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More Historic Happenings

March 4

0561 - Death of Pope Pelagius I.

1629 - Massachusetts Bay receives its charter from King Charles I of England.

1699 - Jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany

1738 - Moravian missionary Peter Bohler, 26, advised future English founder
of Methodism John Wesley, 34: 'Preach faith until you have it; and then,
because you have it, you will preach faith.'

1791 - 1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (Pennsylvania), takes
office

1798 - Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews

1804 - The British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) was founded at a large
interdenominational meeting in London. Its purpose was "to promote the
circulation of the Holy Scriptures, without note or comment, both at home
and in foreign lands."

1853 - Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands

1949 - Security Council of UN recommends membership for Israel

1850 - History says future statesman/president James A. Garfield, at age
18, was "buried with Christ in baptism." . From that time on he outwardly
preached the doctrines of the Disciples of Christ but was steeped in Masonry.
He officiated at marriages and funerals, and lectured. Thirty-one years to
the day after his 'conversion', the man who was once a professor of Greek
and Latin, Garfield took the oath of office as 20th President of the United
States. He served a brief term of office only two hundred days. It took Garfield
11 weeks to die after being shot by the 'apparently crazed' assassin Charles
Guiteau on July 2, 1881. In the inset brief, TOTW adds further research into
the stories that follow this man.

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Garfield had secretly became Grand Orient of the French Illuminati and spent
much time in Europe as in America. The Jewish Talmud was used as the Holy
Book for prayer and incantation in the lodge where Garfield reportedly called
Beelzebub the "Masonry Spirit." In December 1863, at the request of President
Abraham Lincoln, Garfield resigned as General and ran for Congress. In Paris,
the American General James Abram Garfield, the Grand Orient of the Supreme
Lodge of Illuminati of France, reputedly raped a young lady named Klotilde
Bersone. The girl, who was already a virtual slave of the Grand illuminati
Lodge, became his mistress. Klotilde Bersone rose to power in the lodges
and became known to Masons as "Nymph of the Night," "Nymph Initiated to Secrets,"
"Sovereign Grand Master Nymph", and then "Bride of Lucifer" or "Queen of
the Illuminati" in the multi-lodge gathering of the Grand Lodge of the Illuminati
in Istanbul, Turkey. Garfield was elected to the Senate in January 1880,
but never served in that office as he was always absent in Paris with Masonic
business. Illuminati Lodges modeled him to win the presidency. Garfield was
elected President of the U.S. in March 1881 and was shot on July 2, 1881
by Charles Guiteau of France at the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station
in Washington D.C. Klotilde Bersone, the Nymph of Satan and Queen of the
Illuminati, became powerful - alledgedly even issuing orders to the Lodges
to kill or to take actions. She reputedly committed many murders under the
order of the Lodges and among the murdered victims was General James Garfield.
The charge was that he had violated the rules of the Lodges by loving Klotilde,
the bride of demon Beelzebub, and taking her as his mistress, thereby putting
personal interest before the Lodges' interest. The assassination of Garfield
was told to be assisted by Prince Otto Eduard Leopold Von Bismark, the Chancellor
of Germany. Bismark was also a Mason who provided the Paris Lodge with documents
to show that Garfield committed treason against Masonry. This attack on Garfield
was Bismark's revenge for the brutal knifing of Zemard, one of his Knights
of Kadosch, who was sacrificed to the demon Beelzebub at the Paris Lodge.
Garfield was expected to fully recover after being dismissed from the hospital.
On August 11, while recuperating in a seaside cottage he wrote to his mother
that he was recovering well and growing stronger every day. He signed it
"Your loving son." Yet strange as it be - he died, apparently from medical
mistreatment, on September 19, 1881. "Garfield's death," states the 1987
book Medical Cover-Ups in the White House, "included all of the worst elements
that could be found in a presidential medical crisis: faulty diagnosis, grossly
improper treatment, prideful bickering among doctors and a massive cover-up
of the truth before and after death." Upon his arrest, Guiteau was carrying
a letter addressed to the White House, which read: "I have just shot the
President. I shot him several times, as I wished him to go as easily as possible.
His death was a political necessity. I am a lawyer, theologian and politician.
I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts. I was with General Grant and the rest of
our men, in New York during the canvass. I am going to jail. Please order
out your troops, and take possession of the jail at once" (Rosenberg, p.
5). Though Guiteau had practiced law, his training and experience were minimal.
His claim to be a theologian rested on his having tried itinerant preaching
as a means of earning a living and upon having self-published a book on religion.
At his trial, Charles Guiteau, shouted, "Your honor, I admit to the shooting
of the president, but not the killing. ... I plead not guilty to the indictment
and my defense is threefold: 1. Insanity, in that it was God's act and not
mine. The Divine pressure on me to remove the president was so enormous that
it destroyed my free agency, and therefore I am not legally responsible for
my act. 2. The president died from malpractice ... if he had been well treated
he would have recovered. ..... I am ... charged with maliciously and wickedly
murdering one James A. Garfield. Nothing can be more absurd, because General
Garfield died from malpractice ... the issue here is Who fired that shot;
the Deity or me?"

