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Were Those Resurrected at Christ's Death Raised to Eternal Life (Matthew 27:52-53)?

The Bible records a number of resurrections to human life; I Kings 17:17-24, Luke 7:11-17, and Acts 20:9-10 are examples. The passage in Matthew 27:52-53 is the only record in the Bible of a multiple resurrection: ". . . and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep [died] were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many." Matthew's wording clearly describes these saints as revived to normal, physical life. Like all humans before and after them who were resurrected, they all died again.

Some claim that Hebrews 9:27 says that human beings can only die once: ". . . it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment. . . ." Notwithstanding the several biblical examples of physical resurrection of people and their subsequent deaths, there is another way this verse can be understood: God has determined that all men must die at least once. No human being will live forever, as Paul explains in I Corinthians 15:36, 42 that all men are subject to corruption (decay) and mortality. Even those like Enoch and Elijah who were translated (see Genesis 21-24; II Kings 2:1-11) eventually died and await the resurrection to eternal life in their graves (see Acts 2:29, 34).

Christ is the only one ever resurrected to immortal life. The Bible reveals that no one will follow Him into immortality until the resurrection at His second coming (I Thessalonians 4:13-17; I Corinthians 15:50-53).

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• Where Are Enoch and Elijah?
• Basic Doctrines: The Third Resurrection
• Basic Doctrines: The Second Resurrection
• Basic Doctrines: The First Resurrection
• Resurrection AD 31

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'I never foresaw so much hate from the president': George Zimmerman's father speaks out on his family's 'persecution'

• Robert Zimmerman said Trayvon told his son 'you're going to die tonight' as he beat him
• The Vietnam veteran, 64, said he and his family have been forced to hide

George Zimmerman's father says he was shocked to see 'hate' coming from President Obama and other public figures after his son killed Trayvon Martin last month.

The 64-year-old Vietnam veteran and retired magistrate judge said his family has received 'thousands' of death threats and become the targets of overwhelming public vitriol in the aftermath of the shooting in Sanford, Florida. 

Robert Zimmerman defended his son's actions and claimed he was left no choice but to open fire after Trayvon told him 'you're going to die tonight' while the unarmed 17-year-old was beating the neighborhood watch volunteer. 

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2122245/Trayvon-Martin-case-George-Zimmermans-father-says-family-persecuted.html#ixzz1qXuvPMTd

New Evidence Suggests ‘Medieval Warming Period’ Was Global: Proof of Naturally-Occurring Global Warming?

• Research from Syracuse University has established another metric for analyzing historical climate conditions — a rare mineral called ikaite.
• Ikaite exists in cold water but it melts at warmer conditions. 
• During warming and cooling periods oxygen-16 and oxygen-18, respectively, accumulate in the water and by studying these levels trapped in the crystals researchers can approximate climate conditions. 
• The Syracuse researchers found a direct correlation between a rise and fall in oxygen-18 isotopes in ikaite in both Greenland and Antarctica for a period known as the Medieval Warming Period, which was followed by a “little ice age.”
• The Medieval Warming Period to some in the scientific community is held to be an isolated event in Europe and Greenland but this correlation may show it was global.
• If it was a global event, the evidence could suggest natural warming and cooling cycles. 

A new study from researchers at Syracuse University might call into question man-made global climate change as it is related to cyclical warming and cooling periods.

The study establishes a new, reliable metric for analyzing past climate conditions, and in doing so suggests that a period of warming once thought isolated to Europe, known as the Medieval Warming Period, may not have been so isolated after all. It may have been global.

Forbes provides some background on the Medieval Warming Period and why this study is important for today’s climate science:

To give a little background: we know very well that Europe was as warm if not warmer than it is now some 800, 900 years ago. Grapes grew further north than they do now for example, Greenland (the warmth extended that far at least) could be used in part to grow wheat and so on. So many have been saying, well, if it was this warm or warmer before, what’s all the fuss about this climate change then?   MORE>>>>>>>>>

ESPN Allegedly Pulls NASCAR Ad Over Religious Undertones on Driver’s Personal Web Site

Like many other individuals and institutions in the entertainment and athletic realms, NASCAR driver Blake Koch is involved in a campaign aimed at educating fans on the importance of voting in U.S. elections.

