? They are dressed in soft clothes, and they cannot understand truth."
79 A woman in the crowd said to him, "Lucky are the womb that bore you and the breasts that fed you."
He said to [her], "Lucky are those who have heard the word of the Father and have truly kept it. For there will be days when you will say, 'Lucky are the womb that has not conceived and the breasts that have not given milk.'"
80 Jesus said, "Whoever has come to know the world has discovered the body, and whoever has discovered the body, of that one the world is not worthy."
81 Jesus said, "Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce ."
82 Jesus said, "Whoever is near me is near the fire, and whoever is far from me is far from the FATHER'S kingdom."
83 Jesus said, "Images are visible to people, but the light within them is hidden in the image of the Father's light. He will be disclosed, but his image is hidden by his light."
84 Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you are happy. But when you see your images that came into being before you and that neither die nor become visible, how much you will have to bear!"
85 Jesus said, "Adam came from great power and great wealth, but he was not worthy of you. For had he been worthy, [he would] not [have tasted] death."
86 Jesus said, "[Foxes have] their dens and birds have their nests, but human beings have no place to lay down and rest."
87 Jesus said, "How miserable is the body that depends on a body, and how miserable is the soul that depends on these two."
88 Jesus said, "The messengers and the prophets will come to you and give you what belongs to you. You, in turn, give them what you have, and say to yourselves, 'When will they come and take what belongs to them?'"
89 Jesus said, "Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Don't you understand that the one who made the inside is also the one who made the outside?"
90 Jesus said, "Come to me, for my yoke is comfortable and my lordship is gentle, and you will find rest for yourselves."
91 They said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may believe in you."
He said to them, "You examine the face of heaven and earth, but you have not come to know the one who is in your presence, and you do not know how to examine the present moment.
92 Jesus said, "Seek and you will find.
In the past, however, I did not tell you the things about which you asked me then. Now I am willing to tell them, but you are not seeking them."
93 "Don't give what is holy to dogs, for they might throw them upon the manure pile. Don't throw pearls [to] pigs, or they might ... it [...]."
94 Jesus [said], "One who seeks will find, and for [one who knocks] it will be opened."
95 [Jesus said], "If you have money, don't lend it at interest. Rather, give [it] to someone from whom you won't get it back."
96 Jesus [said], The Father's kingdom is like [a] woman. She took a little leaven, [hid] it in dough, and made it into large loaves of bread. Anyone here with two ears had better listen!
97 Jesus said, The [Father's] kingdom is like a woman who was carrying a [jar] full of meal. While she was walking along [a] distant road, the handle of the jar broke and the meal spilled behind her [along] the road. She didn't know it; she hadn't noticed a problem. When she reached her house, she put the jar down and discovered that it was empty.
98 Jesus said, The Father's kingdom is like a person who wanted to kill someone powerful. While still at home he drew his sword and thrust it into the wall to find out whether his hand would go in. Then he killed the powerful one.
99 The disciples said to him, "Your brothers and your mother are standing outside."
He said to them, "Those here who do what my Father wants are my brothers and my mother. They are the ones who will enter my Father's kingdom."
100 They showed Jesus a gold coin and said to him, "The Roman emperor's people demand taxes from us."
He said to them, "Give the emperor what belongs to the emperor, give God what belongs to God, and give me what is mine."
101 "Whoever does not hate [father] and mother as I do cannot be my [disciple], and whoever does [not] love [father and] mother as I do cannot be my [disciple]. For my mother [...], but my true [mother] gave me life."
102 Jesus said, "Damn the Pharisees! They are like a dog sleeping in the cattle manger: the dog neither eats nor [lets] the cattle eat."
103 Jesus said, "Congratulations to those who know where the rebels are going to attack. [They] can get going, collect their imperial resources, and be prepared before the rebels arrive."
104 They said to Jesus, "Come, let us pray today, and let us fast."
Jesus said, "What sin have I committed, or how have I been undone? Rather, when the groom leaves the bridal suite, then let people fast and pray."
105 Jesus said, "Whoever knows the father and the mother will be called the child of a whore."
106 Jesus said, "When you make the two into one, you will become children of Adam, and when you say, 'Mountain, move from here!' it will move."
107 Jesus said, The FATHER'S kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One of them, the largest, went astray. He left the ninety- nine and looked for the one until he found it. After he had toiled, he said to the sheep, 'I love you more than the ninety- nine.'
108 Jesus said, "Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me; I myself shall become that person, and the hidden things will be revealed to him."
109 Jesus said, The (Father's) kingdom is like a person who had a treasure hidden in his field but did not know it. And [when] he died he left it to his [son]. The son [did] not know about it either. He took over the field and sold it. The buyer went plowing, [discovered] the treasure, and began to lend money at interest to whomever he wished.
110 Jesus said, "Let one who has found the world, and has become wealthy, renounce the world."
111 Jesus said, "The heavens and the earth will roll up in your presence, and whoever is living from the living one will not see death."
Does not Jesus say, "Those who have found themselves, of them the world is not worthy"?
112 Jesus said, "Damn the flesh that depends on the soul. Damn the soul that depends on the flesh."
113 His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"
"It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Rather, the Father's kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and people don't see it."
[Saying added to the original collection at a later date:] 114 Simon Peter said to them, "Make Mary leave us, for females don't deserve life." Jesus said, "Look, I will guide her to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of Heaven."

Scholars Version translation of the Gospel of Thomas taken from *The Complete Gospels: Annotated Scholars Version.* Copyright 1992, 1994 by Polebridge Press. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

IT'S WAR!!!

In today’s world there are so many ways to believe. So many ideologies, religions, faiths and belief systems that it becomes a difficult puzzle indeed to select truth from error.

When God called me to take on the important work He made it quite clear that I would be up against many strong and powerful adversities. He said that today there are many who profess to speak truth and know God but their lives were filled with falsehood and dogmatic lies. God directed me to TITUS 1:15-16 which gives a good description regarding the current situation.

