Example of 13 stars flag of the American Confederacy

There is a tombstone in Henderson, NC for Orrin Randolph Smith with an inscription "designer of the Stars and Bars". He claimed (some time after the fact) that he had designed the original national flag of the Confederate States of America, commonly known as the "Stars and Bars". His claim is in conflict with a similar claim by Nichola Marschal. There was a great conflict between the descendants and partisans of these two claimants in the early years of the 20th century.

Betsy Ross stars flag of the U.S. of America

When I researched Leopold 1744, I found that the heredity prince Leopold was the head of a group of soldiers who invaded Belgium, which began in 1744.  

1776, represents the Constitution and Bill of Rights for the United States of America.

See: http://www.house.gov/house/Educate.shtml

1776 is also related to the Masons and Templars, and actually is double 888 which represents Jesus using Greek alphanumerics.

 Many will recognize the 1776 date, as this is the year in which Adam Weishaupt formed the Order of Perfectibilists on May 1, 1776 (still celebrated today throughout the world as May Day), which later became known as the Illuminati, a secret society whose name means “Enlightened Ones”, which of course many will be familiar with. It seems fitting that a group such as the Illuminati would see great significance in celebrating the birth of their New World Order by posthumously acknowledging the man who started it all.

- Still not convinced? The newly approved design for the replacement of the WTC stands 1776 feet tall. (1776 is also equal to 1110 plus 666.)

The Number 1776

"On 11 June, (the Continental) Congress appointed a committee to draft a declaration of independence. Of the five men on this committee, two - Franklin and...Robert Livingston - were Freemasons, and one, Robert Sherman, is believed, though not confirmed, to have been. The other two, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams - were not, despite subsequent claims to the contrary. The text of the declaration was composed by Jefferson. It was submitted to Congress and accepted on 4 July 1776. The nine signatories who can now be established as proven Freemasons, and the ten who were possibly so, included such influential figures as Washington, Franklin and, of course, the president of the Congress, John Hancock. The army, moreover, remained almost entirely in Freemasonic hands...As we shall see, it is in the Constitution that the influence of Freemasonry is most discernible...

"At last, on 25 May 1787, the Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia and commenced its efforts to devise the machinery of government for the new nation. The first voice to make itself heard in any significantly influential way was a characteristically Freemasonic one, that of Edmund Randolph.. Randolph...a member of a Williamsburg lodge, had become Washington's aide-de-camp. Subsequently he was to become Attorney-General, then governor of Virginia and Grand Master of Virginia's Grand Lodge. During Washington's presidency, he was to serve as the first Attorney-General of the United States, then the first Secretary of State.

"...There were ultimately five dominant and guiding spirits behind the Constitution - Washington, Franklin, Randolph, Jefferson and John Adams. Of these, the first three were active Freemasons, but men who took their Freemasonry extremely seriously - men who subscribed fervently to its ideals, whose entire orientation had been shaped and conditioned by it. And Adam's position, though he himself is not known to have been a Freemason was virtually identical to theirs. When he became president, moreover, he appointed a prominent Freemason, John Marshall, as first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court." (1)

From: http://watch.pair.com/mason.html

The Melodies of the Washington Monument

"...In 1791, Pierre Charles L'Enfante(the designer, who was a Freemason), laid out Governmental Center of Washington, D.C., he planned more than just streets, roads, and buildings. He hid certain occultic magical symbols in the layout of U.S. Governmental Center. When these symbols are united they become one large occultic, symbol..."

The Great Seal of the United States

On July 4, 1776, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson were given the task of creating a seal for the United States of America. The delegates of the Constitutional Convention believed an emblem and national coat of arms would be evidence of an independent nation and a free people with high aspirations and grand hopes for the future.

The Great Seal was finalized and approved six years later on June 20, 1782. The seal reflects the beliefs and values that the Founding Fathers wanted to pass on to their descendents.

In the center of the seal is an bald eagle, our national bird. It holds in its beak a scroll inscribed E pluribus unum, which is Latin meaning "out of many, one" and stands for one nation that was created from 13 colonies. In one claw is an olive branch, while the other holds a bundle of thirteen arrows. The olive branch and arrows "denote the power of peace and war."

A shield with thirteen red and white stripes covers the eagle's breast. The shield is supported solely by the American eagle to denote that Americans should rely on their own virtue. The red and white stripes of the shield represent the states united under and supporting the blue, representing the President and Congress. The color white signifies purity and innocence; red, hardiness and valor; and blue signifies vigilance, perseverance, and justice. Above the eagle's head is a cloud surrounding a blue field containing thirteen stars, which forms a constellation. The constellation denotes that a new State is taking its place among other nations.

Do you see a pattern of thirteen in the Great Seal?

• 13 stars in the crest above the eagle
• 13 stripes in the shield upon the eagle's breast
• 13 arrows in the eagle's left claw
• 13 olives and leaves in the eagles' right claw
• 13 letters in the motto carried by the eagle, E Pluribus Unum

Why thirteen? Thirteen represents the first thirteen states - Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

The seal's reverse side is sometimes referred to as the spiritual side. It contains a 13-step pyramid with the year 1776 in Roman numerals at the base. At the top of the pyramid is the Eye of Providence and above is the motto Annuit Coeptis, meaning "It [the Eye of Providence] is favorable to our undertakings" or "He favors our undertakings." Below the pyramid, a scroll reads, Novus Ordo Seclorum, meaning "New Order of the Ages." It refers to 1776 as the beginning of the American new era.

The Great Seal can be seen on the back of a one-dollar bill. The Secretary of State is the official custodian of the seal. It is only attached (affixed) to certain documents, such as foreign treaties and presidential proclamations. The Great Seal is displayed in the Exhibit Hall of the Department of State, in Washington, DC

FROM: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/seal.html

The Latin motto ‘Annuit Cœptis’ means ‘He (God) Favours our Undertaking’ and the motto ‘Novus Ordo Seclorum’ means ‘A New Order of the Ages (is born)’ which is at the core of the whole New World Order agenda of the Illuminati. 

In "The Reverse Side of the Seal of the United States and its Symbolism" Lang comments: "The reverse side must have been designed by a mystic, one well versed in symbolism.. all true Theosophists aught to be able to see the connecting link between true Theosophy and the reverse side of the Seal .. the time will come when the white headstone (capstone) of our government.. in the proclaiming of a new religion in which all spiritual currents flowing from every other religion shall meet in the perfection of the white stone, having neither dogma nor doctrine."

Presently, let us concentrate on just one specific and perhaps THE most important identifying mark on the obverse of the Great Seal - MDCCLXXVI, which represents 1776 in Roman numerals. In Hebrew and Greek, all letters have numerical value, but the Romans used only six numerals: D=500, C=100, L=50, X=10, V=5, I=1. These six letters add up to 666, (The Roman numeral M, for 1000, was added later). You will now see how cleverly and subtly occult numerology and geometry is woven into this seal.

The Pythagoreans, believed that the source of all truth was hidden in geometric symbolism, with the triangle especially as the most "sacred" of all symbols, where the ternary is regarded as the key to unlocking all "hidden wisdom". Now put three triangles in a row - starting with M, place the Roman numerals representing 1776 in the exact sequence of top, bottom
left, bottom right at the corners of the triangles, and you get an amazing revelation.

We can see that the top row of numerals M C X, adds up to 1110. The bottom row of numericals is in perfect Roman Numeral order, D C L X V I, and adds up to 666. What does all this mean? There are nine numerals in 1776, just the right number for three triangles. The number nine was sacred to Pythagoreans and thus Freemasonry, because it represented the perfect square (9) of the perfect number (3). Nine interestingly enough, is also the number of Satan, in Satanism.

Also, the old Babylonian numbering and monetary system was sexagesimal, that is, based upon six or sixty. They had sixty "cents" to their "dollar". In fact we still use the old Babylonian system to measure time; sixty seconds to the minute, sixty minutes to the hour.

The NEW Babylon's (America's) numbering and monetary system is centesimal, based on multiples of ten. By decoding the Roman numerals on the Great Seal, representing 1776, we find both the old Babylonian and the new modern American systems of exchange. Mathematically, 1110 old Babylonian dollars are equal to 666 American (New Babylonian) dollars. (0.6 x 1110 = 666) - These two figures, 1110 & 666 are skilfully codified into the number 1776 - the founding of the American Republic and the beginning of America as the Biblical "Babylon the Great" together with its "Mystery Religion."

The eye radiating in all directions, is the "all-spying" eye that symbolises the terrorist, Gestapo-like, espionage agency that the supreme Illuminist, Adam Weishaupt set up to guard the.. "secret of the Order and to terrorise the populace into the acceptance of its rule." Robert Keith Spenser on page 32 in his classic must-read "the Cult of the All-Seeing Eye,"

FROM: http://www.cyberclass.net/mark.htm

Significant symbols related to 13 are extensive, of course. A good place to start is the camp positions of the Tribes in Numbers 2. The 12 Tribes camp in quadrants around the temple/tent/Tabernacle. The symbols of the four main Tribes are The Four Living Creatures, which correspond to the Zodiac signs of the solstices and equinoxes during the Age of Taurus. They align again in the Age of Aquarius. The "extra" or 13th Tribe are the Levites, who stay with the Tabernacle. So, the arrangement is a reflection of Heaven above.

This seems to be the basis of the 12 Apostles with Jesus, The New Jerusalem, the Knights of the Round Table, and the 13 stars in the Star of David on our National Seal, representing the original states.

The "two anointed" are the High Priest and King. The High Priest is from the Levite Tribe, and the King from the Tribe of Judah. They are represented by Joshua and Zerubbabel in Zechariah 3 and 4, where they are called the two olive trees that stand beside the Menorah (golden lampstand with seven lamps). The two olive trees stand up after 3 1/2 days in Revelation 11:11.

by Joe Mason

EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH

Role Reversal Refuted!

By

Robert Phillips

"And Jacob said unto Joseph. .. thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine... And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father:for this is the firstbom; put thyrighthand upon his head. And his father refused, and said, I know it,my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great:but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.And he blessed them thatday, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh." - (GENESIS 48:3-20)

To fully appreciate the significance of the blessing of Joseph's two sons, we need to understand some background with regard to both history and prophecy in relation to Israel. The promises to the tribes of Israel were specifically reserved for the "LAST DAYS", or "CHRISTIAN ERA" - Genesis 49:1, Hebrews 1:1,2. The rebellion of the ten tribes in the North, against the Throne of David, in the time of Solomon's son, Rehoboam, is foretold in 1 Kings 11:9-13, and 29-32. This northern ten-tribe division retained the name ISRAEL.The tribe of Judah, in the South, were granted the loyal support of the tribe of Benjamin, and were collectively known as JUDAH. Understanding this division of ISRAEL and JUDAH is essential, in order to rightly apply prophecy. 2 Kings 17 gives a summary of how, because of sin, God took ten-tribe ISRAEL away from the throne of Judah, and eventually caused them to go into exile in Assyria. They did not return! The fact is,both Ezra and Nehemiah record that only 42,360 of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, returned to Judea from exile in Babylon, together with a "mixed multitude" see Ezra 2:64, Nehemiah 7:66, 13:3. From these, the Jews of Jesus' day descended. It is clear therefore, that to identify ISRAEL in both history and prophecy we have to distinguish Israel from the Jews. It was prophesied that ISRAEL would lose their identity, God referring to them as "not my people", in other words, a people who would not be identified as Israel (Hosea 1:10, 2:23), yet we may identify Israel by the destiny they were to fulfil! I Chronicles 5:1 tells us the "BIRTHRIGHT was given unto the SONS OF JOSEPH". This means that, through the descendants of the SONS OF JOSEPH, God would fulfil the great promises of Israel's greatness! That greatness included the promise given to Jacob in Genesis 35:11:

"I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply: a NATION and a COMPANY OF NATIONS shall be of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loins... "

Clearly ISRAEL was to be a NATION with a MONARCHY, which would expand to become a "COMPANY OF NATIONS"!

The account of the blessing of Joseph's sons, EPHRAIM and MANASSEH, is recorded in Genesis Chapter 48. It is staggering that Jacob chose his grandsons, the sons of Joseph to be bearers of the BIRTHRIGHT. That birthright was the passing on of the promises given to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob himself! This included the promise given to Jacob, that his seed would become a "NATION AND COMPANY OF NATIONS"! The reason was that, though they were actually his grandsons, Jacob adopted the sons of Joseph as his own sons. It was, in fact, the highest honour he could give to Joseph, that his sons would not only be equal with the other sons of Jacob, but would have the birthright. Yet Jacob went further than this. Although Manasseh was the elder of the two lads, whilst giving both EPHRAIM and MANASSEH a share of the birthright, Jacob gave the firstborn-portion to EPHRAIM! In fact, Ephraim is God's firstborn! (Jeremiah 31:9)

To identify modern ISRAEL,we are clearly looking for a people who, though not recognised as Israel, have the hallmarks of Israel-identity. God had told Abraham his seed would be GREAT and their name "GREAT"! Jacob's descendants were to become a "NATION AND COMPANY OF NATIONS", a prophecy entailed in the birthright given to the sons of Joseph.

The indisputable fact that no other Nation is named "GREAT",or has become a Company or Commonwealth of Nations in precisely this way, is in itself irrefutable proof that GREAT BRITAIN is EPHRAIM, and that the prophecy had firstborn fulfilment in the Nation of Great Britain and its Commonwealth of Nations, the "Multitude of Nations" prophesied by Jacob. The Roman Empire, at its height, tyrannically ruled approximately a quarter of the then known world. At its height, the benign British Empire ruled over a third of the earth's surface, becoming the greatest Empire of all time, its "branches ran over the wall!"(Genesis 49:22.) Many of these nations now have independence, yet Queen Elizabeth II remains "Head of the Commonwealth", representing over 30% of the world's population.

The portion of the birthright given to MANASSEH is unquestionably fulfilled in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Joseph represented the greatest, richest power on earth in his day, and that blessing was passed on to both his sons, first Ephraim and second Manasseh. Ephraim's position has diminished, at this time, partly for reasons of judgment, and partly to allow Manasseh to enjoy, in turn, Joseph's pre-eminence in wealth and power. But this does not alter history, or reverse Ephraim's prophetic mandate.