Koch has teamed up with his sponsor, the Rise Up and Register campaign, in an effort to inspire greater political efficacy. But in an interview on “FOX & Friends,” Koch explained that an television ad he appeared in for the campaign never aired, as he alleges that ESPN rejected it based on purported political and religious overtones.

Koch told host Brian Kilmeade that ESPN relayed a message that the ad was pulled because of the religious undertones on his own web site. But the race-car driver reiterated that his ad was only intended to register one million people to vote. The effort, Koch said, wasn’t tied to any party or candidate. Below, see the clip in question (notice that faith and partisan politics aren’t mentioned):

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Andrew Napolitano - From Stamp Act To ObamaCare

State confiscates newborn over vaccinations

An organization that routinely deals with homeschooling issues across the U.S. and around the globe is taking on a case of parental rights because the circumstances – a social worker calling police over a newborn’s shots – is just too egregious to let pass.

The announcement was made by Michael P. Farris, the chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association, today.

“We are taking this case because we are tired of seeing the erosion of parental rights in virtually every area of life. Parental rights in medical cases have an impact on broader parental rights, including educational decisions,” he said. “And the plain fact is this: If we don’t fight for parental rights, it is probable that our rights will be eroded bit by bit until there is nothing that remains.”   MORE>>>>>>

Russian media expose Obama birth 'forgery'

by Chelsea Schilling  Email | Archive

While many U.S. mainstream media outlets spike news about the Obama eligibility investigation, Russia’s government radio is keeping the world abreast of the scandal that has caused “the biggest censorship and blackout in the history of journalism.”

The Voice of Russia – successor of Radio Moscow, the official station of the Soviet Union – published an exclusive interview with Sheriff Joe Arpaio March 26 titled, “Obama’s birth certificate may be forgery.” As WND reported, Arpaio and his Cold Case Posse announced there is probable cause indicating the documents released by the White House last April purported to be Obama’s original, long-form birth certificate and Selective Service registration card are actually forgeries.

 

“Wherever I go, people commend me for doing this,” Arpaio told The Voice of Russia. “So, naturally this has been probably the biggest censorship and blackout in the history of journalism when no one from the national level will cover the story.”

He continued, “You know, when I do something, whether it is [inaudible] pink underwear or chain gangs, what I feed to inmates, that goes national. I’ve been on 4,000 international profiles, international and national, and yet this has been has been blacked out when I’m investigating this situation.”   MORE>>>

Jesus, apostles observed Passover, not Easter

Passover is not just a Jewish holiday, explains a video series by a teacher of Christianity’s Hebraic roots.

It is one of the “Feasts of the Lord” in the Bible, all of which have special meaning and significance for all believers in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The feasts were commemorated by Jesus and His apostles and continued to be observed by Jesus’ followers in the First Century even after His death and resurrection.

Honey, I killed the superbug

AUSTRALIAN researchers have been astonished to discover a cure-all right under their noses -- a honey sold in health food shops as a natural medicine.

Far from being an obscure health food with dubious healing qualities, new research has shown the honey kills every type of bacteria scientists have thrown at it, including the antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" plaguing hospitals and killing patients around the world.

 

Some bacteria have become resistant to every commonly prescribed antibacterial drug. But scientists found that Manuka honey, as it is known in New Zealand, or jelly bush honey, as it is known in Australia, killed every bacteria or pathogen it was tested on.

It is applied externally and acts on skin infections, bites and cuts.

The honey is distinctive in that it comes only from bees feeding off tea trees native to Australia and New Zealand, said Dee Carter, from the University of Sydney's School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences.

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Douse the flames, Mr. President! by Patrick J. Buchanan

by Patrick J. Buchanan

Barack Obama's statement that the death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy that cries out for a more thorough investigation was the right and necessary thing to say.
   
But it fell far short of what was needed: a presidential call for a halt to the rhetoric that is stirring up racial rage and inflaming the nation. The incendiary language being deployed is both divisive and dangerous.
   
Addressing the Sanford, Fla., incident, Black Muslim Minister Louis Farrakhan tweeted: "Where there is no justice, there will be no peace. Soon, and very soon, the law of retaliation may ... be applied."
   
