Monday, January 24, 2005

Fw: [peacemakersBiblestudy] Will Bush be forgiven?

John, I agree with you.  Claiming to represent God when you are acting satanically is the worst sort of blasphemy.
 
In the name of the Prince of Peace,   Carol Wolman
----- Original Message -----
From: John
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:10 AM
Subject: [peacemakersBiblestudy] Will Bush be forgiven?

 I think it's a good guess that if anyone has, Mr Bush who proclaims he has God's backing has done the following...
 
Mark 3:9,10 
I tell you the truth, all sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin."
 
 
Compare Rev 13:4-8
 
"Men worshipped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they worshipped the beast and asked, "who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?" The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty two months. He opened his mouth to blaspheme God and to slander his name* and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.  He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. All the inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world."  
 
* To slander a name means to slander a reputation - what sort of reputation is Bush giving God??
 
Revelation is almost all symbolic and the book of Daniel is also symbolic in places. Now is it coincidence that in the book of Daniel, a beast is symbolic and represents a kingdom? 
 
Compare Dan 7:23-25
"He (the angel) gave me this explanation: 'The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth. It will be different from all other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. The ten horns you saw are ten kings who will come from this kingdom."
 
I think that the ten could be the UN. Symbolic ten represents a full number (rather than a literal ten) so this can represent a composite of kings from many nations - and the UN is based in the US.  i.e. "from this kingdom." 
 
To continue:
"After then another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. He will speak against the Most High and oppress the saints and try to change the set times and laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time. "
 
But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and will be completely destroyed forever. Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the rulers will worship and obey him.'  This is the end of the matter............
 
 

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Fw: URGENT: Tell your friends about Tuesday's Senate debate on Condoleezza Rice

 
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Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: URGENT: Tell your friends about Tuesday's Senate debate on Condoleezza Rice

Dear Carol,

Last week, more than 70,000 concerned citizens like you came together to sign my petition and demand the truth from Condoleezza Rice.  Your support emboldened me during Dr. Rice's confirmation hearings to ask the tough questions that Americans deserve to have answered.  I can't thank you enough, and America can't thank you enough.

Perhaps even more importantly, the groundswell of support you created forced the Republican Senate leadership to give us what we wanted -- not a rubber stamp of Dr. Rice's nomination by voice vote last Thursday before the Republicans dashed off to Inaugural parties, but nine full hours of debate on the floor of the United States Senate.

With your support, our voices are being heard -- in the halls of Congress, in the White House, and across the country.  So today I ask for your support once more: 

Help me add thousands more signatures to our petition to hold Condoleezza Rice accountable.  Tell your friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues to sign our petition, so that when I stand up on the Senate floor Tuesday and Wednesday, I'm speaking with the power of tens of thousands of Americans behind me.

White House Chief of Staff Andy Card has attacked me as "small" for seeking the truth.  But I won't allow this Administration to try to sweep the facts about our failures in Iraq and the war on terrorism under the rug.  I'm taking the "advice and consent" role, granted to the Senate in the U.S. Constitution, seriously.

During the full Senate debate over Condoleezza Rice's nomination tomorrow, I intend to take the floor, joined by many other of my Democratic colleagues, to express my frustration about Dr. Rice's lack of candor during the confirmation hearings -- her unwillingness to level with the American people about the misleading statements she made about aluminum tubes, mushroom clouds, and connections between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda to try to justify the war in Iraq. 

Condoleezza Rice refused to come clean about the actual number of trained Iraqi forces on the ground.  And perhaps even more disturbingly, she refused to tell us why she personally intervened to kill an anti-torture provision in a recent intelligence bill.

I refuse to let these misstatements, misjudgments, and poor decisions go unanswered.   So I ask you one last time, before the Senate debate Tuesday and final vote on Wednesday, to tell everyone you know about our petition.  Help me find thousands more Americans who are willing to sign our petition and stand with us. 

I can't thank you enough for everything you've done over this past week.  Now, in these final 48 hours before the vote on Dr. Rice's nomination, I ask for your help once more.  Join me as we continue to fight for what's right -- because the process of democracy is as important as the outcome.

In Friendship,

Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator


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