Recently, there have been attempts by some Anglo-Israel believers, mainly in America, to reverse the identities of Ephraim and Manasseh. Those who take the position that America is Ephraim, argue that the "STATES" fulfil the criteria of a "COMPANY OF NATIONS".

Now, I love America, and have many wonderful Christian friends there, some of whom may differ from me on this. I certainly have no wish to give offence, but I believe truth is paramount. Iwould prefer it if an American had written this article, however I am glad that there are also many American Anglo-Israel believers who agree with me on this issue. The U.S.A. declares itself to be "one Nation under God", a single NATION or REPUBLIC, constituting a FEDERATION OF STATES, NOT a "COMPANY OF NATIONS"! It is, in fact, a dangerous position to take, to attempt to uncross Jacob's hands and usurp Ephraim's mandate. AMERICA precisely fulfils MANASSEH'S role. Indeed, the amazing accuracy of this prophecy is awesome! Even the use of words is significant. MANASSEH was to become a GREAT PEOPLE! The word "people" (in contrast to a "company of nations") is significant, suggesting Manasseh would become a REPUBLIC, as distinct from a MONARCHY! The word "people" means a "multitude gathered as a unit", which is exactly what the UNITED STATES OFAMERICA is. Undoubtedly, a broad representation of Israel tribes is gathered in AMERICA under the leadership of the MANASSEH branch of the BIRTHRIGHT PEOPLE!

Those who contend for the 'America-Ephraim' theory use arguments including the following:

(1) It has been said that since America is younger than Britain, then America must be Ephraim, because he was the younger of the two sons. We will show that in fact, the opposite is true.

(2) Some quote the verse: "The elder shall serve the younger", as though it implies that America (the 'younger') will be greater than Britain, the 'elder' (Genesis 25:23). In fact, this verse refers to the relationship of Jacob and Esau, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Ephraim and Manasseh. Both America and Britain have supported each other, especially in international military conflict, as prophesied, but neither is subservient to the other.

(3) Some have sought proof of 'Ephraimite' identity from the fact that America has some of the world's most verdant resources (Isaiah 28:1). However, often prophecies addressed to "EPHRAIM" as the leading tribe, apply to Israel in general. In fact, all territories possessed by both Ephraim and Manasseh are areas of great abundance, blessing and natural resources.

(4) Some claim the reference in Isaiah 28:1 to "Ephraim" being "drunk with wine" identifies the U.S.A. rather than Britain, since Britain's national drink is beer. Again this verse applies to the Israel nations as a whole, which all have a major alcohol problem. The Hebrew word for "wine" is "yayin" which is applicable to light alcohol in general. Although many men still prefer ale, beer or lager, not only is wine made in Britain, but also it is becoming a major wine consuming nation. In fact alcohol consumption is equally varied in both Britain and America. However, reference to being "drunk with wine" can also be symbolic in prophecy.

(5) One writer states that the "wild ox", which characterises America, is a symbol of Ephraim. He has it the wrong way round! The "wild ox" does represent America, but is the symbol of Manasseh! The "bull", a symbol of Britain ("John Bull"), is Ephraim (Deuteronomy 33:17).

In fact, the attempts of some American-Israel believers to reverse the identities of Ephraim and Manasseh ironically add weight to American-Manasseh identity, as one of the meanings of "manasseh" is "forgetting", and in order to make their case, they have to FORGET 300 YEARS OF HISTORY! With the greatest admiration for the U.S.A. - a truly GREAT PEOPLE - frankly, it has to be said that the case for claiming the U.S.A. is Ephraim cannot be made, as from the standpoint of history, there never has been a greater power than Great Britain, which ruled, and through the Commonwealth still influences a third of the world's population!

The following are 12 Reasons why Ephraim is Britain and Manasseh is America and why the Roles cannot be Reversed:

(1) Jacob placed Ephraim BEFORE Manasseh, and he was called the FIRSTBORN:

Those who take the 'Ephraim-U.S.A.' position do so precisely on the grounds that America is the younger, as was Ephraim.Yet this undermines the whole point of the 'Ephraim Blessing', which was to set him before Manasseh. The term "firstborn" in both Hebrew and Greek Scriptures consistently means literally first-born!

As the younger son, for Ephraim to become the firstborn would mean his offspring would be literally first-born into their prophetic identity, fulfilling their destiny first! Since America is the younger of the two peoples, those who argue the 'America-Ephraim' theory must explain how the U.S.A. can be called the 'firstbom' when, in relation to Great Britain, America is NOT in any sense the first-born! If Ephraim is America, then his role as 'firstborn' is meaningless, and he has reverted to his original position as the younger son. Though Ephraim was originally the younger son of Joseph, the order was to be reversed in prophetic destiny. This means Ephraim's destiny was to be fulfilled before that of Manasseh, and he would fulfil the role of the FIRSTBORN of the BIRTHRIGHT of Israel. So it was that EPHRAIM- originally the younger of the two sons - became the leading tribe of Israel, and the firstborn - i.e. GREAT BRITAIN - in prophetic destiny (Genesis 48:14-19, Jeremiah 31:9).

(2) Ephraim SET BEFORE Manasseh means he would be FIRST in both time and greatness:

The terms "set" and "before" both relate to order in terms of position and time. It is significant that of several Hebrew words of similar meaning, the words employed have to do with "setting in order" both in the sense of occurrence and importance. Since Great Britain came into being before the U.S.A. and at its height was greater in power and influence than any other nation before or since, where are the grounds for saying the U.S.A. is Ephraim, when quite clearly the opposite is true? The 'American-Ephraim' argument is, of course, based on the unquestioned fact that America is, today, the largest economy and greatest military power. This, however, far from proving the theory, actually supports the U.S.A. - Manasseh identity.

Since both sons shared the birthright, including Joseph's legacy of pre-eminence, then each would have to take that position in his order - first EPHRAIM - Great Britain, second - MANASSEH- U.S.A. The fact that Britain entered into the height of its power in the 19th Century and America in the mid-20th Century bears this out. However, since the birthright is shared, neither can be completely independent of the other, so America and Britain have supported each other in World Conflicts in the prophesied Anglo-American Alliance (Deuteronomy 33:17). However, it is true to say both America and Great Britain are experiencing judgment and diminished influence in many respects, at this time, and there is every Biblical reason to believe both will ultimately be restored to their full greatness as part of God's restoration of all Israel

(3) Manasseh would become a "GREAT PEOPLE"- AFTER Ephraim:

Though Manasseh was originally the elder son of Joseph, the order would be reversed in prophetic destiny. Jacob placed Ephraim before Manasseh. Yet, although Ephraim's destiny was to be fulfilled first, Manasseh would also become a "GREAT PEOPLE".The word "also" means "additionally" or "subsequently", affirming that EPHRAIM would be before MANASSEH in coming to greatness and that MANASSEH - originally the first - would be the second of the two sons to come to greatness- i.e.U.S.A. - in prophetic fulfilment (Genesis 48:14-19.)

As MANASSEH historically occupied territory divided by water (River Jordan), so MANASSEH-U.S.A. today, is also divided by water from its families who remained in the British Isles. Those who hold to the 'America-Ephraim' theory, also contend that Britain is predominantly 'Manasseh'. To take this position, they have to explain why, if America is Ephraim, it was Britain, not America, that was the firstborn in prophetic fulfilment, since the Ephraim "multitude of nations" - not Manasseh, the "great people" - were to be the firstborn! They must explain why, if Britain is 'Manasseh', Jacob's prophecy specified that Manasseh was to become a "great people" after Ephraim! Obviously, all of these facts identify MANASSEH, not Ephraim, as AMERICA!

(4) Manasseh would be a REPUBLIC with a REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, not a MONARCHY!

MANASSEH was to become a GREAT PEOPLE! The use of the word "people" in contrast to "company of nations" is significant, and implies a REPUBLIC, as distinct from a MONARCHY! The term "people" is very distinctive, meaning a "multitude gathered as a unit", which is precisely what the United States of America is! It also implies diversity, suggesting Manasseh would become a Federation of States, yet "One Nation Under God". Significantly, one of the meanings of the name "Manasseh" itself is RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATION - NOT MONARCHY!

(5) America is Manasseh and Britain is Ephraim - confirmed by Prophetic Time Calculation:

The subjugation of the tribe of Manasseh to Assyria actually began in 745 B.C. If we calculate from this date the prophesied chastisement of 2520 years (i.e. the prophetic "seven times" Leviticus 26:24, 28) we arrive at A.D.1775-6, precisely when the 13 States signed their Declaration, and obtained Independence from Great Britain.

Ephraim was exiled to Assyria in 720 B.C. Calculating "7 Times" from that date we arrive at 1801 A.D. That very year, Great Britain became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

(6) America is Manasseh because Manasseh is the 13th Tribe:

When Jacob blessed Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, he adopted them as his sons, which placed them on a par with the other tribes. This meant Joseph was now represented by two tribes, making an overall total of thirteen tribes. Since Jacob "set Ephraim before Manasseh", this meant MANASSEH was the THIRTEENTH tribe of Israel.

The prominence of the number 13 identifies AMERICA with MANASSEH the 13th Tribe:

1. 13 States signed The Declaration of Independence.
2. 13 Stars are above the Eagle on the American Seal.
3. 13 Letters form the motto 'E Pluribus Unum' - 'one of many'.
4. 13 Leaves are on the Olive Branch, on the left talon
5. 13 Olives also, are on the left talon of the U.S. Seal
6. 13 Arrows are on the right talon of the Shield
7. 13 Stripes are featured on the Shield
8. 13 Stars were on the original U.S. Flag - 'Old Glory'
9.13 Stripes also, were on 'Old Glory'
10. 13 Stripes still feature on the current Flag of the U.S.A.

(7) America is Manasseh because of the meaning of the name:

1. 'Forgetting'- this primary meaning characterises America's pioneer spirit "Forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead" (Philippians 3:13- N.A.S.).

2. 'Responsible Representation'- this is prophetic of America's Republican Constitution and affirms Manasseh would be a Republic, not a Monarchy!

3. 'HaMachir' - It is said that America was named after Americo Vespucci. Apparently, this same man was referred to in Hebrew manuscripts under the name 'HaMachir', from which the name 'Americo' derives. 'HaMachir' means 'from Machir'. Machir was the firstborn son of Manasseh (Genesis 50: 23). Therefore the very name 'America' identifies the offspring of Manasseh. Of significance also is the fact that the word 'machir' denotes the principle of Salesmanship or Capitalism - doesn't that sound like America?

(8) Britain is Ephraim and America is Manasseh because of the population differential:

One of the marks of Israel would be that Ephraim and Manasseh "..shall push the people together to the ends of the earth [a clear reference to the Anglo-American alliance] and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and they are the thousands of Manasseh" (Deuteronomy 33:17).

Now whilst this was not intended as a precise population ratio, it does indicate that EPHRAIM would in some way have a considerably larger representation than MANASSEH. However, there is only one way a distinction of this magnitude between AMERICA and GREAT BRITAIN can apply.

Please consider the following facts:

1 This distinction does not apply on a tribal basis, as descendants of both the tribes of EPHRAIM and MANASSEH are to be found in differing proportions in both BRITAIN and AMERICA, as well as other related lands. And there is no evidence of a proportionate difference on this scale between tribal EPHRAIM and MANASSEH in BRITAIN and AMERICA respectively or globally.

2 This distinction does not apply on a racial basis, if the populations of EPHRAIM and MANASSEH are calculated strictly to include only those who are truly of Israel (i.e. Anglo-Saxon-Celtic) lineage, which does not include all Caucasian peoples. America does not have ten times more than Britain and the Commonwealth. In fact the proportion is substantially higher in the British Isles, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In overall terms, however, it has been estimated that the combined Anglo-Saxon-Celtic population of Great Britain and the Commonwealth Nations, on the one hand, and that of the U.S.A.on the other, is probably about equal, in both cases.

3 It does not apply, as some have suggested, in military terms, as forces deployed in wars have varied proportionately, and at no stage on a ten-to-one ratio.

4 This verse clearly applies, not just to EPHRAIM and MANASSEH as tribes, but as global powers, and to the "TEN THOUSANDS" and "THOUSANDS" in their respective spheres of influence. Remember, God has given Israel an inheritance amongst other races, who are citizens, or give allegiance to them respectively, or may be counted as allies in times of conflict! (Psalms 2:8.) Although by no means all AMERICAN, and BRITISH and COMMONWEALTH peoples are of Israelite stock, in terms of overall population, the U.S.A. has approx. 280 MILLION people, and GREAT BRITAIN and the COMMONWEALTH represents combined populations of 2 BILLION - approx. 30% of the world's population give allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II, as Head of the Commonwealth.

So, in terms of overall populations and allegiance, the "THOUSANDS OF MANASSEH" and "TEN THOUSANDS OF EPHRAIM" have become the MILLIONS OF AMERICA and the combined BILLIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COMMONWEALTH!

(9) Britain is Ephraim because Ephraim is the Leading Tribe:

The 'American-Ephraim' theorists have totally overlooked the fact that in order for Britain to be Manasseh, as they claim, this would have meant a complete role-reversal! It would have meant that, at the point of being re-gathered in the British Isles, 'Manasseh' took the leading role, whilst 'Ephraim' took a subordinate role until the colonisation of America. In fact, the reverse is true! This distinction does not apply on a tribal basis, as Jacob's youngest grandson, Ephraim, was made the firstborn - the leading tribe of all Israel! Israel was divided into 4 camps consisting of 3 tribes each, and Ephraim was the leading tribe of the west camp consisting of the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin. That is why, when Ephraim, Manasseh and representations of Benjamin and other tribes were gathered in the British Isles, Ephraim was the leading tribe and consequently it was Ephraim's prerogative to establish Great Britain, the British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations.

Clearly EPHRAIM is the leading tribe of Great Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations. As firstborn of the birthright, EPHRAIM-BRITAIN became the greatest, richest power on earth. For this reason, as well as many others, GREAT BRITAIN is identified as EPHRAIM! The firstborn was known as the "bull" - a symbol of Great Britain (Deuteronomy 33:17).