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March 4 (continued)

1966 - London's "EveningStandard" newspaper published an interview with Beatle
John Lennon in which he remarked: 'Christianity will... vanish and shrink...
We're more popular than Jesus Christ right now.' The quote touched off a
storm of international protest, resulting in burnings and boycotts of the
Beatles' records.

March 5

0254 - Lucius I , Catholic Pope , dies.

1179 - The Third Lateran Council opened under Alexander III. It was attended
by 300 bishops who enacted measures against the Waldenses and Albigensians.
Lateran III also mandated that popes were to be elected by two-thirds vote
from the assembled cardinals.

1605 - Clement VIII [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69

1616 - Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index

1743 - In Boston, editor Thomas Prince published the first issue of his weekly,
"The Christian History." It was the first religious journal published in
America.

March 06

1205 - Aken, [Philips van Zwaben], crowned Roman-Catholic German King

1447 - Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V

1521 - Luther is summoned to Diet (Council) of Worms to give an account of
his views. It will be at this meeting that he declares, "Here I Stand, I
can do no other, so help me, God."

1629 - In Germany, the Edict of Restitution ordered that all church property
secularized since 1552 be restored to the Roman Catholic Church.

1735 - English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'The renewal
of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day.
We have not only a new house to build up, but an old one to pull down.'

1816 -Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany

1858 - The Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle (the Paulists) is founded
by Isaac Hecker and his companions. Its purpose was to convert Americans
to Roman Catholicism, for Hecker viewed the United States as a mission field
comparable to any other. The Paulists have been highly successful.

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Grace   [DRAMA sent in by Randy Peoples-
thanks brother. Author unknown. Modified for this
publication.]

The boy stood with back arched, head cocked back and hands clenched defiantly.
"Go ahead, give it to me."  The principal looked down at the young rebel.
"How many times have you been here?"  The child sneered rebelliously,
"Apparently not enough."  The principal gave the boy a strange look.
"And you have been punished each time have you not?" "Yeah, I been punished,
if that's what you want to call it." He threw out his small chest, "Go ahead
I can take whatever you dish out. I always have." 

"And no thought of your punishment enters your head the next time you decide
to break the rules does it?," the Principal inquired. The boy replied,
"Nope, I do whatever I want to do. Ain't nothin' you people gonna do to stop
me either."  The principal looked over at the teacher who stood nearby.
"What did he do this time?"  Teacher: "Fighting. He took little Tommy
and shoved his face into the sandbox." The principal turned to look
at the boy, "Why? What did little Tommy do to you?"  The boy through
clenched teeth said, "Nothin'. I didn't like the way he was lookin' at me,
just like I don't like the way you're lookin' at me!  And if I thought
I could do it, I'd shove your face into something."

The teacher stiffened and started to rise but a quick look from the principal
stopped him. He contemplated the child for a moment and then quietly said,
"Today my young student, is the day you learn about grace."  The lad
sneered, "Grace? Isn't that what you old people do before you sit down to
eat?  I don't need none of your stinkin' grace." 

"Oh but you do." The principal studied the young mans face and whispered.
"Oh yes, you truly do..."  The boy continued to glare as the principal
continued, "Grace, in its short definition is unmerited favor. You cannot
earn it, it is a gift and is always freely given. It means that you will
not be getting what you so richly deserve." 

The boy looked puzzled. "You're not gonna whup me? You just gonna let me
walk?"  The principal looked down at the unyielding child. "Yes, I am
going to let you walk." The boy studied the face of the principal, "No punishment
at all?  Even though I socked Tommy and shoved his face into the
sandbox?"  The head of the school answered, "Oh, there has to be punishment.
What you did was wrong and there are always consequences to our actions.
There will be punishment. Grace is not an excuse for doing wrong." 
"I knew it," Sneered the boy as he held out his hands. "Lets get on with
it." 

The principal nodded toward the teacher. "Bring me the paddle." The teacher
presented the paddle to the principal. He looked at it and then handed it
back to the teacher.  He looked at the child and said.  "I want
you to count the blows."  He slidout from behind his desk and walked
over to stand directly in front of the young man. He gently reached out and
folded the child's outstretched, expectant hands together and then turned
to face the teacher with his own hands outstretched. One quiet word came
forth from his mouth.  "Begin."  The paddle whipped down on the
outstretched hands of the principal. - -Crack!  -- The young man jumped
ten feet in the air. Shock registered across his face. "One" he
whispered.   -- Crack! -- "Two." His voice raised an octave. 
--Crack!  -- "Three..." He couldn't believe this.  -- Crack! --
"Four." Big tears welled up in the eyes of the rebel. "OK stop! That's enough.
Stop!"  -- Crack --...came the paddle down on the callused hands of
the principal.  -- Crack! -- The child flinched with each blow, tears
beginning to stream down his face.  --Crack! -- Crack!-- "No please,"
the former rebel begged, "Stop, I did it, I'm the one who deserves it. Stop!
Please. Stop..."  Still the blows came...-- Crack! Crack! --- One after
another. Finally it was over. The principal stood with sweat glistening across
his forehead and beads trickling down his face. Slowly he knelt down. He
studied the young man for a second and then his swollen hands reached out
to cradle the face of the weeping child.