Reprobate Christianity is wide-spread and dogma has replaced truth. War has replaced peace.

People who say “God is love” speak it in vane because if you do mighty things for the Lord, but have not LOVE then your faith is mute… lacking in “fruit” (MATTHEW 7:15-20).

When you have not LOVE… you are in Hate.

Hatred always leads to the same result… WAR.

An Irish writer named Herbert Butler writes the following “Political Christianity is almost always also militarist Christianity and when statesman and ecclesiastics come to terms it always happens that, in return for certain privileges, the Church gives its blessing to the military forces of the state.”

A war pitted man against man cannot… I REPEAT, CANNOT…ever solve the struggle between Good and Evil. Such wars are an abomination to YHWH. Warmongers, no matter how religious, cannot be blessed and neither can their wars. Defense alone is the only reason to ever raise a weapon.

The only real battle cannot be fought on a physical battlefield anyway. YHWH’s only justifiable war is “spiritual in nature” and requires no guns or knives to fight it… Because its battlefield is actually IN YOU!

America is at war with terrorism. This sounds quite righteous, yet tell me this… who is a terrorist and where can we find them? Can any country fight something so vague? Why not declare a war on evil or maybe on anyone who does not profess truth?

By making a vague enemy any leader can declare any other religion or country as being subversive and declare war upon it… as Bush did when he used 9/11 (supposedly an event sponsored by an single Afghani faction) as a method of going after an unconnected nation (Iraq).

Do you not see the injustice of a nation that has shifted the news so as to make 9/11 somehow connected to a unrelated war?

America has talked a great deal about being a “free” nation, yet have they not instead used 9/11 to remove our freedoms and make each of us fearful of a hard to define enemy?

By creating paranoia, the population of the Daughter of Babylon have become fearful and are way too willing to give away God’s gift of FREEDOM for a false sense of SAFETY.

Tell me this, What is the goal of this WAR? When will we know if it has been won? What mission did Bush claim he accomplished? What exactly is this “New World Order” that both GWB and his Father profess to support?

People, God does not justify vague and unwinable wars… period!

Nor does God bless any nation that starts such a war… which is why America will soon see the results of its corporate greed and self-righteousness vividly demonstrated when man is allowed to bring great wrath to himself.

War is hate… no matter what your nation leads you to believe. They can call it a “Patriot Missile” or a “Freedom Atomic Bomb” but this is rhetoric and it’s still a destructive instrument by any name.

A famous book by a man named George Orwell is called “1984” and it speaks of a way to manipulate truth called “Doublespeak”. It speaks of a mythical “Big Brother” leader who changes words to imply righteousness where there is none. For example, the word “Freedom” has its meaning changed to mean “Slavery” so that its citizens become puppets while still maintaining a belief that they are “free(sic)”.

The Bible is clear regarding the only righteous war. It is not a war against flesh… but one against the “powers of darkness” who are not physical in nature.

Debate is fine… for it is written “come let us reason together”… but any nation or peoples that start a war is WRONG… 100%! I believe that anyone who seeks a physical war is in league not with My Father but with his enemy...Satan.

Is it not written, ”Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS for THEY shall be called SONS of GOD”?

What then shall we call the WARMONGERS?

Let it be stated here that I in no way advocate physical WAR (pitting one man against another) of any type and I can support no nation or peoples that use it as a tool (save for defense alone)… I am taught by My God to seek ONLY PEACE.

There is no righteous Jihad or Holy War save the War which God himself fights on our behalf against EVIL!

One last sad fact. In Rwanda in 1994 an attempted genocide took place. Former Anglican Desmond Tutu wrote the following regarding this atrocity; “Those who had turned against one another in this gory fashion espoused the same faith. Most were CHRISTIAN.”

If you call yourself a follower of Christ and advocate physical warfare then you know not my Father YHWH… For only the meek shall inherit the earth and they only make peace and live LOVE!

BE LOVE AND BE LOVED!
Jesus of Zion

MY LAST WORDS SHALL BE...

IMPORTANT NOTE TO READERS: THIS BLOG WAS WRITTEN WELL OVER A YEAR AGO AND CONCERNS A TOPIC THAT ALTHOUGH FEARFUL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED NOW MORE THAN EVER..IT CONCERNS NUCLEAR WAR, TRIBULATION AND HOW I FEEL A MISINTERPRETATION FROM THE 1800'S MAY SEE MANY FAITHFUL PEOPLE "LEFT BEHIND" BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THE IDEAS IN THE BOOK "LEFT BEHIND" RATHER THAN REALLY EXAMINING THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE CLOSELY... FIRST TIME READERS WOULD DO WELL TO FIRST EXAMINE MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 TO SEE WHEN JESUS SAID THE LIFTING OF THE SAINTS (OFT CALLED THE RAPTURE) IS ACTUALLY SAID TO OCCUR ..

..THEN READ MY UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING AND BELIEF OF WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF "ZION". SO YOU KNOW I AM NOT A BELIEVER IN DISPENSATIONALISM (CHRISTIAN ZIONISM) AND I FEEL THAT THE BIBLE DOES NOT SUPPORT THE MOST POPULAR VIEW HELD BY HOPEFUL CHRISTIANS. BEFORE YOU WILL COMPREHEND MY REASONING FOR WHY I PUBLISH THIS I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU GO TO THIS LINK ( http://wwjsnl.com/aboutus.aspx ) AND READ THE VARIOUS links/ARTICLES REGARDING THE TOPIC OF ZION AS I BELIEVE AND PRESENT IT

This Blog held the record on MySpace as my most read blog there recieving at least 6 times my normal readership

MY LAST WORDS SHALL BE: "SEEK BRUCE BEACH AT ARK TWO IN CANADA"

This concerns a message that I want those who do not proceed to Zion to know and so if any among you are not in Zion when prophecy is fulfilled and the tribulation comes I desire people to know that there is someone chosen to help you who are left.