As long as MANASSEH remained in Britain, he could not fulfil his destiny, because he would always be subordinate to EPHRAIM. The only way for MANASSEH to become the GREAT PEOPLE of Jacob's prophecy was to be SEPARATED from EPHRAIM.

MANASSEH could not take a leadership role, or fulfil prophetic destiny, until after EPHRAIM - the firstborn and leading tribe - had entered into his inheritance. Not until MANASSEH was SEPARATED from EPHRAIM, could he also obtain his father, Joseph's legacy, and so, in turn, MANASSEH, as the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, at this moment, occupies the prime position of wealth and power of any single Nation, reinforced by the ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE.

Let us not forget, however, that BRITAINonce occupied that position in a far greater capacity than ANY other nation, past or present! Also, whilst the riches and power of MANASSEH-U.S.A. are contained within a single republic, EPHRAIM represents the combined population, wealth and influence of GREAT BRITAIN, its MONARCHY, and COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS!

(10) Ephraim would be a "Multitude of Nations" and Manasseh a "Great People":

The prophecy contained in Genesis 48:19 is a confirmation of Genesis 35:11, that Israel would be a Nation and Company of Nations. The major fulfilment of this prophecy to Israel was entailed in the birthright given to Ephraim and Manasseh, and it was Ephraim, the designated firstborn, who was to fulfil the greater part, becoming a Company of Nations!

One 'Ephraim-America' argument is that since Manasseh was to be a "great people" they must be 'Britain' since it is called 'Great Britain', and America must be Ephraim, because it is called 'United States', which they say means 'community of nations'.

Although Manasseh was to be a 'great' people, Scripture nowhere states that Manasseh's 'name' would be 'Great'! That was reserved for the seed of Abraham and passed on to Isaac and Jacob, then to Ephraim, as the 'firstborn' of Israel! (Genesis 12:2.) The word 'great', with regard to Manasseh in Genesis 48:19, refers not to a 'name', but to a 'great people'. Indeed this very verse states that Ephraim would be GREAT in a manner exceeding Manasseh, so the name "GREAT" rightly belongs, not to Manasseh but to Ephraim, the heir of the firstborn inheritance of ISRAEL!

The claim that the United States is a "company of nations", is contradicted byAmerica's claim to be "One Nation Under God". America is a UNION OF STATES CONSTITUTING A FEDERAL REPUBLIC - it is not A "COMPANYOF NATIONS". There are many nations consisting of a plurality of States, so America is not unique in that respect. The Russian Federation, for instance, is a Federation of Republics, and Germany a Federation of States. Many other Nations have States or Provinces that have a degree of self-government, but are not Nations in themselves.

"STATE - In such countries as the United States, Australia, Nigeria, Mexico, and Brazil, the term state (or a cognate) also refers to political units not sovereign themselves, but subject to the authority of the larger state or federal union." Copyright @ 1994-2002 Encyclopcedia Britannica, Inc.

The U.S.A.consists of one, NOT many republics! America is not a 'company of nations' but a single nation, and its States are "political units not sovereign themselves, but subject to the authority of the larger State or Federal Union" constituting - by their own definition ONE NATION! It is emphatically not a "multitude of nations"!

The plain statement that Ephraim would be a multitude of nations refers not to a division of 'States' within a single Federation, but to many nations with distinctive identity,e.g. Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand etc. Whilst the U.S.A.cannot, in all honesty, be defined as a "multitude of nations", the definition certainly applies to Great Britain.

The distinction between Ephraim and Manasseh is precisely the fact that Ephraim would become a "multitude of nations". The 'America-Ephraim' theory, vainly attempts to make America what it is NOT, whilst blatantly denying what Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations so clearly IS!

It is, to say the least, intellectual dishonesty, to attempt to say America answers the description of Ephraim as a 'company of nations' whilst at the same time denying that status to Great Britain, relegating it to a 'single nation'!

Whilst the riches and power of MANASSEH-USA are contained within a single republic, EPHRAIM represents the combined population, wealth and influence of GREAT BRITAIN, its MONARCHY, and COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS!

It is true that many of the Commonwealth Nations now have their independence. Yet it is a very interesting fact, especially in view of the claims of 'abuses' of British Colonialism, that the same nations that were once part of the British Empire remain Members of the Commonwealth, and honour the Queen as Head of the Commonwealth!

However, there remain many Crown Dependencies and Commonwealth Realms, over whom H.M. Queen Elizabeth II is still Sovereign Head of State - Nations such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many others. In fact, if as our 'America-is-Ephraim' friends insist, we are to recognise a 'state' constituted similarly to those within the U.S.A., as a 'nation', then if we count the Nations, States and Provinces constituting Great Britain, the Crown Dependencies and Realms alone, they total approximately twice as many as the U.S.A. On this basis, Britain and the Commonwealth would represent an even greater 'multitude of nations' or, by their definition, many 'communities of nations'. But we prefer to stay within the precise meaning of the English language!

Great Britain consists of the historic Nations of the United Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Offshore Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories. The 54 Nations that constitute the Commonwealth of Nations - including Commonwealth Realms such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and many more who retain the Queen as Head of State, as well as many independent Nation-States - all recognise the Queen as Head of the Commonwealth. In fact, including the Offshore and Overseas Territories already mentioned, Britain and the Commonwealth consist of over 70 Countries, with an overall population of almost 2 billion people, representing over 30% of the world's population. To say this does NOT fulfil the criteria of a "Company of Nations", is nothing short of ludicrous!

(11) The name "Ephraim" proves Britain - not America- is Ephraim:

The word "ephrayim" means "double fruitfulness" or "abundantly fruitful". 'American-Ephraim' theorists refer tothe fact that America is fruitful, which it unquestionably is, in so many respects. Yet again, they miss the point! In fact, all the tribes of Israel were to share in fruitfulness, but the special fruitfulness of Israel was to be shared particularly by the birthright tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, who would become a great people and a multitude of nations (Genesis 48:4,19). However the greater, double or abundant fruitfulness of Israel, to be fulfilled by Ephraim, was the prerogative to fulfil the primary mandate, to "be fruitful and multiply", becoming a company or multitude of nations with a monarchy (see Genesis 35:11 with 28:3 and 48:4).

The greater fruitfulness was to be fulfilled in being multiplied into a multitude of nations! This has not been fulfilled by America!

Addressing the ISLES, God said:

"The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell" - (Isaiah 49:20).

This was a very clear reference to the fact that after the ISLES had lost the first offspring-nation (a clear prophecy of the birth and Independence of America), other offspring nations would be formed, in the process of expansion. It was in fact, Great Britain who, after losing its first colony (U.S.A.) went on to multiply into a multitude of nations with world-wide territories. With respect, as great as America is, it has not multiplied itself in this way. It was not America who gave birth to Canada, Australia, New Zealand and about 50 other colonies, eventually making them self-governing nations - but Great Britain! Regardless of what claims may be made, it is frankly, not America, but Britain that has fulfilled the Ephraim-mandate!

(12) As the "Firstborn", Ephraim would have the primary hallmarks of Israel Identity:

Israel was to be a great nation, actually named "GREAT" (Genesis 12:2).The word "name" here is more than a descriptive term, but is a word commonly used with reference to a NAME! The double use of "great", coupled with the word "name" indicates that Israel would not only be great but would actually be named "GREAT"!

They were to be relocated in ISLES, in the North-West (Isaiah 41:1, 8, 42:4, 49:1-3,12). They would number many millions, and would possess the "gates of their enemies" (Genesis 22:17, 24:60). They would "dwell in the midst of the earth" (Genesis 48:16) and be a colonising people (Isaiah 49:20). They would be a monarchy whose 'hand' or power-base would be "IN THE SEA" [i.e. in ISLES] (Psalm 89:25). Each of these marks of identity has been fulfilled by Great Britain.

Britain's Ephraim-Mandate is evident in that it was Britain that colonised and built the world's greatest Empire, and established its Commonwealth of Nations. It was Britain that led the way in Industrial Revolution. Britain was in the forefront of many major technological and engineering developments, including building the first computer.

In fact, there have sadly been attempts to re-write history, in order to play-down or ignore the significant role played by Britain, in major technological, scientific and military achievements.

For a number of years America has been enjoying Manasseh's portion of the birthright. Some believe that, although Jacob appointed his younger brother Ephraim as Israel's firstborn, this did not prejudice Manasseh's inheritance as Joseph's firstborn. In other words, whilst Ephraim would inherit the primary Israel birthright, territorial blessing and monarchy, Manasseh would receive the double-portion of Joseph's material legacy of wealth and power. As long as Britain remained predominant, America could never enjoy Joseph's prominence of wealth and power. This may explain why Britain had to diminish, for a time, so America could receive Manasseh's inheritance, becoming, in his season, prevalent in material blessings.

Now, however,America's position is also weakened. Manasseh is experiencing its share of Jacob's Trouble. America has been attacked in its very edifices of wealth and power, the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, symbolic of the way its economic and military resources are being drained by its "War on Terror"! It is Ephraim-Britain that has proved to be the primary ally of his brother Manasseh. America's economic strength is now being affected by a huge deficit, and the dollar which for years has been the symbol of the strongest economy, is now weak against a strong British pound and other currencies.

It may be true that America has, in recent years, led the way in technology, innovation and living standards. But most Americans believe they are still 'ahead of the game', and are oblivious of the fact that they have been slipping backward in recent years, whilst others, especially in Britain and Europe, have been catching up. Whilst it may be true that the average American wage is still higher, there is now a greater parity of living standards in Britain and America. Britain, in recent years, has taken a leading role in telecommunications, interactive television, digital technology, and other ground-breaking technological, scientific, genetic and medical developments. Britain played a significant part in pioneering supersonic aircraft, and now the super jumbo jet, which could revolutionise air-travel. These, and many other factors, perhaps point to a shift in the tilt of the Anglo-American power balance. In any event "the powers that be are ordained of God"!

With the greatest respect and honour to those Americans, who fought or gave their lives in two World Wars, it cannot be denied, as a fact of history, that Great Britain and its Commonwealth allies fought a substantial part of two World Wars prior to U.S. involvement. As one writer states: "The first and second World Wars were won by Britain and her daughters, with the U.S.A. assisting and assuring victory AFTER the trend of the struggle had been decided in both cases".

The British R.A.F., with Commonwealth support, defending the British Isles against the axis-powers' air attack, fought and won the Battle of Britain in 1940. There is no parallel in modem history! It was the major turning-pointof World War II (see 1Chronicles 17:9-10).

It is to be noted that when the United States did join the war effort, they did so, not as individual states, but as a SINGLE nation or people (MANASSEH) - joining forces with an alliance of nations - Great Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations (EPHRAIM) (Deuteronomy 33:17).

The initial, decisive role played by the British-Commonwealth Alliance of Nations all giving allegiance to the British Crown - the Throne of David - in the two greatest Wars of human history - as well as all the other facts mentioned - are undeniable proofs of the identity of Great Britain and the Commonwealth as EPHRAIM, the firstborn of birthright Israel!

Great Britain may no longer have its Empire, but the extent of its role in world affairs should not be underestimated! It has been argued that influence is more powerful than economic or military strength. No longer the most 'powerful' nation, economically or militarily, Britain's historic political, commercial and territorial connections ensure that it is powerful in terms of influence. Indeed, it is fair to say that its influence, including its military, intelligence and diplomatic involvement in so many parts of the world, stretches far beyond Europe, the Commonwealth, and the Anglo-American alliance, and is in some respects, perhaps second to none.

The FACTS of history cannot be rewritten, neither can the roles of its two main players be reversed, but rather they serve to demonstrate how GOD has, so faithfully and precisely, honoured His Word!

There are numerous other reasons that could be given, in support of the position that Britain is Ephraim and America is Manasseh, but I believe an honest assimilation of the points made, will verify the position beyond dispute.

It is not without significance that it is the British Flag, the Union Jack - signifying the Union of Jacob - that has the diagonal cross at its centre, symbolic of Jacob's crossed hands, which affirmed the role to be fulfilled by Ephraim! The British Flag is the symbol of Ephraim's Blessing - it's Ephraim's Flag! Would God have given Ephraim's Flag to Manasseh? If America is Ephraim, why doesn't it have Ephraim's Flag?

Even the name 'BRIT-ISH' derives from the Hebrew meaning 'Covenant-Man'!

Reference could also be made to the location of the Throne of David in Great Britain, which is, in itself, essential to the distinctive role of EPHRAIM-BRITAIN as the heartland of the Birthright COMPANY OF NATIONS! According to Hebrew scholarship, the name "Ephraim" denotes 'aristocracy'. It is GREAT BRITAIN that has an aristocracy - not America!

Without doubt, that which above all, gives Ephraim- Britain precedence is its THRONE! Its cohesive influence, and the respect and loyalty it commands both within and beyond the Commonwealth, represents perhaps the greatest influence and stabilising factor in the modern world. Concerning that Throne, God said there would always be a descendant of David to occupy the throne of the house of Israel (Jeremiah 33:17).The British Throne is the Throne of the house of Israel. Some concede the Throne is in Britain, yet seemingly believe the chief tribe and nucleus of the house of Israel is across the ocean on another Continent! Without doubt, there is a significant representation of Israel in America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, Northwest Europe and other lands. But equally without doubt, the nucleus of the designated firstborn of Israel is located where the throne is, reigning not only over Israel in the Isles, but over all the other branches of the house of Israel, who still give allegiance to that Throne!

I should add, allegiance is to the Throne, and what it represents. The Royal Family is fallible, like the rest of us. But what that Throne represents is a Covenant that cannot be broken, and a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, and He shall come whose right it is, to take His Throne, as great David's greater Son, the Lord Jesus Christ!

In summary, to substantiate the reverse position necessitates defining the world's greatest federal republic (U.S.A.) as a company of individual nations, whilst simultaneously denying the status of Great Britain, and the territories and realms associated with it, and with its monarchy, as a commonwealth of nations. It makes nonsense of Jacob's placing Ephraim before Manasseh, and totally confuses their distinctive roles. It robs Ephraim of his firstborn-status, and is effectively, a blatant attempt to 'uncross' the hands of Jacob. Frankly, Ido not believe God will bless and anoint our preaching of the Gospel of the Kingdom, if we misrepresent it in this way!