"Grace," he said.

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The Passion -  Reviewed [by Kenneth
M. Hoeck for E-Clipz - www.truthontheweb.org]

Hi all, I heard the arguments for and against this movie. Much of it is hype.
Many write without ever seeing what they are writing about. I do wonder how
one can critique a film without ever seeing it?

Proverbs 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he
heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

The comment some have made that the movie is actually 'a mass' is off a little
... but in another view not off so much as one would think. The catholic
mass is a re-crucifying of our Savior - per the Catholics themeselves. The
mass is, indeed, idolatry at its most guileful.

The movie, since it shows the crucifiction, can be likened to the Mass. No
doubt exists that when Mel sees it - he sees the Mass (in type - not in
substance). But, in the end, its a movie - not too different from any other
Passion Play ever seen. I saw the film after sabbath last Saturday night
- I did not, would not, and will not ever take part in a Catholic Mass I
assure you.

I spent some of the week prior and much of the day on the sabbath reading
and soaking myself in God's word. Our congregation read a harmony of the
gospels (created only from bible text) and then read from the individual
accounts. We wanted to be armed with the Sword of the Spirit for we did not
know what to expect. We prayed for God to protect our minds and faith from
any spiritual seductions in the film.

By Gods grace and diligent study of His Word, we knew the true story through
and through and easily spotted all the non-biblical additions of Mel and
the mystic Catholic sources he borrowed ideas from [such as The Dolorous
Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich]. We knew before
going that the Jesuits had their hand in the film and sought to determine
their subtle influences to be able to sound a trumpet.

Hear is what I saw:

I saw much error [unbiblical content] mixed with truth - no suprise -its
the way of the apostate church.

I saw no mention of why Jesus endured this past the opening text from Isaiah
53:5.

I saw nothing to convict a sinner of sin. No reference to transgressions
of the law being sin. No heralding of the good news of the gospel after it
all.

For me the 'best' part, if I can even call it that, was after the soldier,
called Longinus by legend, pierced Him with a spear he fell to his knees
as if convicted that this was the Son of God. That was somewhat touching
to see a possible conviction of spirit.

I did see a better look at the brutality of the beating and crucifiction
than shown in most passion stories however I must say that even Mel's bloody
picture could not show the duration of the cruelty inflicted on Jesus.

I saw Mary very subtley being touted as 'sharing Christs suffering' and 'being
co-redemtrix.' [Satan is subtle most of the time and thats why his doctrines
can 'seduce.'] The disciples called her "Mother." As Mel said, the film 'is
very Marian.'

I had heard that after the film people wer shocked and dumb-struck. At the
end of the movie only one lady was crying - everyone else was expressionless
- maybe some felt numb. I do not think they were experiencing 'shock and
awe.' I felt the movie was empty.

I saw no 'anti-semitism' [except toward Jesus!]. Although not in the film,
Jesus said in the Gospels that nobody took His life. He said He willingly
submitted Himself for you and for me because He loved us and was obedient
to the Father.

John 10:17-18 Therefore doth my Father love me, because
I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me,
but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power
to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

I saw the evangelical Christians hyping the film more than the Catholics.
I saw a big budget film produced by one of Hollywood's biggest 'stars' as
having potential for great influence on people. The greatest horror I saw
was that the film is an ecumenical tool to unite denominations through service
without doctrinal foundations.

Another tragedy is that the film was in English subtitles. When they did
speak they uttered Latin, Hebrew, and Aramaic - they didn't even use Greek
which was the prevalent language of the land and the people. The story could
have been more poignant if the common language of America spoken today was
used. Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word
of God.

In the end I saw a not-so-good movie.

It was 'souless' if I may use that term without misleading. It did not carry
the fulness of the Gospel message but only the 'sufferings of Christ' probably
a flashback for Mel of the 'Stations of the Cross.' It was more a script
from The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich
(old catholic mystic nun) than a retelling of a biblical account. It was
rife with additions to God's word and full of error. It wasn't a good movie
in my opinion.

Would I see the movie again? No, once was enough.

You know, they often say that a movie was not as good as the book that it
was [partially] culled from - it certainly is true in the case of The Passion.
I got much more understanding in the time I spent reading God's Word and
that is what I recommend His people also do. Stick to the true book.
Read the bible.

John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy
word is truth.

Revelation 22:18-19 For I testify unto every man that
heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto
these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this
book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy
city, and from the things which are written in this book.

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"whatsoever is not of faith
is sin"

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