The final message I would ever give you before I entered into Zion before the tribulation would be "SEEK BRUCE BEACH AT ARK TWO IN CANADA" because he is already in preparation to defend and support the last days survivors.

Here first is some information concerning ARK TWO as found at their official Web Page at:

http://www.webpal.org/d_resources/arktwo/index.htm



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ARK TWO

Anyone is welcome to join the Ark Two Survival Community (located in Ontario, Canada) - so long as they do so before the catastrophe occurs. The Ark Two Community is founded and commanded by a government trained and certified Radiological Scientific Officer.

The purpose of the Ark Two Survival Community is to ameliorate the effects of a Nuclear War and to help reorganize society afterwards. The community founder believes that a nuclear war is inevitable and therefore in 1980 built the first phase of the Ark Two Refuge and has since expanded it and prepared many ways to assist survivors - as listed on this web site.

The project has not been favorably received by the local and provincial governments. By 1990, when I stopped counting, it had been subject to over 30 court and commission appearances and that number has greatly increased in the years that followed. Legal costs mounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars. In 1999 there was a raid without warrants involving 7 police vehicles, 4 fire units and over 40 personnel and a K-9 unit, coincidentally caught on video tape by the CBC. Subsequently the facility was hounded with repeated government inspections. Some of the inspectors candidly admitted that it was just harassment, but because of wanting to keep their jobs they of course were not going to put that into writing. It is for this reason that one might refer to the facility as Waco North. A kinder, gentler Canadian version in that The Ark doesn't have any weapons and in that so far no one has been killed by the raiders.

The general public views the project as being operated by an eccentric (in the most favorable terms) or by a nut-case in what is the more usual expressed attitude. For the forty years in which I have built over two dozen shelters and have consulted on many dozens of others, the general ridicule has been extensive, to say the least. "Why do it then?", I have often been asked. Why not get a life, enjoy life and quit worrying about doomsday? The answer is that I don't see the purpose of life, nor happiness in life measured in how many rounds of golf I might play, but rather in service to my fellowman. While I don't have any "visions" or hear any "voices" this appears to me to be a service to which I have been called.

Still, the shelter remains. Waiting and ready. It has been welded shut by the government but that has only made it secure. If the need arises it can be immediately opened and activated. Equipment and supplies are stored and ready. Members of the Ark Two Community meet regularly and each know their tasks and responsibilities in activating it. We continue to review and improve upon the plans and equipment. We continue to seek others who are interested in the project and can help with it.


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People may already register with the site for updates from Bruce and people living in the area may contact him to assist with continued support and maintanance.

I have long seen a vision in which I see this as the Hub of the American Continant's place of refuge for surviving the Tribulation.

I believe Mr. Beach has been chosen to remain and help survivors and last days believers to have a place outside of what will be a new world government run by a Dictator the Bible calls the AntiChrist.

Does Bruce know his calling?..

Well, actually his words would suggest he knows it even if not in what he considers a "vision" and I have recently written to him to see if he can indeed confirm what I feel about him.

Aware or unaware I trust YHWH and it is YHWH who compells me to reveal this..

So by Faith I shall say again to any who do not enter ZION to...

"SEEK BRUCE BEACH AT ARK TWO IN CANADA!"

I also asked Bruce to supply me with any additional materials he might provide that I might eventually (when called to do so) supply to those who wish to reprint and stash them in locations for survivors to locate post ZION.

Mr. Beach is being very proactive in developing the largest Nuclear Fallout Facility on the North American Continant which is designed (and maintained) for both survival and rebuilding a working social order during times of tribulation and hardship.

He does so even though he is oft called "Paranoid" and riduculed for "wasting his time on something that is unnessesary" but I cannot locate a better facility (and if there is any others available please forward any Info you might have.

Several months ago I became curious regarding what facilities were currently available in my local area to people when and/or if there were a Nuclear attack from enemies unknown.

I went to to BEAVERTON (OREGON) PUBLIC LIBRARY and approached the information desk since I assumed they might help me to quickly locate any facilities in the area.

I walk around town when I have time and I could not seem to locate any of the signs that proliferated many "Fallout Shelters" during the cold war era (anyone here old enough to recall the old "Duck and Cover" films played in sshools to teach kids the proper position to die in.. well, I am not either but I have seen this sadly laughable idea of nuclear survival techniques).

So, at the Library I asked the simple question "Do you have any information regarding Local Area Fall Out Shelters in the event of a nuclear emergency?"

The woman behind the counter scratched her head and said.."Hm?, well let me check the internet." (This surprised me a bit because in the event of an actual nuclear emergency would anyone have time to GOOGLE?).

I waited while she searched.

I waited..

...& waited...

I told her to let me know when she locates the information and stepped away to look at a few books.

10 - 15 minutes later I returned to the desk and she now had two other people searching also.

Finally after at least 30 minutes from when I asked one of then found a single local location deemed suitable for shelter... IN TIGARD, OREGON.. A FULL TWENTY MINUTE DRIVE FROM WHERE I LIVE and with a maximum capacity of under 200 persons.

Well, If there had been a launch from China toword Portland even knowing this place exists can anyone tell me how I couild be there before the strike?

ANYONE? (Echo Echo)

Now I ask each of you this.. IF there was a missle launched and the air raid sirens were sounded and there was confirmation on the emergency television and radio reports that in .. oh.. we'll give it 30-minutes to get here (which is really being rediculously over-optimistic)

*WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO BE SAFE?

...DO YOU KNOW?

...HAVE YOU EVEN CONSIDERED THIS QUESTION?

Don't tell me it could NOT happen .. Last year on July 4th this fear was very much real if you recall when a certain asian leader was testing some of his toys and us defence centers were activated for the first time in too many years to count.. SO YES, IT COULD HAPPEN even if you don't wish to think about it.