The case for denying the role of Great Britain as Ephraim, and reversing his role with that of Manasseh cannot be made, in honesty, as from the standpoint of history, there never has been a greater power than Great Britain, which ruled, and through the Commonwealth still influences a third of the world's population! Israel was to "spread abroad to the West, East, North and South", a promise clearly fulfilled by Great Britain's world-wide Commonwealth of Nations. No other Nation has fulfilled, or exceeded, the greatness of Great Britain!

Close to 100 nations joined in the celebrations of the Queen's Jubilee on June 2nd-3rd 2002. This event has helped to awaken us to the amazing significance of the British Monarchy, as the Throne of David, a significance rooted in Israel's history and Biblical prophecy. It was significant also - that in the 50th Year of Queen Elizabeth II - Britain hosted the Commonwealth Games, with entrants from 72 countries, all giving allegiance to the Queen as Head of the Commonwealth of Nations! We ask, what other Monarch, President or Head of State commands such an allegiance?

Is this not proof that BRITAIN-EPHRAIM, even in its present spiritual blindness, is still fulfilling a role of far greater significance than most people recognise?

It is a sad day when Anglo-Israel believers are vying like the disciples, as to "who is greatest in the Kingdom of God".

One of the beautiful factors about a right understanding of Ephraim-Manasseh Truth is that whilst Manasseh would become a great people in his own right, Ephraim's greatness should not give undue cause for pride, because it is a greatness vested, not in one nation as such, but in a company of nations. In this way, no single nation can say, "I am the greatest", but God alone gets all the glory!

Essentially, we are all one people, and there are representations of both tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh on both sides of the Atlantic, though in differing proportions. All the tribes of Israel are undoubtedly represented, in varying degrees, in all the Israel nations, and therefore we all have an equally significant role to play regardless of what tribe we represent.

At the end of the day, the primary issue is that we recognise our collective Israel identity. Tribalism and narrow nationalism really has no place in God's economy. Regardless of what part of Israel we live in, we should rejoice in the fulfilling of the plan and purpose of God, and we should glory, not in our nationhood, or even our Israelitish identity, but in the GOD of Israel- "He that glories, let him glory in the Lord".

Hasten the day, when the Lord Jesus Christ Himself will reign, as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and all the Kingdoms of this World become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign for ever and ever!

Definitions - Encyclopedia Britannica:

U.S.A. - a federal republic of 50 states

STATE - In such countries as the United States, Australia, Nigeria, Mexico, and Brazil, the term state (or a cognate) also refers to political units not sovereign themselves, but subject to the authority of the larger state or federal union.

U.S. STATE - defined as "constituent state of the United States of America".

CONSTITUENT - an essential part, component, element

Copyright @1994-2002 Encyclopredia Britannica, Inc.

The above definitions clarify that each State in the U.S.A. is a component part of One Federal Republic, and as such, a State cannot be defined as a "nation". U.S. States are designated as "sub-national entities".

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PROPHECIES OF INVASION

IS AMERICA BABYLON?

God's angel clearly explains to Dumitru Duduman:

DUMITRU: "If you are the angel of God, everything you tell me has to be written in the Bible. If it is not, then I can't tell the Americans."

ANGEL: "Tell them to read Jeremiah 51:8-15. He named it THE MYSTERY BABYLON, THE GREAT ADULTERESS. Also read Revelations Chapter 18, the whole chapter. There it says clearly what will happen to America."

DUMITRU: Why did He name it THE MYSTERY BABYLON?"

ANGEL: "Tell them because all the nations of the world immigrated into America, and America accepted them. America accepted Buddha, the Devil Church, the Sodomite church, the Mormon Church, and all kinds of wickedness. America was a Christian nation. Instead of stopping them, they went after their gods. Because of this, He named them THE MYSTERY BABYLON."[1]

"Tell my people to be prepared and be careful," says the Lord, "for everything I have decided will happen. Do not say in your hearts that the Lord has said many things that have not happened yet because all things are decided by Me and everything has it's appointed time. Draw closer to the Lord your God and cease doing evil things that I may give you victory. I the Lord will work in ways that you cannot even imagine, but be holy.

The sin of the GREAT WHORE has spread throughout the world. The stench of her sin has reached me and it will not be long until I will raise the whole ARAB world, the RUSSIANS and other countries against her, that they may destroy her." [2]

REF: [1] Excerpt from Through the Fire Without Burning, Dumitru Duduman's testimony
[2] Excerpt from "A Revelation (Nov.8, 1992)" in Dumitru Duduman's compilation Dreams and Visions from God.

FROM: http://www.angelfire.com/rant/watchman2001/MysteryBabylon.html

AMERICA'S FINAL DAYS
(Intensifying "Natural" Disaster Awakenings)
U.S.A. home of U.N. headquarters in the great city of New York, is in the Bible (Jeremiah 51:8-15; Revelation 17 & 18). She is Mystery Babylon the "great harlot/whore/prostitute" who has become unfaithful to God, and is hated by a group of ten nations under the Antichrist who will burn her up with fire in one hour under God's hand of judgment. The Clinton administration's US national security and foreign policy has opened the doors to Russian, Chinese and terrorist spies and challenged the Communist powers to defiantly unify and strengthen their military bases in Latin America as well as their ties with Arab and/or Asian allies.
[See Betrayal,The China Threat & Through the Eyes of the Enemy].

JUDGMENT BY FIRE (Flee Its Consequences!)
...by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water [Flood Stories From Around the World]. But the present heavens and earth by His word are being reserved for FIRE, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men...The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance... (2Peter 3:5-7,9)

FROM: http://www.angelfire.com/rant/watchman2001/

Revelation Tells Us Exactly When Mystery Babylon America Falls

I say mainly because it is true that Babylon is a ruling system that has been with us since Nimrod.  It is the system behind every gentile empire through history.  But it also must be a nation, otherwise how can it fall before the Great Tribulation comes?  Rev 14 tells us it will:

Rev 14:6-9 — 6 And I saw another angel [1] fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come:  and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters [this message is out now, the same I share with people, for which they label me a nut, out of touch with reality]
8 And there followed another angel (2), saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. [this message is clearly about America and her sensual culture which you find exported in every country you visit.  This message will come by the end of 2003 and  preached from Jerusalem as America will be gone where the Message of the Kingdom has been based till now: Jer 50:28; 51:10]
9 And the third angel (3) followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

From this sequence of three angels delivering three different messages at the appropriate time we can learn the timing of the fall of Mystery Babylon.  Since the second angel announces Mystery Babylon's fall before the third angel warns everyone not to take the mark by the Beast, then logically the Babylon that the Beast

Mystery Babylon: 'Religious System' or Actual Nation?

Notice that before the final Beast system rises and puts its mark on everyone (which is easily provable to happen at the start of the Great Tribulation, or 3½ years into the last 7 years), a nation called Babylon falls first.  This can only be the USA as Jeremiah 50, 51 and Isaiah 47, 48 and Rev 17, 18 describe beyond mistaking, if one studies it.  Now Revelation 17 and 18 specifically are dual, they speak of America and the entire Babylonian sytem.  This is why Rev 18 and 14 say "Babylon has fallen (1), has fallen (2)".  It's dual, and not limited to one fulfillment.  American, called technically a daughter of Babylon by Jeremiah and Isaiah, can only fall once.  Then the full and final embodiment of  Babylon, The Beast, will fall 3½ years later when Messiah vaporizes its armies.

This negates the idea that we do not have to leave a physical location to come out of Babylon.  Jeremiah 50-51 says 5 times to leave Babylon and go to Jerusalem/Zion. 

Jer 50:5 — They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to God in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Jer 50:28 — The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of God our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Jer 51:6 — Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of God'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Jer 51:10 — God hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of God our God.
Jer 51:49-50 — 49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. 50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember God afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

Revelation 18 also tells people to leave America before she falls so to not take part in her sins and the judgment on them. 

Rev 18:4-5 — 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

While these certainly work on a spiritual level (stop sinning), this does not negate the pashat, or literal level of interpretation (physical travel).  When nuclear bombs are going off, spiritually leaving Babylon—by say, keeping Sabbath in obedience to God instead of keeping Sunday in obedience to the Pope—is not going to be enough. 

Especially when we've already been told what to do. Lot, too, had to physically leave Sodom before her judgment. Did not Jesus say the last days would be like the days of Lot (and Noah) again?  If Lot had stayed in Sodom to witness to the Sodomites, we might instead be told, "Remember Lot", instead of "Remember Lot's wife" in our instructions for these last days (Lk 17:32).  If Noah had not obeyed and built an ark so he could leave the land soon to be judged by being under water, he would have died prematurely and ended his testimony as a different kind of example for our admonishment. 

However, Lot's wife's testimony teaches us its not enough to just physically leave, but we must really get the love for the world and its ways out of us as well.  We need to leave Babylon and get Babylon out of us.  Israel, too, had to leave Egypt and get Egypt out of them.  On top of all this, Jeremiah 50 and Isaiah 13 speak of America the Babylon's downfall as exactly like Sodom's.  The righteous will be fleeing now, just as Lot did then.

FROM: http://www.escapeallthesethings.com/america-is-mystery-babylon-revelation.htm

AN ANTI-OPINION

Question:

I have heard some people identify the "Babylon" of Revelation 17 & 18 as America. Is it possible that the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York is the fulfillment of this prophecy in Revelation 17 & 18 where a mysterious "Babylon" is said to be destroyed?

Answer:

1. The destruction of Babylon is to take place at the very end of the Great Tribulation, at the seventh bowl. It is caused by a great earthquake and is either part of, or leads to, the battle of Armageddon. This is recorded in Rev. 16:16-20 and then the actual destruction of the city itself is elaborated upon in chapters 17 and 18. This takes place after the world-wide mark of the beast is in effect where no one can buy or sell without this mark (13:15-18). Since this has not taken place, the destruction of Babylon has not yet taken place.

2. Babylon is called "The Great City" seven times in these three chapters. It is never identified as a country or nation (USA) nor is it identified as a building within a city (World Trade Center). It is a particular city and the entire city is destroyed. The event we have just witnessed was the destruction of two buildings in New York and a partial destruction of the Pentagon. It would be very difficult to make this fit with the prophecy in Revelation.

3. This city is said to "reign over the kings of the earth" (17:18). America may be a powerful country, but it does not dominate the leaders of the world.

So what then is the identity of this city which is mysteriously called "Babylon?" Various places have been suggested through the years. Rome seems to have been the most popular identification, especially since it "sits on seven hills" (17:9) and during John's time it did dominate the world. Perhaps this did have an immediate application during John's lifetime, just as the Olivet Discourse (Matt. 24-25, Mark 13 & Luke 21) was a prophecy about the Great Tribulation at the end of the age yet some of it still had application to the apostles' lifetime (the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD). This phenomenon often takes place with prophecy. It has been identified as partial fulfillment, double fulfillment, pre-fillment and other things but this definitely takes place. I believe the best candidate for the 'endtime' or 'ultimate' Babylon is the city of Jerusalem for these following reasons:

1. The first mention of the "Great City" is found in chapter 11. It is where the two witnesses are killed who are said to prophesy in the "Holy City" where the temple is located (11:1-3, 7-8). It is also the city "where also their Lord was crucified" (verse 8). This is obviously Jerusalem.

2. Jerusalem is 'spiritually' called Sodom and Egypt (11:8, see also Isa. 1:1, 9-10). So it is not a far cry to 'mysteriously' call it Babylon (17:5).1

3. The "Great City" of Jerusalem as well as the "Great City" of Babylon both suffer a "great earthquake" (11:13; 16:18-19).

4. The woman is pictured riding the Beast or the 'antichrist' (17:3). He will reign from the temple of God (2 Thess. 2:3-4) which will be rebuilt in Jerusalem.

5. Babylon is said to be guilty of the blood of the 'witnesses' (17:6) and of the 'prophets' (18:24). As already mentioned, the witnesses appear to be killed in Jerusalem (#1) and Jesus called Jerusalem "the city that kills the prophets" (Luke 13:33-34, see also Matt. 23:34-35; Luke 11:50-51; Acts 7:52).

6. Seeing this city pictured as a prostitute caused John to marvel greatly (17:6). His amazement would be understandable if this was a picture of the future of the 'Holy City' but not if it was simply a city which was already known to be wicked.

7. The antichrist (who will reign from Jerusalem, #3) will indeed "reign over the kings of the earth" (17:18).

8. The antichrist's 'girlfriend' is a prostitute. The real Christ's bride is a pure virgin. Christ's bride is pictured as the "New Jerusalem" (21:2, 9-10). It would make sense that the antichrist's counterpart is earthly Jerusalem (Heavenly and earthly Jerusalem are also compared in Gal. 4:24-31 and Heb. 12:18-24).

9. Many times in the Old Testament, Israel (of which Jerusalem is the capital) is said to have "played the harlot" (Isa. 1:21; Jer. 3; Hosea, etc.). Now she would be called the "Mother of Harlots" (17:5) since she has committed the worst type of adultery possible and 'shacked up' with God's worst enemy.

1. The King James and the NIV have "mystery" as part of the name--"Mystery Babylon." But the more natural reading of the Greek is that "a name was written, a mystery: Babylon The Great, The Mother of Harlots and of The Abominations of The Earth" (so NASB, NRSV, NLT and NET). For a discussion, see the footnote in the NET Bible.

FROM: http://www.apostolic.net/biblicalstudies/post/worldtrade.htm

THE FINAL INVASION OF THE UNITED STATES? 

The following information was released January of 1997 by Dr. Al Overholt. Titled, "THE FINAL INVASION OF THE U.S.??", the document reads: From the INTERNET, 12/96 [quoting:] The following, about a possible planned 'invasion' of the U.S., is, I know, the sort of alarmist thing one hears from time to time. Yet it ties in with other events that make it not readily dismissible. 

(1) U.S. forces sent to Bosnia, not here in the USA to protect us. 

(2) U.S. forces going to Zaire, further diminishing National Security. 