The New Black Panther Party has issued a "Wanted Dead or Alive" poster featuring the face of George Zimmerman, the man who shot Martin, and printed up a flier saying Martin was "murdered in cold blood."    MORE>>>>>>>

Sheriff Joe: 'Tons' more shocking Obama info

by Joe Kovacs

“America’s toughest sheriff” says there is “tons” more potentially shocking information on Barack Obama in connection with his probe into the president’s eligibility, and he calls the media’s suppression of his findings of a likely forged presidential birth certificate and Selective Service Card “probably the biggest censorship blackout in the history of the United States.”

“I’m not going after the president to keep him off a ballot or anything else, but that could happen,” Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio said. “I’m going at it strictly as a law-enforcement guy investigating a possible forgery and fraud. I’m sticking with that, but I’ll tell you one thing. We got tons of other information that could be very shocking, too, but I’m sticking now with just the [forgery] investigation and possible criminal violations.”

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Scientists develop plastic skin that BLEEDS red liquid - and can even heal itself

Robots that 'bleed' like Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator have come one step closer to reality.

Scientists have created a plastic 'skin' that oozes red blood when cut.

It can also 'heal' itself, building tiny molecular bridges inside in response to damage.

The red 'blood' might sound like a pointless Halloween novelty - but the idea is that the 'skin' can warn engineers that a structure such as an aicraft wing has been damaged.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2120657/The-man-machines-Scientists-develop-plastic-skin-BLEEDS-red-liquid--heal-itself.html#ixzz1qH12EB3y

Health Authorities Now Admit Severe Side Effects of Vaccination

Swine Flu, Pandemrix and Narcolepsy

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Karin Munsterhjelm-Ahumada, M.D.
Activist Post

The swine flu pandemic of 2009 was caused by a type A influenza (H1N1) virus. This virus was originally referred to as "swine flu" because many of the genes of this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America. The H1N1 virus is genetically similar to the 1918 pandemic virus, as determined from victims of the latter who were buried, and later disinterred, in Svalbard. It was responsible for most of the outbreaks up until 1956 and then disappeared.

However, this new virus was actually quite different from the typical swine flu viruses. This virus first caused illness in Mexico and the United States in March and April, 2009. This novel H1N1 flu spread from person to person, unlike typical swine flu. In 2009 vaccines were being developed for the prevention of swine flu in humans. (Source)

On 11 June 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the swine flu had developed into a full-scale world epidemic -- a pandemic alert to Phase 6. Margaret Chan, the Director-General of WHO, commented on the situation in a somewhat ambiguous way. While stressing that the swine flu had reached a serious pandemic level, she declared later in the same statement that the illness seemed to be mild and that most of the patients would recover without medical intervention. (Source)

The world chose to listen to the first part of her message.

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Green Climate Fund Wants Immunity from Any Kind of Prosecution

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Activist Post

Fox News is reporting that the Green Climate Fund, created by the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is seeking full diplomatic immunity from "any kind of legal process, including civil and criminal prosecution, in the countries where it operates."

The U.N. enacted the legal framework for the private-public fund at the Copenhagen Accord in 2009, but it was ratified last year during COP-17 in Durban, South Africa. The fund, controlled by a 24-nation board of trustees, received $30 billion in start-up money from U.N. member nations.

The function of the Green Climate Fund is to be the facilitator of money between countries. According to Wikipedia they will act "as a mechanism to transfer money from the developed to the developing world, in order to assist the developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change."

In other words, they are the group that decides where the money gets distributed. Clearly an outfit like this handling such large sums of money would be ripe for corruption.  And perhaps that's why they seek this broad immunity before the wealth transfers begin in earnest.  Why else would any organization request immunity if they weren't anticipating injustices in the actions they take?

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Dream homes that come in a crate

Architects and designers redefine what's possible with shipping container homes.
Photo: Architecture and Hygiene.

A trend in recycling structures not traditionally considered "real estate" is changing how potential home and business owners, not-for-profit organizations, government agencies and the U.S. military view shipping containers.

The use of rudimentary containers to ship cargo began in the late 17th century. By the 1950s, Malcolm McLean of Sea-Land Shipping, pushed by the U.S. military to standardize their design, was building strong, uniform, theft-resistant, stackable shipping containers that were easy to load and unload by truck, rail and ship, and easy to store.