Now I do agree that in such a situation that we MUST trust in God but that does not mean we should just sit there and do nothing. God indeed believes that men should prepare and take action because should such occur I am quite sure mant who die will be praying at that time.

So again I ask..

"WHAT WOULD OR WILL YOU DO???"

As for me I have a faith that on a day before this occurs that there will be an inner calling by the Holy Spirit which will be given all men regarding "Marching to ZION"... This is a place prepared by God to save a small remnant of the "meek" who are to inherit and rebuild the NEW EARTH after it is tilled to make it again suitable to be the Eden intended prior the the first fall of men.

THIS IS BIBLICAL and beyond that as in my previous Blog concerning ZION I gave evidence that it is multifaith and multicultural.

"CHRISTIAN ZIONISM" Proposed by Scofield and "POLITICAL ZIONISM" of some jewish belief systems ARE FALSE.. They have been placed before you in popular thought and culture so that when the "DAY OF ZION" comes that less than .003% of the total population shall do what it takes to be there.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RAPTURE? many ask...

Yet Again ... I tell you with GOD AS MY WITNESS (and you can surely choose NOT to believe me if you wish.. and SADLY more will not believe me than will understand) that the event referred to as the "Rapture" happens POST TRIBULATION according to the Bible itself.. and Zion is a place provided by God to literally..."SAVE YOUR ASS" (pardom my french..LOL)

In Scripture we see the following verses:

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." (Matthew 24:1-31 KJV)

So you who believe that God will "Rapture" the elect into the sky BEFORE the tribulation are simply in error. You who believe this will happen prior to such things have purchased a lie and called it truth.. Why do you believe a delusion? Because it's popular?

Well, there are many popular things that are not right and don't you think that the eveil one desires you to be decieved? Have you considered the "Broad Path that leads to destruction"?

Just because so many people you think are wise tell you that such things are biblical why are you just sitting and wagging your heads when RIGHT HERE in the very scriptures you value it is shown incorrect.

I tell you I was sent to Love you and to bring you this truth regarding REAL ZION in a love that wishes to save you on a day that comes.

Yet, there are many who would rather place their faith in established popular delusions, tellers of stories and keepers of fable than accept the truth I am called to carry in great concern and love for they who will listen.

Do you doubt me because I have no deploma from a theological college that is espoused in your faith as having merit? Foolish, for few truly chosen men in all history have such worthless papers.

Those of true calling and faith listen to God and seek knowledge fom what God provides.. trusting by Faith and seeking wisdom and education from GOD. Show me anywhere in any Sacred text that says that a diploma is required to serve the will of GOD. No, I do not see anything to support such things anywhere but in men's own minds.

Who among all of the Chosen prophets and saints did God use to do his will?

I see few who were highly educated and nowhere do I find anyone who was required to spend time earning a piece of paper to be used to bring truth. Does it not rather say that God "chooses the foolish to puplex the wise?

I have no book to sell you nor any cult like group to join but I fully attest that I have been sent to you to "establish the temple" which is the truth concerning ZION.

Do this: Go to Bible Gateway (I have a link on my profile under "books") and do a word lookup on two words. The first one is "Rapture" and the second is "Zion".. Now, which is there more in number?

But, you say, "Zion is only a mountain in Israel" and I say NO..

...Zion is the PROMISE OF ISRAEL...

.. but not the "Nation", rather the "People of EL/GOD" which then means thus: "The people who follow God YHWH are promised a place to go to avoid tribulation".. yet to get there will take not just looking upand hoping for someone decending from the sky (that shall no occur until Zion later decends as New Jerusalem and that is AFTER TRIBULATION according to scripture,

People sing a song in many churche that has the line "We are marching TO ZION"... So why then when there is an ACTION (Marching) do they sing what they do not believe.

"Faith without works is DEAD" means something.

Many have faith and claim to know Jesus.. yet never make their faith actionable. "Marching to Zion" is the action of a faith I bring you and it is NOT a new belief... It is merely a reestablishing of a lost idea whose time is all TO NEAR.

Before this time we now live in such knowledge was unneeded and so God allowe satan his word play to redefine the idea.. BUT NOW IT MUST BE REESTABLISHED that people will not die and they might literally BE SAVED.

There are a small number who I have challanged to reassess this for I truly seek not to bare anything in error and those who have bothered to dust off their Bible and searched with fresh mind and heart... forgetting what they were taught but being truly open to what is meant ... will attest that what I teach you MAY BE VERY TRUE and that now has come the time to concern ourselves with this matter.

The Bible also states that in the "END OF DAYS" men would primarily be in belief of something called "doctrines of devils" and that the wider (popular) path would be a "delusion" they were allowed to have. ARE WE NOT IN THESE DAYS? Then why is the popular view being believed fully when the truth is right there if you open your eyes and see it.

Now , do I expect the words I share to effect the majority to change their minds. No, there are still too many who will poo-poo me and take up teir copy of the "LEFT BEHIND" fictional novel as thought it was canonized scripture.

I tell you the truth..

...You may choose what you will believe but you will at least have been given warning.. a warning I hope you will pass on so that others may comprehend the eeror and change to conform to what is truth.

For they who do not enter Zion I again give you my last words I shall ever say before I enter in and they are thus:

"SEEK BRUCE BEACH AT ARK TWO IN CANADA"

Those who are the real ones "left behind" will have chosen to follow dogma other than truth but those who survive the tribulation and heed the words above shall see me ( and the others who listen now ) return later to recieve you. For then you will vividly see that which you hope for.. But I would rather you find out BEFORE tribulation that you might not bare that burdon that shall come very very soon.