(3) Gulf War Syndrome, decimating U.S. military. 

(4) Gradual infiltration [known] of GERMAN military into the U.S. Like I say, the following might be only alarmist claptrap. Then again.... *caveat lector*. This means, "reader beware." In other words, it is up to the reader to form her/his own judgments as to the following. [End quoting] From: Stop All Federal Abuses Now! S.A.F.A.N. Internet Newsletter, No. 129, November 15, 1996 (Take note on how the New World Order is trying to incite civil war between British Columbia and French Quebec, Canada, and use this emergency as an excuse to activate unconstitutional executive orders in America. 

This has not been the first attempt to create an "emergency" that would "justify" martial law in America, and if this one fails, then it will certainly NOT be the last attempt. I take this report very seriously, being that my own ancestors were Frenchmen who became British citizens and later immigrated to America. Just WHAT force would try to create a civil war between French Quebec, British Columbia and America? Could it be, just possibly, that same "force" which was responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of French, British and American allied soldiers during World War I and World War II? - Branton) 

THE COMING INVASION OF AMERICA INTERNET: Posted by Roger D. Cravens (rbg@CCDOSA1.EM.CDC.GOV 

The following is most of the message printed in THE PROPHECY CLUB NEWSLETTER from Intelligence sources in Canada and New England, [quoting:] Preparations for the COMING INVASION OF AMERICA by Russian/NWO FORCES are progressing rapidly in Canada! As candidly admitted to me by many Canadians [including author and lecturer Grant Jeffery of FINAL WARNING and many other books explaining the coming New World Order takeover] Canada it totally sold out to the NWO and its heinous agenda of world domination. (Note: I would suggest that this statement is somewhat extreme. Certainly those ADVOCATES of a New World Order operating within certain executive levels of Canadian government are sold out to the agenda, but no more so than the advocates for the NWO operating within various executive levels of the AMERICAN government. It is obvious that the majority of Canadians AND Americans desire to maintain their national independence, and it is THESE who the advocates of the New World Order are apparently willing to sacrifice in the devastating civil wars that they have 'planned' for America and Canada. We must realize that just as there is an electorate AND a secret government within America, the same holds true with Canada as well. - Branton) 

See also: 

America has long been a thorn in the flesh of the NWO planners, because of our Christian heritage and its isolation from Europe. With little over three years left to move this Western Hemisphere into their NWO agenda by the year 2000, they are making rapid use of Canada's [NWO advocates'] willingness to betray America into their control. How is this taking place? Canada has opened her doors wide to NWO forces, including GERMAN, RUSSIAN AND CHINESE. As Grant Jeffery admitted to me personally one month ago, "we have MORE GERMAN MILITARY FORCES IN CANADA NOW THAN WE DO CANADIAN MILITARY FORCES [emphasis mine]!" Indeed, for next to Dease Lake, Canada, Germans have been handed a military air base for their use. They are actively practicing bombing and strafing runs for the coming Invasion of America...much as they are doing down at Holloman AFB, which has been permanently turned over to the Germans (in NEW MEXICO). The traitorous NWO elements within our own government are fully aware of the motives of these GERMAN NWO FORCES both in Canada and America and welcome their presence into the Western Hemisphere as part of the solution to subduing patriotic Americans who simply refuse to surrender national sovereignty to a foreign power. Russian and Chinese forces are also very active in Canada. They are "re-building and strengthening railroad tracks for the anticipated heavy use of railway transportation of incoming military personnel from the West Coast" [both Russian and Chinese forces] as well as transporting military vehicles and armaments and food supplies. New tracks are also being laid between border states and Canada. Those people who are arrested as resistors or dissidents will also be transported in specially prepared prisoner boxcars to the death camps already established near the border, such as the one near Cut Bank, MT. The death camp outside of Cut Bank has been conveniently located right off a major AMTRACK express line in the anticipation of transporting resisters and dissidents conveniently to their deaths by rail. 

See: 

CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN THE US?

These camps are to be operated by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) ...  There are over 100 primary and secondary concentration camps across the US. ... www.greatdreams.com/concentration.htm

concentrationcamplocations

If you live anywhere near one of these camps and have seen it in person, ...  New camps being built on "back 40". Oakdale - Rex 84 camp capable of holding at ... www.greatdreams.com/concentration-camp-locations.htm

Reports have been received from INTEL sources nationwide which indicate that certain boxcars are quietly being renovated from the inside so that they can be used for prisoner transport to such death camps. Preparations noted by eye-witnesses include shackles being bolted into the walls to restrain those taken prisoner until they reach their final destination. From our intelligence source in Florida, we know that Russian train engineer experts are already being trained in how to operate American engines and how our rail system functions... Russian railway procedures differ from American. As least fifty Russian engineers are in training presently in Jacksonville, Florida. Many others are apparently being trained in other locations as well. (Note: Some have alleged that the sudden 'fall' of the Soviet states and the Berlin wall was planned in advance as part of an agenda to merge the East and the West into a so called democratic-socialist/communist-socialist New World Order. East and West Berlin would be at the forefront for the reunification of Eastern and Western Europe and in turn -- they hope -- the rest of the world. Germany has also led the way for European unification by establishing an 'open border' policy and encouraging other European countries to do the same. This may sound benign on the outside but considering the facts it may be a ruse to 'unify' Europe under German control, which was actually Adolph Hitler's goal.

However in this case the unification is being accomplished through economic means rather than military means. The control is still in Germany but it is more subtle. The Third Reich established German MILITARY control of Europe. The "European Economic Community" or E.E.C. established ECONOMIC control. In most cases, in this world it is the ECONOMIC forces which control 'governments'. Sad, but true. Notice how the term "Economic" has now been removed, and the New World Order has been re-named the "European Community". Very clever! In other words the unification is no longer just along economic lines but is becoming increasingly political, since the member nations have been pressured into submitting to an E.C. constitution along MORE THAN mere economic lines. France and England have been pulled into this alliance, in spite of two devastating world wars with the country that is secretly orchestrating the E.C., aka the New World Order. Come on France and England, get a clue!!! Germany is not only the largest federated state in the E.C., but in 1990 was the LARGEST economic power in the WORLD, with a trade surplus totaling over $58 billion. With almost no foreign currency reserves in 1949, Germany had accumulated nearly $80 billion in reserves by 1989, compared with the $38 billion in the U.S.A. and $41 billion in Great Britain. A rather incredible "comeback" for a country that had waged two world wars for the sole purpose of offensive conquest, wars that had cost the Allies a HEAVY price in blood and resources. Of course Germany is also the LEADING economic power in the E.C. as well, possessing 35% of the Economic power-base of the European Community according to the GROLIER ENCYCLOPEDIA. So just WHERE does the real power lie in the E.C. / N.W.O?

Considering that the German Black Nobility -- who have controlled vast financial empire's for over 1500 years and have ruled the [un]Holy Roman Empire for centuries -- were the same ones who sent Vladimir Lenin from GERMANY to Russia to start the Communist Revolution, AND the same powers who backed Adolph Hitler... then it is not surprising that Communist East Germany would merge into Democratic(?) West Germany with such ease. It should not be surprising, therefore, to learn that GERMAN troops In the United States AND Canada play a MAJOR role in the planned invasion of North America -- since after all most of the New World Order agenda had its roots in Bavaria region of Germany. Most do not realize that Adolph Hitler's second book, after he wrote MEIN KAMPF, was titled -- believe it or not -- "THE NEW WORLD ORDER". - Branton)

Already seen being transported on these train lines are huge power generators to various locations in Canada, in anticipation of the planned power outages that will be triggered deliberately both in Canada and America as the planned takeover methodically takes place. Incredibly, we now have information that [All emphasis mine, below] THE RUSSIANS HAVE FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SIBERIA AND ALASKA THROUGH A VAST UNDERGROUND TUNNEL! (The Bering Sea between Alaska and Asia is UNDER 100 miles wide at its narrowest point, so this would not be an inconceivable undertaking - Branton) Although documented in more than one newspaper report in Western Canada, THE AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA HAS REMAINED SILENT ON THIS FEAT. RUSSIAN CIVILIANS (???) ARE KNOWN TO BE COMING THRU THIS TUNNEL, 100 PER MONTH, PLUS HEAVY MILITARY ARTILLERY. ALSO, THERE IS YET ANOTHER TUNNEL THAT HAS BEEN BUILT FROM SIBERIA TO NORTHERN CANADA, THIS ONE BEING USED FOR RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES. (Note: It is interesting that several underground tunnels have been discovered by American troops which originate in North Korea and run under the border, emerging at different points in the border region of South Korea. Some of these tunnels are well-built and modern and could accommodate massive troop movements. It appears that North Korea may be planning something for the future, possibly in conjunction with the Russian-Chinese plans mentioned above? A U.S. Air Force Officer who wrote an expose on U.N. betrayal of America forces during the Korean and Vietnam 'wars' has stated that based on intelligence data he has gathered, those Vietnamese 'boat people' who 'escaped' to America AFTER -- not BEFORE -- North Vietnam took control of the South, were and are die-hard Communists. The reason for this is that when the North took control of the South of Vietnam they immediately hunted down all known Anti-Communist activists and sympathizers and exterminated them.

In other words the 'boat people' who left Vietnam FOLLOWING the 'purge' were mostly Communist infiltrators masquerading as people who were 'escaping the Communists'. The USAF officer claimed that these infiltrators are involved in a plan to bring down America, and that they have been accumulating and storing huge weapon stashes in anticipation for the time when they will be called in to action to join their comrades in their war against America. - Branton) The extent of the American Government's [the corporate fascist military-industrial 'government' as opposed to the Constitutional or electorate 'government'] betrayal of her citizens can be further evidenced in the fact that these Chinese and Russian forces are RECEIVING PAYMENT FOR THEIR PRE-INVASION ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND... ISSUED ON AMERICAN GOVERNMENT CHECKS. In anticipation of the coming invasion from Russia and China [and German - U.N forces, etc.] Canada has even gone so far as to disband its Western Coast Guard Division, thus they are open to amphibious invasion of America from the West. This was openly evidenced recently through the presentation of a documentary report over the BBC television in London which detailed amphibious assault forces practicing war maneuvers and strategy in the Formosa Straits. When BBC newsmen were permitted to interview these soldiers in training, they repeatedly asked them the following question. "What are you preparing to use this training for?" The shocking, consistent reply was "FOR THE COMING INVASION OF AMERICA!" When it became clear that a gaff in security was created by airing this broadcast over television in England, its scheduled re-broadcast for the next day in London was hastily canceled. (So then, for our readers in our West Coast and especially Hawaiian Naval bases, TAKE NOTICE. You are the last line and front line of defense against such an action. 

Remember Pearl Harbor, and learn from the mistakes of the past!!! - Branton)

TERRORISM - WORLD TRADE CENTER

SPECULATE NO MORE ON THE SUSPICIOUS SUICIDE OF ADMIRAL MICHAEL BOORDA [FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. NAVAL FORCES]. I WAS INFORMED HE WAS TERMINATED BECAUSE OF HIS REFUSAL TO COOPERATE IN THE COVERT PLAN BY OUR TRAITOROUS NWO FORCES WITHIN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST IN THE COMING INVASION OF AMERICA. WHEN HE REFUSED TO GO ALONG WITH THE PLAN TO COVERTLY BRINGING CHINESE FORCES INTO AMERICA THROUGH USE OF OUR OWN NAVY VESSELS, ORDERS WERE GIVEN FROM ON HIGH TO TERMINATE HIM.

THE NEW WORLD ORDER

The message is clear. This message is to inform those who may not know the magnitude of the New World Order and its massive agenda. BE WISE AND INVESTIGATE FOR YOURSELVES. We are not getting the truth from agents of government. Examples are Vietnam, Waco, Ruby Ridge, Militias, TWA800, Oklahoma, etc. Beware and prepare! God Bless America. [WE CERTAINLY WON'T STOP IT WITHOUT HIS HELP.] We need his blessing. ARE WE GOING TO WAKE UP IN TIME TO STOP THIS?? [The following accompanied the above information, in the newsletter from which these reports were taken...]

The following articles are excerpts taken from advertisement flyers put out by Serge Monast. They have short news-bites of VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION THAT I FEEL IS WORTH PONDERING. For those who haven't heard yet -- Serge Monast was recently deaded [killed] for his daring exposes of the Elite. His son was kidnapped shortly before he was [killed], also because of his exposing their dastardly deeds and plans to make most of us their slaves... SOON!! I don't have any information whether or not any of his reports are available since he has transitioned to the heavenly realms. -- Al. FEMA: RED IRON PLAN -- NATIONWIDE STATE OF EMERGENCY -- NATIONAL STATE -- SOVEREIGNTY ENDANGERED... Excerpted from THE INTERNATIONAL FREE PRESS AGENCY 'REPORT', 12/96, [quoting:] FORWARDED MESSAGE: FROM: U.N. Military Confidential Source. Sender: Int'l Free Press Agency, Fax: 1 (819) 888-2949 Reply to: Int'l Free Press Agency, Fax: 1 (819) 888-2949 To: Please forward this crucial information to all networks -- World, National Date: December 3rd, 1996; Time 15:00 GMT EXTREMELY URGENT... RED ALERT CONFIRMED HIGH U.N. SENSITIVE MILITARY INFORMATION. NOTE: PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS ONE... KNOW THAT FOREIGN TROOPS ARE IN STANDBY... THEY ARE DAGGERS POINTED AT THE HEART OF OUR HOMELAND AND SOCIETY... THIS IS REAL... THAT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING... RED IRON FEMA PREPAREDNESS... FEMA: RED IRON FEMA PLAN/NATIONWIDE STATE OF EMERGENCY / NATIONAL STATE SOVEREIGNTY ENDANGERED... STORM WARNING IN AMERICA... Department of the Army, FEMA, FBI, BATF, State and Local Police and other Federal Agencies involved [knowingly OR unknowingly]... the R-EMAP regions correspond exactly, by location and number, to the FEMA regions... R-EMAP, an EPA program, stands for Regional EMAP... UN's Global Biodiversity Assessment (GBA) for UN's Foreign Troops Global Training Centers & Detention Facilities Areas... Bring about national disaster BY ALL MEANS, social unjustified unrest into "Black communities", national financial crisis as a result of massive budget cuts, national social crisis blamed upon Militia and Religious Groups before the end of 1997... 1 million patriotic Americans who may resist the New World Order and Americans who are not "politically correct" are already listed and targeted to be arrested... [Specifically mentioned are Christian followers of those who run talk-shows throughout the country and Churches not under federal control]...