May God make blind eyes see and deaf ears hear what is truth and may those who now refuse the offer be given the strength to endure and the hope that God love man so much that every opportunity to save him shall be provided..AMEN

BE LOVE & BE LOVED!
Jesus of Zion

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Since I have allowed Affiliate Sponsors to come on board and help support this Blog and what i do I thought it might be nice to thank our sponsors from time to time by featuring who they are and what they offer.,, because each sponsor has indeed had to approve of this Blog to be here.. that does not imply ENDORSEMENT.. Rather They have merely agreed that my Blog is suitable for their advertising.

This is different than Googletisements because I have very limited choice regarding what runs on those.. They use keywords and thus many of the religious advertisers might not agree with my content.. For example I discuss Israel and this shows up on Google and they ad an ad about "Visiting Israel" which frankly I would avoid right now... But I allow all comers and allow my readers free access.. Remember if you WANT FREEDOM AND TOLERANCE you must FIRST allow freedom and tolerance.

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This seems way more honest to me than begging for donations or selling books , tape sets and bobbleheaded Jesi Products..YUK.. Plus I don't have to deal with all the stocking, shipping and receiving and paperwork so I can make the BLOG BETTER instead of being a marketer..(which is something I promised Our Father I would not do).

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BLESSINGS AND LOVE!
BE LOVE & BE LOVED!

MY MINISTRY EXPLAINED ..sort of...a bit ODDLY!.

Although THIS BLOG is fairly new I felt it time here to tell you a little bit about how I arrived here. I won't share in detail for now but i will say that if I were to write the story of my life it would sound so incredible that most would think it was just Fiction.

I have considered writing a book AS fiction (based on my true story) and perhaps calling it.. "Once I figured out who I was even I did not believe it"... but let me just give you some basic information and I will save the details for another time (if we have enough time before.. well.. i digress).

I was born May 2nd , 1961 in Hollywood California and moved to Corvallis Oregon at age 6 .. I was a very creative child that grew up in a nurturing and loving family and had been involved in church activities and religious organizations for as long as I can recall.

My mother says that age 3 she walked in on standing on a chair with a Readers Digest (as my Bible) preaching to a congregation of stuffed animals neatly arranged before me. She told me once that I was preaching things far wiser than a 3-year old but I must admit I only vaguely recall any of this.. but perhaps that was the first sign of my destiny.

I had a deep love of everything. I was raised in Love and really knew nothing BUT LOVE until I entered grade school and found out there was actually something called "Hate".

I was a hyper-sensitive child and was easily hurt emotionally (still am).. Yet I never felt that if I was attacked that it was necessary to ever strike back.

I still find it hard to understand how people can be so selfish and mean to others. Nor do I understand why people feel the need to be vindictive if they have been abused (In my logic to counter attack only seems to justify the actions of the original aggressor and only amplifies and magnifies the battle).

The impulse for revenge was foreign to me and I suppose that is because I am a peacemaker by nature and I talk AND WALK what I believe in and i believe in LOVE!

LOVE IS KIND, PATIENT, JOYFUL, COMPASSIONATE and OTHER CENTERED. It is easy to love someone who loved you back but the true test of love is to "love one's enemy" which means loving somebody who may despise or abuse you,, See, I actually have this kind of Love and as a child I assumed everyone else did too.. But now i have come to realize how very RARE this is.

Anyway as I grew up I would later become the Youngest accepted "Good News Club" teacher in the country, Become a "Young Life" Councilor, Teach Sunday School, Be appointed Head Usher and from the age of 14 on until I was in my 30's I was a guest speaker at many various churches where I performed "Gospel Puppetry and Magic" and gave talks on various religious topics (such as Demonology, the Occult, Psychics and general "Get to know Jesus" evangelistic stuff.

Add to that 2 years spent going to a Christian middle school (Zion Lutheran School) and taking many various specialized classes such as "learning your Spiritual Gifts", "Spiritual Warfare" and many others.

I actually came to many times in my life where i began to view the Church as a business (and the way they are handled now they are). I often would lose direction and suffer burn-out and even at one time wondered if it was all a big crock of "donkey doo". I had spoken in many varied churches.. studied world religions and realized that there were so many who had varying opinions and faith yet all claimed THEIRS was the Biblical view and all others were in error.

I was a person who LOVED LOVE and seeing so many people who stated clearly that "GOD IS LOVE" and claimed the "LOVE OF GOD" as the most important thing to believe would then turn the next moment and be so filled with hatefulness and judgement that hellfire speaking that I eventually stopped hanging around the hypocrites.. I began to realize more LOVE was had around the infidels where God or No God they did not constantly analyze me and try to play that "God told me to tell you" BS that suggests that I am unable to hear My God on my own.. and that is VERY OFFENSIVE TO ME... as is anyone calling anyone else a "sinner" or speaking only in what I refer to as "Christianese" (I will blog on that odd language soon).

No one called by god for a purpose gets an ez ride... Especially if God has a message you are to carry forward that from DAY 1 you know most won't immediately buy.. because folks after careful study I arrived at which church was THE CHURCH and as I looked around.. IT DID NOT ANY LONGER EXIST ON THE EARTH. Well, it does but nobody is doing it right.. again , big subject so we will cover that another time.

Anyway, lets move forward to the day August 11th 1999. This day was even marked by an astronomical event and was so amazing it changed my entire way of thinking and viewing everything I had been taught about God. I have told this story before and will cover it again but I will say that in one night I went from walking down a path of self-destruction to realizing the nature of what my calling was to be.

Then began a series of events even more amazing.. each unique.. nothing typical; and each contained elements of mystery, allegory and miracle.. Eventually I came "heart to heart" with YHWH/God and what I experienced is beyond earthly description. I suppose it must have been what Moses saw and called the "Burning Bush" (funny how people naturally literalize it and think it's a real BUSH..LOL.. But I suppose one might say it sort of looks bushy .. sort of.. kind of.. well, It's wondrous when God honors you through some event that makes whatever doubt you have go away.