Very high secretive United Nations Military Plans... Never released before... TOP CONFIDENTIAL at high political level... also concern RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN TROOPS DEPLOYMENT AND OCCUPATION OF U.S. TERRITORY UNDER UNITED NATIONS MILITARY COMMAND... FEMA - U.N. Multi-Jurisdictional Police/military operation "TO NEUTRALIZE ALL PATRIOTIC AND CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN AMERICA BEFORE THE END OF 1997"... ...FEMA canceled their scheduled Aug./Sept. 1996 "exercises" and changed it to the period between Jan./March 1997 which link to "PHILADELPHIA PHASE III" -- to start in Eastern Canada during the same period... High-ranking politicians and military involved... Strong link between main roads to be used by foreign troops stationed in MEXICO and CANADA and Detention facilities areas, Biodiversity areas, some Military bases and railroad centers... [End quoting]

FROM: http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/omegafile36.htm

**When this breaks out into continuous wars, Italy will be invaded in a matter of a few days. You will know the invasion of Italy is coming when a gang-type war breaks out in Northern Italy. The gang type war is needed to have a military success. It is part civil war, and part invasion caused by outsiders who want the Italian government overthrown. The purpose is to make it easier to invade the Vatican, at which time the Pope flees, and we will be told that he is dead. So there will be no declaration that he has fled. This is where the people who are following the messages have to realize this is the time we follow from point to point what we have been told in faith, because the publicly released facts will contain many errors.

**When the Holy Father flees, he will go through Belgium, France, and into Canada. From Canada he will bi-locate into other countries. He will mostly stay in exile in a remote part of Canada. His stay will be in a part of Canada that will be "passed over" during the invasion of Canada and the United States.

**The president of France will be assassinated, and also the leader of Germany.

**The U.S. will be invaded and occupied for a period of six to seven months. It will not exceed 7 months. At the end of this 6 - 7 month time period is when the Great Warning comes. (The Warning is used by God, to stop a Third World War.) Over a third of the United States will be occupied by a foreign force (and as much as a third of the population may be dead). The foreign force will actually be NATO and the United Nations. The U.N. will invade the United States as peacekeepers! The United Nations will be a united communist force, stating that they have come into the U.S. to liberate the Americans from an occupying force. This is their plan.

**They will invade us, just as we have invaded other countries, including the former Yugoslavian nations. We have gone in there as a peace keeping force to make them and their own countries stop fighting. We went in there with our blue helmets and blue berets and everybody backed off. We went there to liberate that country from it's own occupation. This is exactly the same way that they will invade the United States. Obviously racial wars will be an excellent opportunity for the foreign invasion to take place.

* Note: 5 or 6 different mystics (who have support from their local bishops) in the US and other countries, have received the same message mentioned above.

2-1-00 - VISION - I saw army soldiers, dressed in dark green uniforms, carrying long black rifles. They were jumping out of a helicopter.  The words 'sneak attack' were placed on top of the scene.

I hope everyone in the world still has some Y2K supplies left because I don't know where this is.  See this page:  Dreams of War

10-6-01 - NAP DREAM - (11:30 a.m.) (I was having a problem with my left lung releasing phlegm and it rattled as I breathed out - I felt exhausted)

I was in a big city with Joe. We were on our way to a birthday party. (A real event Joe was actually going to alone because I was sick.)

We were driving uphill and had to stop behind an odd colored green car at an intersection when the light turned red.

Ahead at the next intersection, I heard sirens and a hearse or ambulance went by, carrying a body bag with a dead person in it.  My left lung shuddered and I woke up , feeling really upset by it.

I got up, went to the bathroom and crawled back into bed.

As I lay in bed, I started hearing the names of dead soldiers being brought back in body bags from war. The first two were common names - Montgomery, and Gray. They had common first names too. So I stopped that from happening. I didn't' want to hear that.

6-13-02 - DREAM - I don't know exactly where I was. It seems I was in an army barracks with 8 guys who were re-enacting an attack in which they had been surrounded and some of them wounded during a previous war.

These guys all seemed to be in their 50's, so the war would have had to have happened at least 30 years ago.

As for myself, I was oung, - so it was either Korea or World War II, though it could have been Vietnam.

It was scary in the barracks. They helped me put on a cotton, long-sleeved robe so I fit into the scene as well.

Everyone was in bed, but I was sitting on the floor between the beds because I hadn't been there in the real deal.

They told one guy, "don't lean against the headboards - remember, the bullet came right through the wall and headboard."

It was rather dim or dark outside, but somehow I got outside and was viewing this whole scene from above the scene now and I saw a group of at least 16 Chinese soldiers running in to make an attack on the barracks and it didn't look like no re-enactment.

NAP DREAM -  3-16-02

I saw a bunch of women with white aprons on, standing in a wooden tub with upright staves. They were on an ocean like Winkin - Blinkin - and Nod with something hanging over their heads. 

I saw a portrait of a man, dressed all in black with a hat and clothes on from the 13th Century.  He was surrounded by a spiral.

Main Entry: obliv·i·on 
Pronunciation: &-'bli-vE-&n, O-, ä-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin oblivion-, oblivio, from oblivisci to forget, perhaps from ob- in the way + levis smooth -
Date: 14th century
1 : the fact or condition of forgetting or having forgotten; especially : the condition of being oblivious
2 : the condition or state of being forgotten or unknown

It is possible to review the history of WWII as the sequencing and escalation of targeting civilians as much or more than military objectives under the assumptions that terror would break the enemy's will to fight.

The first purely and truly massive civilian targeting by Allied forces devastated Hamburg in Germany in a succession of night bombings by combined US and British bombers. In those raids, post-raid estimates show that maybe 80% of housing was destroyed along with upwards of 50,000 to 80,000 lives and untold injuries.

These raids in 1942 also revealed the first widely studied firestorm conditions within which winds combined the inferno into hurricanes of fire sweeping the city and producing temperatures estimated at 1,000 F. or higher which acted like incinerators and totally sucked breath and life and physical being into new dimensions of oblivion. In a few nights of one bombing campaign relatively early in the war, more death and destruction was reaped on one German city, Hamburg, than during the entirety of the Nazi devastations on all of Great Britain throughout the war.

In Europe, the massive targeting of civilians carried out by Allied forces failed to break the German civilian will or to collapse morale in any meaningful way. The culmination, in Europe, of firebombing cities was Dresden rather late in the war. Those raids, on a city previously spared, showed that conventional (what a term!) weaponry of that time was capable of levels of destruction only barely exceeded by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki efforts shortly to follow.

In terms of barbarity, it is clear in retrospect that Allied forces in pursuit of their aims, our aims, took the lessons of Guernica and learned nothing except how to be more barbaric, if possible. And over the succeeding years, technology has expanded the capacities and capabilities of ever-renewing militaries to be ever more barbarous, however clinically, in pursuit of whatever objectives may have been or are involved in whatever conflicts were or are of the moment. The successions from Molotov cocktails through napalm to the near nuclear destructiveness of fuel bombs is linear and exponential.

Rinpoche notes: "We are living on a planet with no top and no bottom, in space which has no beginning or end. So isn't it easy to see it all as a dream?"

From; http://www.swans.com/library/art7/mgc040.html

SEE: THE BLITZ

9-2-02 - DREAM - I was in a house, doing laundry, getting ready to go on vacation with Joe.

I didn't know when we were leaving, so I had to keep up on the laundry because I didn't want any dirty laundry laying around when we were away from the house.

Joe came home from work, so I asked him when he planned to leave. This was a Thursday and he said that he had to work part of Friday yet, so I knew it would be at least one more day before we left.

I then went outside to check some roads to see how they would be when winter came. I went down one street and a man was sitting on a huge bulldozer in his back yard. He was ready for whatever came. I noted that the sun was low in the sky and a huge dark shadow from his house lay over the road next to it, so I knew it would be icy by his house.

I then drove north on the north/south road to see how bad the snow could get on this road. the farther I went the higher the road go towards the north, so I figured they would be okay if the snow got too deep.

I then had a vision of a map of northern U.S. and all of Canada. There was no snow all the way to the arctic circle.  (GLOBAL WARMING?)

On the map was a Trans-Canada Highway  way in the northern part of the land. It was kind of a curvy highway because it had to go around al the lakes that were up there. The highway was labeled I-90  (I know that I-90 is in northern U.S.) but I don't know how Canada labels their highways.

I also knew that my daughter and her husband were driving east on the highway all the way across Canada, but they liked snow and skiing so they would be okay  if it started to snow.

My attention was called back to the present because of a dangerous traffic situation.  I was on a boulevard type road where the traffic goes one way on the east side of the median, but here traffic was going both way s on my side and there were near accidents because vehicles were parked on both sides. I saw there was cars parked on the other side the way they were supposed to be.

I was still trying to figure out why traffic was all of a  sudden going both ways on this side, when I came to a long string of army jee sparked on the side of the road in the wrong direction with soldiers in them. the soldiers weren't doing anything, it was obvious they were waiting for something to happen.

Then I saw what was going on when I got to where a multi-story college dormitory was and there was a string of army jeeps waiting in line to go into the college parking lot. I knew that when the army left, this school would be known as just another gay college.

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9-14-02 - THE DOGS OF WAR - BLOWBACK AND THE MARBLE GAME -

DREAM - I was living in New Berlin, WI. I and my husband drove up to the top of the hill at the intersection of National Ave. and 172nd St. (Calhoun Rd.) There is no stop sign for National Ave., so traffic going north and south has to stop at the stop sign and then creep slowly forward and hope no car is coming from the east or west and slam into you. Since this is at the top of a hill, nobody can see where any other cars are coming from.

So, when we got to the top of the hill, it was pitch black outside. We could see one car trying to cross National Ave., both from the north AND from the south. We knew that because we could see their headlights.

The car from the south was further into the intersection than the one from the north and was slowly inching its way forward, still hoping no car came from the east or west before he made it to the other side of the intersection.

We pulled into the driveway of the house on the corner to wait our turn to cross the intersection. We had our headlights on as well.

Suddenly the outside lights of the house came on and a woman came to the door to see what we were doing in her driveway.

So, my husband went to the door of the house to talk to her, while I waited in the car.

When the woman opened the door, two dogs bounded out the door. I immediately recognized the dogs - they were 'THE DOGS OF WAR' - and they belonged to Benjamin Franklin.  One of the dogs was light brown with a dark-brown - almost black mask on its face around its eyes. The other dog was a silvery color.

I was petrified because these were the 'Dogs of War' and my feet were dangling outside the car and I was afraid I was going to be attacked.

My husband finished talking to the woman and we decided to go back home, but to my dismay, "The Dogs of War' went with us in the car. When we went back into our livingroom, I sat in a pink wing-backed chair and the the two dogs sat at my feet - one to the left and one to the right.

The next day, I went out into the garden where I had planted thousands of pink plume-fronded flowers. Towards the center of this garden, but with a path from one side, was a small concrete goldfish pond.  I was standing by the pond.

A schoolbus with a class of small girls came by and one of the little girls came running over. She wanted to give me a hug so her intentions were good, but she came running towards me as fast as she could go - though her teacher was yelling. "Go around! Go around!", the girl leapt up into the air, just barely clearing the flowers and landed in the center of the garden near the goldfish pond where I was standing.

I understood what the girl's intentions were, she just wanted a hug, but she was in too much of a hurry to get to where I was standing.

The girl hadn't damaged any flowers by leaping over them, but she might not leap as far if she tried it a second time, so I told the little girl's teacher that I would tell the little girl a secret so she'd never have to leap over the flowers again.

So, I bent down and whispered in the little girl's ear, "Time goes on forever, so you see you have plenty of time to walk around the garden. The hug will always be there waiting for you."

The little girl looked up at me and smiled, now knowing the secret of time.

I then went back into the house, into the boy's playroom. The playroom had a hard tiled floor of light blue. I saw 12 sky-blue eggs laying on the floor. I couldn't tell whether the eggs were plastic, hard-boiled, or raw but the boys playing with the eggs had cracked some of the eggs and they were in danger of cracking all the way through. So, I gently pushed the all the eggs together by the side of the room, where no one would step on them.

I noticed that the boys were outside playing war games. They had taken sides and it was getting rough.

Then I noticed that there was a set of marbles laying all over the floor. They were all the same color - crystal sky-blue.  I bent down a flipped a marble into the corner with my foot, where there was a ring etched in the tile and I scored a perfect hit.

So, I invited the boys to come into the house and settle their game of war by playing a game with the marbles. All they had to do was choose a marble (they were all alike), name the marble for a world leader and if the boy shot the marble perfectly into the ring in the floor tile like I had done, he would win the war.

The first marble chosen was name Benjamin Franklin. The marble didn't make it into the corner ring, so he didn't win.

The second world leader chosen was Ronald Reagan. When his marble was shot into the corner, it missed the ring as well, so he didn't win the war either.

I told the boys not to worry, there were still hundreds of marbles to choose from. All they had to do was name a different world leader each time until someone won the war.

2-18-05 - My dreams were like short vignettes

I was laying in bed next to Joe who was snoring. I could see out the window into a city street where a small groups (six?)  'shooters'  in gray uniforms were standing next to a building with guns ready. 

I kept nudging Joe to wake up, saying, "Shooters! Look at the 'shooters'" but Joe wouldn't wake up and I felt very frustrated.

Then I realized that I was sleeping too and dreaming this and it wasn't real. 

NOTE: After I woke up I was thinking about that dream and I had a quick vision which showed me the same 'shooters' in gray uniforms and wearing flight helmets , standing in a desert-like area like they had just flown in. 

A voice said, "They looked like this!" and it looked very real.