One interesting fact is that I recall very few "Words" actually spoken by God.. One might say each single word was as a library.. so when I heard "Behold my Heart My Son"... I guess those 5 words were like going to college in a single moment.. it's very hard to explain .. I have no real proof and so i share it only to give you my own experience (and in my view of reality you may have an almost entirely diametric view and we can still both be right).. I do not share this to show off or claim superiority.. But what i do is so difficult that it took some amazing events and that to convince me (I have in my journal most of the odd "coincidences?" which alone mean nothing.. YET TOGETHER WHAT THEY SAY TO ME IS "THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING OF WHO GOD AND JESUS ARE" and over time I was challenged over and over to really examine truth.

Let me explain my dilemma in my ministry as an odd but fun parable

(I like Parables)

Once there was a being named Zooj who lived on a world called Hiag..

There were other Zeebas living on Haig and they seemed just like him in every way and he lived just like every other Zeeba.

On the planet Hiag there was an old belief that one day a something named ZOOBA would come and in that coming he would provide wisdom that was essential to save the planet Haig during a time of crisis.

It was actually just that simple BUT while the Zeeba's were waiting they began to tell stories about the coming of ZOOBA.

..Zeebas live a long long time so over the years the story grew and grew and with each telling the ZOOBA became greater and greater and eventually they started writing the stories down only some stories conflicted with the others and each story teller thought that "their story" was the best and most true.

"ZOOBA will come and bring zingers and whoopies and he will bring them in a huge sack which will fit the world and protect it" said one zeeba Story Teller.

"Hogwash" said another Story Teller "You are wrong and you need to get it right or be sent to LEEH where you will be eaten by Flambats .. I alone can save you because I have the holy "whacca whacca stick" that gives me the absolute right to speak for the mighty ZOOBA and True believers in ZOOBA must only eat hibby berries and drink pugganubby wine or Zooba will not like them"

"I" argued a third Story Teller " Am the most anointed "Whickey Hickey", keeper of the divine name which cannot be spoken and you are both wrong for you must not even speak the name of THE GREAT ONE or when he comes he will float down out of the sky and kill all those who said the Holy name.. and who failed to purchase the "Scroll of Linkytoowhappi" written by the prophet NICKY NOO who is the one and only knower of THE GREAT ONE whose name cannot be spoken... Come to MY WAY or Both of you shall die at the hand of "He whose name cannot be spoken."

Zooj believed in Zooba and went to see the three story keepers to see which might be correct.

He carefully.. first he examined the legends of the "Zingers and whoopies and the sack of protection".. He tried using the "Whacca Whacca stick" and kept a strict diet of hibby berries and pugganubbi wine and he read thoroughly the "Scroll of Linkytoowhappi".

It was confusing but he gave each an equal and fair opportunity in order to see if perhaps any of the Story Tellers stories contained the truth so he would know Zooba when he came... but eventually he gave up and approached all three and said, "I am so tired and I do not like fighting and argument.. nor do i like the tastes of the berries and the Scroll is written so every third word is blacked out so that it is barely legible.. Look guys, I love Zooba .. I believe Zooba is coming... but after studying each of your stories and trying all your rituals and foods i don't think any of you have it right.

All three turned from arguing with each other and scowled at Zooj... The three shook their hands in unison angerly calling him a "blasphemer" a "fool" and a "heretic" and for a moment it seemed they all agreed for once (if but for only a moment)...

Zooj stood before them.. his head hanging as in shame .. but it was not shame.. rather Zooj felt abused and hurt and singled out as being wrong by everyone... yet inwardly something felt right about telling the Story Tellers they were wrong... Indeed it took great strength to stand against the traditions of the Story Tellers because in Zeeba culture to not follow at least one of the Stories was to disrespect the entire culture of Haig.

Eventually the three story keepers stopped harassing Zooj and began once again arguing among each other.

As Zooj left he thought "surely if Zooba is so great he would not wish to be around all that noise and anger."

So Zooj went out into the empty distant fields where he could be alone to consider if perhaps he might just figure out which Story teller offered the path closest to what he believed...and .... JUST THEN ...a corked bottle fell from the sky and almost landed on Zooj's head.

Zooj looked down and it had a tag on it reading:

"TO ZOOJ - OPEN AT ONCE AND READ".

"This is odd" thought Zooj, "Normally Bottles do not fall from the sky with my name on them".

At first Zooj feared it might be a trick of one ...or all ...of the Story tellers.

Perhaps it was telling him he would be killed.

Maybe it had a curse on it.

Maybe they put poison gas in the bottle and when he opened it he would be dead.

Zooj stayed in the open fields for days staring and thinking and fearful of what the paper in the bottle was but eventually his curiosity got the best of him so he opened it and with a sigh that he was not harmed he read:

" Dearest Zooj, I am your real father and you are really not a Zeeba.. You may look as a Zeeba and act as a Zeeba and even think as a Zeeba.. but I wanted you to first understand what it is to BE a Zeeba before I gave you this message. You see you are really a SESUJ and your real name is...

ZOOBA...

Yes, YOU ARE ZOOBA..."

Zooj's mouth dropped open and he almost dropped the note in shock... Zooj considered if perhaps this was some joke or trap.. certainly if HE was ZOOBA then the three storytellers were only "telling stories" because to be Zooba he needed no Sticks.. he required no Scrolls. He did not have to follow any weird ritual laws to be who he is/was..

ZOOBA just needed to BE ZOOBA.

He resumed reading:

"... My Son.. you were brought here to save the planet Haig and now I can tell you from what.. Every Billion years a huge space monster called a LEVID visits the Planet Haig searching for food and he has a great appetite for the ZEEBA's.. now this being is too big to fight and if he even sees a Zeeba it is a goner.. So what I ask you to do is tell them that on Noiz Hill there is huge cave my people carved and then hid til the proper time. Go and tell all on Haig that will listen that just before the Levid comes you are to hide in the cave for 3 and a half days and by then the Levid will be gone and all will be well for then next Billion Years. Thank You my son and after this is over i will come and get all who wish to come and visit our world where you are actually a prince and future king. Your Dad KING OHAJHAV

Freaked out but excited Zooj ran back into town. It was ZOOBADAY and Zooj (well ZOOBA) ran from temple to temple saying..

"Look , I am here.. My Father gave me this note and told me the truth about ZOOBA.. and it's ME.. IM ZOOBA.. but that's not what matters.. I..."

Suddenly Zooba was grabbed by all three Story Tellers and they carried him into a room.

"Have you gone Mad?" asked one story teller.

"Do you realize what you are doing?" asked the second.

"You have uttered the name of he who must not be named and by our law you must die" said the third.

"But, look I have this note that dropped from the sky and" started Zooba.

One of the Story Tellers grabbed the note and read it.

"This is a fraud" said the First Story Teller.

The second Story teller took the Note and read it.

He added "Our belief says nothing about a letter"

The Third Story Teller grabbed it and pushed it to Zooba's face.. "Where are all the blacked out words? and Look someone has written the name.. we must kill him for this!" and with that he tossed the letter into the fire.

"Well, we don't need to go that far" said the first Story teller and it began their endless argument over who was right.

Meanwhile Zooba ran into the streets yelling "PLEASE EVERYONE>> I AM ZOOBA AND YOU NEED TO FOLLOW ME TO THE HIDING PLACE MY FATHER PREPARED FOR ALL OF US SO HAIG MAY CONTINUE!

A few curious people listened and fewer still followed.. The majority of those who arrived were not followers of the Story Tellers and some even hated the very name "Zooba".. But because this guy was so hated by the Story Tellers they gave him a chance while those who awaited the coming of Zooba did not believe it could possibly be the one they knew as "Zooj".

Those who went into the cave in the hill of Nioz never actually saw what the LEVID looked like but somewhere it is said you cand still hear arguements and debates coming from the belly of the Beast called LEVID.

This is but a tale.. a silly story to amuse you.. then again I will let you consider if it might be more (INSERT TWIGHLIGHT ZONE MUSIC HERE)

BE LOVE & BE LOVED!
JoZ

What Would Jesus BUY? (ABC News LINK)

WWJB: What Would Jesus Buy?
Faith Can Mean Big Business With Items Like T-Shirts, Dolls and Mints
By JUJU CHANG and WENDY BRUNDIGE
Aug. 10, 2008

Worship has a new look now that the Bible, God and church have become commodities. From the Bible Bar to Holy bottled water, to quench your spiritual hunger and thrust, some marketers are selling religious merchandise in the hopes of spreading their faith.

FOR REST OF STORY AND VIDEO GO TO : http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5551251&page=1

MY VIEW:

Jesus is not a commodity or product to be bought, sold or traded and when i see Spiritual or religious merchandise peddled it only reminds me of the story of Jesus of Nazareth (JoN) when he found a place calling itself a "house of God" yet it was turned into a "den of thieves".

Is this the case now?

What would happen if today I came into your church and threw your books, tape sets and other religious merchandise onto the floor and began driving your paster out the door.. well, I suppose i would be arrested huh?

Jesus today cannot take such actions yet the problem remains the same. My last controversial video (other than satiring the WBC) was also a satire of the foolish merchandising of con-men inferring that one can be "greater blessed" by having whatever it is they are "pitching".

Realize I could easily come up with thousands of marketable and lucrative products and pitch them here .. yet, this I cannot ...nor shall I do because to me a faith that must profit from being a prophet ..PROFITS NO ONE except the false prophet offering the garbage and calling it "holy".

Please feel free to comment regarding your view on "religious merchandising".

BE LOVE & BE LOVED!
JoZ

CENSORSHIP IS WRONG!

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Some of you regular readers may know that I have a rather odd view on spiritual things... I feel that humor and parody can sometimes make a more effective point than simply preaching. George Carlin and Lenny Bruce may have at times been offensive in their humor but humor is a very effective tool for transmitting an underlying truth. Yet I commend both for standing up against the evils of CENSORSHIP!

Hate does not belong in anything related to God and Hate must be called out.. Thus I posted a silly parody of what I see happening in many televangelistic campaigns.. a Video on semi-specifically pointing to a Group that inun itself uses it's freedom to promote HATE as how God sees things)

It was NOT to be taken seriously.. contained no actual nudity or profanity and was no less offensive than an episode of most any Comedy Central or mad TV bit.

It was intended only as a method of PROTEST and a way of poking some fun at someone whose hate filled messages are making the cause of Christ and Love appear evil.

Many televangelists likewise are selling religion as though the buying of a book or tape set will help open the gates of heaven and the video in the previous post was an artistic protest to this false methodology.

Yet, here again it appears somebody has either no sense of humor or took offense in some way I cannot actually grasp.. since never did the film actually promote Hate, Violence and hey guys.. It's intended as a PARADY ONLY!

Under the FIRST AMENDMENT I have the right to express myself freely and nobody is being forced to watch this video and anyone who takes offence to it needs to chill and realize it's my way of protesting and contains nothing that could not be placed on tv.

I applauded YouTube for releasing my "MySpace" video and I have faith that they will eventually unlock this one for viewing again.

Anyone who would have been offended by this must be very ignorant or guilty of what the true message of the short is... I don't know but it's also available at SHARENOW if you wish to view it before it gets unlocked and realize again.. ITS ONLY HUMOR!!!! (what is wrong with people today?, oh yes.. I know all too well)

Lighten Up.. and realize that as with the previous locked video the fact it becomes forbidden to view only makes people wish to see it all the more!

BE LOVE & BE LOVED!
JoZ

TONIGHT (sunday 8/10/08) & YOU ARE INVITED

WHO AM I? - An Open Letter for YOU!

WHO AM I???