NOTE 2:  I wasn't familiar with the term 'shooters' but a couple days later, the very next page I came to in a book I was slowly reading titled, "The Rogue Warriors - Strategy for Success" by Richard  Marcinko, I came to this on page 20:  (He was talking about how he trained even the lowliest of his team to do 'all' the jobs including 'flying' even though that wasn't part of their normal training according to military protocol)  "The net result of my care and feeding of my grunts, or 'shooters', was that these guys would gladly move hell for me and bite the tongue off the devil. And each of them would be able to do something like that because each shooter could fly, parachute, swim, and attack all by himself, if necessary. Each man mirrored the entire machine of "SEAL" Team Six and the machine mirrored each man. 

I did research on the grey uniforms, and other than civil war period which I knew this wasn't - grey uniforms are worn by the Chinese.

I didn't find any other country that used grey uniforms.4-19-05 - On the wall, was a TV wall screen as large as the whole wall. It was showing a war movie.

I don't like watching war movies and this one was particularly gruesome. There was a weapon they used that shot fie, not bullets. When someone got hit with the fire the burst into flames, completely immolated and burnt to a crisp. It was so awful I couldn't watch it, so I closed my eyes to blank out the sight of it.

When I opened my eyes, the movie replayed itself and when it started getting really bad - to see the soldiers being annihilated by streams of fire coming down from the sky, I just couldn't watch it and closed my eyes again. 

Again I opened my eyes and the scene started replaying itself again.  It came to me that every  time I closed my eyes, it would repeat the war scene and it wouldn't stop doing that until I watched the film all the way to the end or I would never be horrified enough to do something about it to prevent it in the first place.

So I stood there and watched the soldiers being hit by streams of fire coming from the sky. All the soldiers had were rifles to defend themselves with. They had no defense for these horrible weapons. They tried pressing themselves up against walls or behind objects and that didn't help. When the stream of fire came down, the fire was worse than a bullet, it could billow around corners and immolate anything that was close by.

The film just kept getting worse and worse.  Unfortunately, I was so horrified to see all these solders getting burned to death, I couldn't watch the film all the way to the end. I couldn't stand to see all these men die so needlessly. 

I had to close my eyes - it was too horrible to bear.

See:  WEAPONS OF WAR

THE 6TH TRUMPET OF REVELATION 
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE BOMBS - TURN OFF YOUR SOUND

6-28-05  DREAM - I was riding in a car with a tall black woman. We went through an intersection and on the other side of that street was a square building that looked like it had silver windows or had silver curtains over the windows that was blocking them.

My friend wanted to stop at a restaurant right beyond that building, so she pulled up in  front of it. I decided it was a good place to go to the bathroom.

We walked inside and instead of a restaurant it looked like a bird sanctuary.

I no sooner walked in and all the doves came and sat on the hawks so they couldn't move. 

Over in the corner, some new chicks who had red feathers were fledging and I was told by a man who was watching them, it only took one generation to create them.

There were a lot of them. (Having raised birds myself, I found that to be highly unusual to get as many red feathered chicks in just one generation.) Something highly unusual was going on here. 

None of these birds were in cages either. It wouldn't be long and these chicks would be flying all over.

I saw a dog over a ways. The dog was large and dark brown and the dog was turning red also.

The man called the dog Asia. The dog was pretty big and I was intimidated by it.

The man said, "Why are you afraid of this dog? She's yours!"

I denied owning Asia.  Asia came over to me, walking around me, crying and whining for attention.

I insisted I didn't own Asia. I told the man that my son Ken was in charge and asked where he was.

The man said, "Ken went out hunting."

So I told the man I would go find Ken and see what was going on. Obviously a lot had been going on while I wasn't paying attention.

I went out into the yard to look for Ken and saw a green winter snowsuit laying on the ground. I was afraid that was Ken so I ran over to it and found the suit to be empty. 

So I went over to the house and hanging upside-down on the door was a brown winter snowsuit drying in the breeze. I had been afraid to look at it. It almost seemed like there was a body in it.

I opened the door and there was Ken talking to his Father.

I heard Ken say, "Ooops! I'd better get going." , and he came outside to fill me in on what was going on.

COMING INVASIONS

"'I shall strike your bow from your left hand, and dash down your arrows from your right hand. You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops, and the peoples who are with you; I shall give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and beast of the field. You will fall on the open field; for it is I who have spoken,' declares the Lord" (Ezekiel 39:3-5).

"And when the thousand years ARE EXPIRED, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison. And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breath of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them" [Revelation 20:7-9].

The ancient people called Magog are commonly believed to have been the ancestors of the Russian nation. The prophet Ezekiel spoke of an invasion of Israel by Russia, which has not yet been fulfilled. What could cause Russia to come against the tiny nation of Israel -- which has no oil and no real strategic value? This question has puzzled Bible scholars for centuries. However, recent developments in the Middle East have for the first time in history lent credence to this long-awaited prophecy.

See:  http://www.khouse.org/strategic_trends/magog/

RUSSIA INVADES ISRAEL DREAM AND INTERPRETATION

INVASION OF AMERICA FROM MEXICO

The Mexican-American War was fought between the United States and Mexico between 1846 and 1848. It is also called the U.S.-Mexico War. In the U.S. it is known as the Mexican War; in Mexico it is known as the U.S. Intervention, the U.S. Invasion of Mexico, and the United States War Against Mexico.

Background

Also known as Mr. Polk's War, the Mexican-American War grew out of unresolved conflicts between Mexico and Texas and from U.S. expansionism. Firstly, the Mexican province of Texas was settled (1823) by several slave-holding colonists and Mexico abolished slavery in 1824. Secondly, the government of Santa Anna had tried to make Mexico a centralist republic, and the American settlers found these conditions unacceptable.

After winning its independence from Mexico in 1836, the Republic of Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its southern and western limit. Historically, the Nueces River (southern) and the Sabine River (western) had been the recognized borders of the former province of Texas. The old Mexican Province of Texas never had de facto or de jure control beyond this point and could hardly keep what it had. The Republic of Texas tried continuosly to gain recognition from Mexico as an independent state, putting the Nueces as the territorial limit in the negotiation table, to no avail. In 1845, the United States decided to uphold Texas' claims upon the Rio Grande if it agreed to join the U.S.

Declaration of war

When Texas joined the United States, Mexico considered that, firstly, the United States was intervening in Mexico's internal affairs by supporting a rebel province and, secondly, that the U.S. had unjustly taken away territory that belonged neither to Texas nor to the U.S.

After several skirmishes, President James K. Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor to place troops between the two rivers. Taylor crossed the Nueces, ignoring Mexican demands that he withdraw, and marched south to the Rio Grande, where he began to build Fort Brown.

Fighting began on April 24, 1846 when Mexican cavalry attacked and captured one of the American detachments near the Rio Grande. After the border clash and battles at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Polk requested a declaration of war, and geared up popular support by asserting that Mexicans had "invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil". The U.S. Congress declared war on May 13, 1846. Northerners and Whigs generally opposed the war, while Southerners and Democrats tended to support it because Texas was a slave state. Mexico declared war on May 23.

Even after war was declared, many Northern Democrats and Whigs disputed Polk's claim that Mexico had "shed American blood on American soil", believing instead that American forces had crossed the Rio Grande and invaded Mexico in a deliberate provocation. Voicing this argument, Abraham Lincoln, then a Whig freshman in the House of Representatives, introduced a series of resolutions nicknamed the "Spot Resolutions" which demanded President Polk give the exact location where American blood had been spilled. For this, Lincoln was given the nickname "Spotty".

Campaign

After the declaration of war, U.S. forces invaded Mexican territory on several fronts. In the Pacific, the U.S. Navy sent John D. Sloat to occupy California and claim it for the U.S. because of concerns that Britain might also attempt to occupy the area. He linked up with Anglo colonists in Northern California who had previously declared an independent California Republic and occupied some key cities. Meanwhile, U.S. army troops under Stephen W. Kearny occupied Santa Fe, New Mexico. Kearny led a small force to California where, after some initial reverses, he united with naval reinforcements under Robert F. Stockton to occupy San Diego and Los Angeles. A major dispute broke out between Kearny and Stockton over control of California. Stockton appointed John C. Fremont governor of California, while Kearny named himself to that position. The dispute was primarily caused by conflicting directives from Washington. Kearny eventually prevailed, and Fremont was arrested and court-martialed for his loyalty to Stockton in the dispute.

The main force led by Taylor continued across the Rio Grande, winning the Battle of Monterrey in September 1846. President Antonio López de Santa Anna personally marched north to fight Taylor but was defeated at the battle of Buena Vista on February 22, 1847. Meanwhile, rather than reinforce Taylor's army for a continued advance, President Polk sent a second army under U.S. general Winfield Scott in March, which was transported to the port of Veracruz by sea, to begin an invasion of the Mexican heartland. Scott won the Siege of Veracruz and marched toward Mexico City, winning the battles of Cerro Gordo and Chapultepec, and occupying the capital.

The Treaty of Cahuenga, signed on January 13, 1847, ended the fighting in California. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war and gave the U.S undisputed control of Texas as well as California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming. In return, Mexico received $18,250,000, the equivalent of $627,482,629 in today's dollars, for the cost of the war.

Combatants

Throughout the course of the war, approximately 13,000 American soldiers were killed. Of these, only about 1,700 were from actual combat; the other casualties stemmed from disease and unsanitary conditions during the war. It is also estimated that—if post-war deaths from war-related causes are considered—the combined U.S. casualty rate for the war was very high, 30-40%. Mexican casualties remain somewhat of a mystery, and are estimated at 25,000.

During the War, many important battles were fought, including the Battle of Churubusco and the Battle of Padierna. The Mexican leader at the time was Pedro María Anaya, who defended the convent of Santa María Churubusco. He uttered what would later be considered the most famous words of the War when General Twiggs entered the convent: "If we had ammunition, you wouldn't be here."

A noteworthy, if controversially–remembered, group of fighters was Saint Patrick's Battalion (San Patricios), a group of several hundred immigrant soldiers (mostly from Ireland) who deserted the U.S. Army in favor of the Mexican side. According to one version of events, the Battalion deserted after having experienced harsh religious discrimination in the United States, and found common cause with Mexico due to its status as a largely Catholic country. Most would die in the Battle of Churubusco. Some were captured and hanged, reputedly by generals instructed to make sure that the last thing they saw was the lowering of the Mexican flag and the raising of the U.S. flag. Some historians claim that these men were actually prisoners of war and forced to fight for Mexico. Others argue that they were simply traitors and deserters, and in some cases were marked with a "D" (of deserters) with hot iron. It is known that some of the captured Irish soldiers were choked in Mixcoac. There are, in any event, a number of monuments to these soldiers in present-day Mexico.

According to data from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the last surviving US veteran of the conflict, Owen Thomas Edgar, died on September 3, 1929 at the age of 98.

Political implications of the war

Mexico lost half of its territory in the war, leaving it with a lasting bitterness towards the United States. However, the war also elicited the sense of national unity in Mexico, which had been lacking since the Independence movement dissolved in (1821).

The war also provoked the emergence of a new class of politicians in Mexico. They finally got rid of Santa Anna's grip over Mexico and eventually proclaimed a liberal republic (1857). One of the first acts of the liberal republic was the enactment of several laws that facilitated and propelled the colonization of the vast and depopulated northern Mexican States. Behind the colonization laws was precisely the idea to avoid further territorial losses.

On the other hand, the annexed territories contained thousands of Mexican families. Some opted to return to Mexico and others chose to remain in the U.S. given that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo contained guarantees (granting citizenship and recognizing property) for them. These people were the first Mexican-Americans and their history has been largely determined, in more than one way, by their struggle to make these and other guarantees valid under the jurisdiction of the U.S.

The United States and Mexico eventually (1889) formed the International Boundary and Water Commission, in order to settle boundary disputes. See, the case of El Chamizal.

In the United States, in turn, victory in the war brought a surge in patriotism as the acquisition of new western lands—the country had also acquired the southern half of the Oregon Country in 1846—seemed to fulfill citizens' belief in their country's Manifest Destiny. While Ralph Waldo Emerson rejected war "as a means of achieving America's destiny," he accepted that "most of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means." The war made a national hero of Zachary Taylor who was elected president in the election of 1848.

However, this period of national euphoria would not last long. The war had been widely supported in the southern states but largely opposed in the northern states. This division largely developed from expectations of how the expansion of the United States would affect the issue of slavery. At the time, Texas recognized the institution of slavery, but Mexico did not. Many Northern abolitionists viewed the war as an attempt by the slave-owners to expand slavery and assure their continued influence in the federal government. Henry David Thoreau wrote his essay Civil Disobedience and refused to pay taxes because of this war.

The main issue which furthered sectionalism was the expansion of slavery into the national territories. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 banned slavery in national territories north of 36 degrees, 30 minutes (roughly the southern border of Missouri, although that state had been exempted). Also, the Senate was constructed to give equal balance to slave and free states. The Missouri Compromise, however, left room for more free states than slave states and, if continued, would upset the balance of power within the Senate. Thus, many Southerners supported the war to provide more room for slavery to expand (believing that if slavery were not allowed to continue to expand, it would ultimately die out). There were proposals during this time to split Texas (which was easily the largest state in the Union geographically) into multiple slave states, but this did not come to pass.

During the first year of the war, Congressman David Wilmot introduced a bill which would prohibit slavery in any new territory captured from Mexico. This bill, which became known as the Wilmot Proviso caused an immediate outcry from Southerners on both sides of the congressional aisle. To Southerners, it looked as if the north was willing to abandon parity within the senate, and the Wilmot Proviso sparked further hostility between the sections. The bill itself was passed by the House of Representatives but failed in the Senate, with both votes on sectional lines.

In 1848, Democrats proposed a new solution to the issue of whether territories should have slavery, known as popular sovereignty. This would allow for voters within a territory to determine for themselves whether or not they would allow slavery within their territory. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 would make popular sovereignty the law of the land, striking down the Missouri Compromise. In protest of this, the Republican Party was organized that year by opponents of the expansion of slavery.

Taylor, the hero of Monterrey and Buena Vista, was elected President in the election of November, 1848 running as a Whig but without a political history. He would not have the opportunity to resolve the sectional problems stemming from the war, as his death in 1850 resulted in the elevation of Whig party insider Millard Fillmore to the Presidency. Fillmore turned to the problem of resolving the Texas boundary and territorial slavery disputes arising from the war, enlisting the aid of Whig party stalwarts Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. The three were able to fashion the Compromise of 1850 in an effort to produce a final solution, but this compromise created more disputes, as well as helping to end the Whig party as a national force. The Whigs made one more effort to function as a national party, nominating the other key war general Winfield Scott after a bitter party convention that split its vote between Scott, Fillmore, and Webster. Surprisingly, Scott's campaign came apart not so much due to disagreements over the compromise and slavery, but rather the newly vexatious anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic sentiments which were spilling over into political discourse.

Ulysses S. Grant, who served in the war under Scott's command, would later describe the conflict as a war of conquest for the expansion of slavery and thus the prelude to the American Civil War: "The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times." [1] Many of the generals of the latter war had fought in the former, including Grant, George B. McClellan, Ambrose Burnside, Stonewall Jackson, George Meade, and Robert E. Lee, as well as the future Confederate president, Jefferson Davis.

FROM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican-American_War

also see: http://www.historyguy.com/Mexican-American_War.html

Multiculturalism, Immigration and Aztlan - DASA - Diversity ...

"Nothing more vividly testifies against that romantic faith in America's  ability to continuously assimilate new members than the events of October 16, ... www.diversityalliance.org/docs/Chang-aztlan.html

The people of Colonia Libertad are so violent that they attack every sign of authority. Even Tijuana police cars entering the colonia are stopped, rolled over and set on fire. Tijuana police -- wearing double-thick Kevlar vests and military style helmets -- now travel the area on dirt bikes -- vehicles maneuverable enough to escape most ambushes and attacks.

The people of Mexico have been told how the Norte Americanos have stolen their country's land and wealth. For all the years of their schooling their teachers repeat the stories of how Mexico has the right to reclaim its land. They have been told of how their brothers and sisters were winning the battle and that they soon would take back California, Arizona and New Mexico.

And that it was all being done one small step at a time. And the truth is….. they really are doing it.  http://www.usborderpatrol.com/borderframe1301.htm

Is it Assimilation or Invasion?
by: Phyllis Schlafly
November 28, 2001

Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, support for the United States has poured in from around the world, but the response from Mexico has been decidedly lukewarm. A Gallup poll reported that 78 percent of Mexicans oppose contributing troops to a multinational coalition, and we have seen no indication that Mexico will modify its oil policy of acting like a member of OPEC.

While there is no evidence that the 9/11 terrorists entered over the Mexican border, the trial in El Paso of an Iraqi smuggler produced evidence that he alone brought more than 1,000 Middle East illegals into the United States via that route, charging his clients $10,000 to $15,000 each. Border Patrol agents have confirmed the increase in illegal aliens coming from the Middle East across our southern border and the fact that Arabs pay up to $50,000 each for a "coyote" to smuggle them into the United States.

The 9/11 events have temporarily shelved the foolish proposals to grant amnesty to three million Mexicans illegally living in our country. Unfortunately, there is no indication that Mexico has retreated from its longtime goal of opening the U.S. border.

In Chicago on July 27, 1997, then Mexican President Ernesto Zedilla told the National Council of LaRaza, "I have proudly affirmed that the Mexican nation extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders." He announced a Mexican constitutional amendment that purports to allow Mexicans to retain their Mexican nationality even though they become U.S. citizens (which is contrary to the U.S. naturalization oath).

When President Vicente Fox came to the United States this year, he reiterated this line, proclaiming that "the Mexican nation extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders" and includes migrants living in the United States. He called for open borders and endorsed Mexico's new dual citizenship law.

Some Mexicans use the term "reconquista," which is Spanish for reconquest, to describe their desire to see California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas acquired by Mexico and named the new country of Aztlan. They are teaching their youth that the United States "stole" those areas from Mexico and that they should be "returned."

The United States acquired the Southwest a century and a half ago in three ways: part by the 1845 annexation agreement with Texas, which was then an independent republic, part ceded by Mexico in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after the Mexican-American War, and part by the 1852 Gadsden Purchase

Mexico's claim to the Southwest originated with the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, which drew an imaginary line on the map to divide the Western Hemisphere between Spain and Portugal. Because geography had so many unknowns at that time, Portugal got only Brazil (which is why Brazilians speak Portuguese).

Other countries never recognized this treaty, and Americans consider it ridiculous even to talk about giving the Southwest to Mexico. Most national borders all over the world have come about as the result of war.

Mexicans obviously have no thought of invading the Southwest with troops, so their hope is reconquista by migration, both legal and illegal. According to Mario Obledo, founder of the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, "California is going to be a Hispanic state and anyone who doesn't like it should leave."

An amnesty rally in the Los Angeles Sports Arena on June 10, 2000 attracted 25,000 people. In demanding amnesty for illegal Mexican aliens, the speakers proudly announced the names of at least a dozen unions in Los Angeles that are now headed by Mexicans.

Vicente Fox presented Mexico's Congress with a five-year development plan to eliminate the U.S.-Mexican border. He said he plans to serve "the 100 million Mexicans who now live in Mexico and the more than 18 million who live abroad," and to "strengthen our ability to protect and defend the rights of all Mexicans abroad."

Juan Hernandez, appointed by Fox as special liaison to Mexicans abroad, lobbies to get U.S. driver's licenses issued to illegal aliens and defends the Mexican government's issuance of desert survival kits to those sneaking across the border. On ABC's Nightline on June 7, he boasted: "We are betting that the Mexican-American population in the United States ... will think Mexico first."

Fox's five-year plan calls for building a larger consular presence in the United States, and this is already in operation. In U.S. areas with large Hispanic (including illegal) populations, the Mexican consul donates to the local public schools the same textbooks that are used in every elementary school in Mexico, grades 1 through 6.

The books, written in Spanish and including all academic subjects, teach that America "stole" the southwest from Mexico and that Mexico is entitled to take it back. The Mexican government considers these textbooks a symbol of Mexican national pride, guarantees a set to every Mexican child, and makes it a crime for anyone to sell them.

The only reason we learned about this Mexican plan is that one school in Santa Ana, California, decided to sell the books at a book fair and the local Hispanics kicked up a fuss about it. The school apologized to the Hispanics for selling the books, but should have apologized to the students for accepting the books in the first place.

The question we should ask our Mexican immigrant friends is, are you assimilating or invading?

FROM: http://www.ourcivilisation.com/usa/invade.htm

Hunter agrees to back measure


By Brian DeBose
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A key opponent of legislation to overhaul the nation's intelligence apparatus yesterday agreed to support the bill, opening the door for a House floor vote this week.

    Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and House Armed Services Committee chairman, agreed to a compromise to alter the bill's language to protect the military chain of command's authority over wartime intelligence.

    But the deal leaves out House conservatives who want the bill to crack down on illegal immigration and identification fraud, and they said yesterday that they expect the bill to pass over their objections. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Texas Republican, said a floor vote could come as early as tomorrow.

    "After working through the weekend with the vice president, several conferees and other members, we have come to an agreement on changed bill language that we believe protects with necessary clarity the time-tested chain of command," Mr. Hunter said in a joint statement with Sen. John W. Warner, Virginia Republican and Senate Armed Services Committee chairman.
   
 "Pending a review of the rest of the legislation, we are prepared to support the bill as amended by this new language," the two men said in the statement.

    The intelligence-reform bill was stalled Nov. 20 when Mr. Hunter and Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wisconsin Republican and House Judiciary Committee chairman, drew a line against the proposal.

    Mr. Hunter said the bill gave the national intelligence director too much authority over the use of satellites that disseminate real-time intelligence to troops on the ground, and thus could hinder the military by forcing commanders to deal with an added layer of bureaucracy.

    Mr. Sensenbrenner refused to allow passage of the bill unless it included his provisions to stop states from issuing driver's licenses to illegal aliens and another to limit the use of ID cards issued by foreign consulates as legal proof of identity.
    
    Mr. Sensenbrenner reiterated his position yesterday, but Mr. Hunter's acquiescence means he likely will be sidestepped on the way to passing the legislation.
    
    "Americans deserve a complete bill so that we can prevent another 9/11 from occurring," Mr. Sensenbrenner said. "Border security and immigration reform are vital components of our homeland security efforts, so why are they not included in this legislation?"
    
     House Republican leaders said yesterday that they would move the bill forward despite Mr. Sensenbrenner's objections, but probably would make arrangements for the immigration provisions to be taken up in a separate bill early next year.
    
     "We're still working with Mr. Sensenbrenner," said Republican conference chairman Rep. Deborah Pryce of Ohio. "I think there are different ways to accommodate" his concerns.
    
    Mr. Sensenbrenner called any promises of future consideration "hollow" and said that he will rectify next year what he called a "September 10 mentality in a post-September 11 world."
    
    President Bush urged Congress to pass the bill this week in a letter sent to members last night.
    
    "An overarching principle for these needed [intelligence] reforms has been to create a strong director of national Intelligence with full budget authority while preserving the chain of command within departments and agencies," Mr. Bush said.
    
    "We are very close to a significant achievement that will better protect our country for generations to come, and now is the time to finish the job for the good of our national security."
     
     Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican, disagreed and was much less gracious than Mr. Sensenbrenner in his criticism of the Senate and House leadership and Mr. Bush.
    
     "We're screwed," he said yesterday, even as he continued lobbying fellow members to oppose the intelligence bill on the grounds that it doesn't do anything to secure the borders.
    
      Mr. Tancredo and other immigration reform-minded members supported Mr. Sensenbrenner's position that to keep issuing driver's licenses, which the September 11 terrorists used to board planes and travel the country unfettered, would leave the nation with a false sense of security.
    
    "We will be giving them, essentially, the keys to the kingdom," Mr. Tancredo said.
    
     Mr. Tancredo said he has little hope of altering the intelligence bill before it passes but aims to continue his fight for various immigration reforms next year, adding that he doesn't expect Mr. Bush to join him.
    
     "George Bush is an open-borders guy and that's just it," Mr. Tancredo said. "He doesn't mind dealing with the military side about the chain of command, but securing the borders is a philosophical problem for the president."
    
    Other Republicans supporting the immigration provisions said they were "caught in a crack" and may be forced to vote against the legislation if the "absolutely essential" driver's-license provisions fail to make it onto the final bill.
    
     "If it's not in there, then members have to decide whether they'll vote for the good in the bill and let this go," said Rep. Dan Burton, Indiana Republican, who said he has not yet decided how he will vote. "A number of members still have a problem with the bill."
    
     Rep. Jeff Flake, Arizona Republican, said there are enough members in support of the immigration reforms to force the leadership to schedule a separate vote and "move them expeditiously" early next year.
    
    "That seems to be the sentiment of the conference," he said.
    
    •Charles Hurt and Amy Fagan contributed to this report.
    
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041207-121939-4732r.htm

The Coming Breakup of America - Part I

2,000 new border agents aren't part of budget, Ridge says

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Monday that Bush's new budget, to be released in early February, will propose a "good incremental increase" in the number of agents. But he made it clear the number would not approach 2,000. The new agents were to be the first hires toward doubling the size of the force over five years.

As part of a sweeping intelligence bill passed in December, Congress called for nearly doubling the size of the Border Patrol by adding 10,000 agents over five years. The agency has about 11,000 agents; 90% work along the southern border with Mexico.

But in an interview with USA TODAY, Ridge scoffed at the notion of adding so many agents and said it would be an inefficient use of precious homeland security dollars.

"The notion that you're going to have 10,000 is sort of a fool's gold," Ridge said. "It's nice to say you're going to have 10,000 more Border Patrol agents in five years, but what other part of Homeland Security do you want to take the money from?"

He said it makes more sense to pay for a combination of more agents and better technology, such as ground sensors and cameras.

T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, said the Bush administration is making a mistake. "Cameras don't catch people, people catch people," he said. "If you don't have the agents you're not going to catch the people your technology sees."

Ridge's comments came as he began his final week as the first secretary of the 2-year-old department, which was created in response to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Most of Ridge's top deputies also are leaving the 180,000-employee agency. Monday, border and transportation chief Asa Hutchinson became the latest to resign, and the White House nominated AECOM Technology executive Michael Jackson to serve as the new deputy secretary. (Related item: Hutchinson leaving Homeland Security post)

This month, Bush nominated Michael Chertoff, a federal appeals court judge, to replace Ridge.

In a 45-minute interview in his office, kept warm with the help of a space heater, Ridge also said that:

• Although it would be more difficult now for terrorists to attack the United States, "I am no less concerned that an attack will occur. ... I still accept the inevitability." He said it may take "a generation or two" to defeat the terrorist threat against the United States.

• The extraordinarily tight security for Bush's inauguration last week was necessary, even though there were no threats directed at the event. Costs climbed to at least $17 million for the security, and many people didn't get to see the swearing-in or parade because lines at checkpoints were so long.

• Private industries have made "some very significant investments" to tighten security, and there is no need for the government to pass regulations forcing them to do more. Critics, including Greenpeace and other environmental groups, say chemical companies in particular haven't done nearly enough to protect against an attack that could kill and injure tens of thousands of people. But Ridge said company leaders know that "if you don't do it in the foreseeable future, you'll be told to do it."

• The government should consider sharing more information with the public when it raises the terrorist threat level under the color-coded system he developed. The threat level "happily" hasn't been raised nationwide in more than a year, Ridge noted. He acknowledged that the public found the alerts confusing. "Maybe we should take a look at what we hold as classified," he said.

FROM: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-24-agents-ridge_x.htm?csp=36

Lou Dobbs Tonight - CNN - June 9, 2005
The Council of Foreign Relations dropped all pretense and proposed that the United States of America surrender to the ongoing invasion of the United States by Mexico. The plan to do this was crafted by Robert Pastor and Andres Rozental, half brother of Jorge Castaneda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico. "This report should remove any doubt that the Council of Foreign relations, and all those who are part of it, are mortal enemies of the people of the United States of America," said Glenn Spencer of American Patrol.
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