This gets asked a great deal so here is my response for the record:

It matters little what I speak of myself for many claim authority in the name of YHWH/God (or whatever you wish to call the Creator Spirit)

This is not at all about ME…

It is actually about salvation of mankind and the giving and receiving of Love. Not about claims of any greatness for is it not written that the Last shall be first? I am only a servant.

I don't make my friends conform to what I believe of myself... It's not the messenger that matters so much as the message. Most tend to demand that the truth conform to dogma rather than accepting the truth and letting it form what is right and good.

God revealed my path to me and I will not deny what God speaks of me even if it does not conform to traditional dogmas and doctrines for even they cannot seem to conform one to another... thus man made "religion" his god... this was prophesied to be the case in these "end of days" when it is written that they would believe the "doctrines of devils".

I do not argue any of this... I merely share what God has told me to do and proven out again and again and again in personal visions and unique experiences (given to me alone and for me alone) but I do not debate it as how can one truly prove or disprove such things?

To those who require proof there shall never be enough and for those who have faith none is ever required.

This process which God (YHWH) is using to fulfill prophecy perplexes those who think they are wise just as it did upon the first coming when the Hebrew priests likewise denied what God had offered. To limit God is a greater sin than to simply accept what comes for YHWH can do anything (in any way) He wishes.

I appreciate you and thank those who ask about ME ..

..HOWEVER… Please resist judgment of me but look to what I teach (I accept only the Judgment of YHWH who called me to do as I do).

My message is simple. It is a message of Love, Hope & Warning... The greatest being the following simple words, for in them is the whole of the Law and the hope of all men,...

...BE LOVE & BE LOVED!
Jesus of Zion

P.S. I love you. I seek none to worship ME... I seek those who follow YHWH and worship HIM ONLY!

THIS IS AN AWESOME INTERVIEW with Hogue (see book review below)

Since posting the book Review earlier today I downloaded an interview Hogue did with Jeff Rense and as i listen (and still am as i write this).

I am really liking this dude and I am finding the interview not only enjoyable and educational but AMAZING at how my own beliefs regarding prophecy are matching this guys prophecies.

I have written Mr. Hogue and perhaps I can get him on my own NowLive program as he seems quite likable and knowledgeable on his subject matter.

Go to this link and download the Jeff Rense interview! This information so far seems to only confirm my own prophecies concerning what comes! ENJOY!

MUST HEAR LINK: http://hogueprophecy.com/johnhogue.htm

BE LOVE & BE LOVED!
joz

CALLING ALL MESSIAHS!!!??? READ A BOOK!!!

I enjoy the Internet a great deal and learn a lot by simply surfing and Googling but to me there is nothing quite like a BOOK.. I LOVE BOOKS!

I have quite a substantive collection and the majority are educational, reference, non-fiction, historical, spiritual and things that enlighten. I have very few novels or fictional works in my collection because my time is best spent learning TRUTH rather than just partaking in what I might refer to as a form of "literary masturbation"...

..see I want to learn things so I can teach others and few books of fiction offer any real learning opportunity (The last actual fiction I read was "THE Da vinci CODE" which I enjoyed mostly for it's interesting theories and ideas... Mostly gleaned from it's predecessor "Holy Blood, Holy Grail".

Where books are concerned I am very fortunate to live in the Portland, Oregon area because I have access to POWELL's BOOKS and if you have never heard of "Powell's" it is the LARGEST BOOKSTORE IN THE WORLD (website: http://www.powells.com/ ).. It is amazing how huge this place is and I have spent whole days there taking in the smell of paper and ink as I scanned for rare and unusual works

Today I want to tell you about a book I have not yet purchased but found while looking through their extensive "spiritual and religious" section.

Though written by a controversial author I was captivated by its elegance and especially by it's Introduction "The Call of The Messiahs"... As I read the words I was hooked and I must say the book is beautiful and offers some very thought provoking ideas.

The official website of the Author is likewise fascinating and though I cannot agree with everything he believes I feel there is enough information presented to make a very valid point worthy of further study.

The synopsis given at the site tells you exactly what to expect and reads as follows:

As the third millennium begins, thousands of Christians wait expectantly for the Second Coming of their messiah; but Christians are not alone. All world religions teach about the advent of a messianic figure, a savior of humankind, who will be preceded by a time of disaster and tribulation. According to many, that time is now. But, as John Hogue claims, we are in danger of misinterpreting the signs.

Prophets, popes, saints, and sinners continue to inspire and intrigue this internationally acclaimed author. In Messiahs, Hogue goes further than ever before to deconstruct established religious beliefs.

Messiahs examines and questions the many messages and messengers from every tradition in an extraordinarily fresh and insightful way. Hogue aims to turn your perception of messiahs upside down using a thought-provoking interface of text, prophecies, and cutting-edge illustrations. Messiahs is specifically designed as an evocative fusion of words and images to celebrate the apocalypse. But, as John Hogue asks: �Are we being programmed to miss the messiah again?

IN THIS CONTROVERSIAL NO-HOLDS-BARRED EXPLORATION OF MESSIANIC MYTHS JOHN HOGUE EXAMINES:

The Second Coming Syndrome
The Messiahs Gallery
Signs of the End Times
Counterfeit Christs
Propheganda�Programming humanity to believe in the End Times
Armageddonomics�Programming humanity to make the End Times happen
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Ordinary
The Great Paradox
The Apocalypse of the Awakened Ones
Seers� Encyclopedia

Characteristically weaving witticisms with frank discussion, Hogue provocatively sets out to rouse us from the religious dreamscape of our spiritual slumber.

Here is the link to the Book page:

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5491722721100382450

So if this subject interests you I recommend taking a look at what the author has to say. You don't have to believe him entirely for this book to be beneficial and I found it one that is on my "must buy" list just as soon as I have a few extra dollars to invest.

"Know all that is knowable.. Learn all that is learn-able and weigh and measure what is truth through the Spirit of LOVE!" jesus of zion