See full story: Container homes: out-of-the-box thinking

 

Go back in time to see roots of star worship

Why are so many cool with polygamy?

The reason is simple:

PROPHECY - Isaiah 4:1

"And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own apparel Only let us be called by thy name To take away our reproach."

Polygamy has had very little support in the U.S. since the Republican Party in 1854 declared it, along with slavery, one of the “twin relics of barbarism,” and Congress banned it in 1862. The Mormon church officially abandoned plural marriage in 1890. But when the California Supreme Court ruled in 2010 in favor of homosexual marriage, one dissenting justice warned that it would not be illogical to expect that support for polygamy soon would follow.

In fact, a polygamous group in Utah just last month challenged a ban on the practice in court, and now a new WND/Wenzel Poll, conducted exclusively for WND by the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies, indicates there is a surprisingly high level of support developing across the U.S.

Tenn. Senate Passes Bill Allowing Alternative Theories to Evolution in the Classroom

The Tennessee state Senate passed a bill this week with an overwhelming majority in favor — 24-8 — which would allow for teachers to discuss alternative scientific theories to “subjects that may cause debate and disputation” with students.

Senate Bill 893 prevents the Tennessee Board of Education and local education officials from prohibiting public school teachers from “helping students understand, analyze, critique and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of existing scientific theories.”

The Associated Press reports Senate sponsor Bo Watson of Hixson as saying the bill helps teachers feel comfortable “addressing students concerns about certain scientific theories.”   MORE>>>>>

'Little Obama Can Do' About Gas Prices? Four Years Ago, Bush's Move to Drill Dropped Barrel Price -- And Media Covered It Up

By: Tom Blumer | March 14, 2012 | 12:45

The New York Times told us about three weeks ago that "there's little President Obama" can do about the current pump price of gas. Since then, it has become a well-established media meme. Poor guy.

Well, not really. Four years ago, another U.S. president did something which caused the barrel price of oil to drop by over $6, and the press spent the rest of the day trying to pretend that the drop had nothing to do with his actions -- and almost succeeded. What follows is from my related NewsBusters post on July 15, 2008 ("Oil Drops Over $6 a Barrel; I Wonder Why?"):

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‘Democrats, Socialists and Communists…We Are All Together’: Piven Draws Chilling Connections

According to Frances Fox Piven:

• The Occupy Movement is made up of “All parts of the Left.”
• That includes proudly: “Democrats, Socialists, Communists, Anarchists.”
• Must all work together because of the “Huge task of transforming America and the world.” 
• “We are all together”

At last weekend’s Left Forum 2012, the annual pep-rally for liberal thought, renown leftist professor and activist Francis Fox Piven shown some light onto the makeup of the current America Left.  In this minute  of audio, Piven tells the packed auditorium which worldview philosophies embody their movement:

“There is room for all of us. Religious leftists, people who think peace is the answer, those who think that wholesome food is what we really need, ecologists and old-fashioned Democrats,  Democratic Socialists, Socialists and Communists.” 

Piven goes on to discuss the major undertaking that the leftist movement is working on and why these ideologies must unite:

“We can work together because we have a really huge task before us, transforming America and the World.” 

Both statements were met with applause and agreement from the audience of over one thousand.

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7 Recent Victories for Raw Milk Freedom Advocates

Let's have a toast to raw milk

Heather Callaghan
Activist Post

Things can seem really grim in the world of food freedom when farmers and food club members are jailed and squashed for providing fresh milk, while the media continues to spread outright lies about its consumption.

Just when it appears that the force, bans, food destruction, jail time, and deception are too much to handle – the people parry and thrust! In this dark cloud of oppression against health freedom and self-sufficiency, there are indeed some overlooked silver linings. For every bout of extreme force, there is a doubly powerful backlash.

Increasing Rallies To Defend Small Milk Farmers

There have been a handful of impressive rallies to defend raided small farms in the last year including the most recent one supporting Vernon Hershberger. Around 300 people showed up at his Wisconsin court hearing and were jam packed into the courtroom and basement during proceedings.

He refused to have a hearing without his own camera rolling and would not accept offers for settlement, i.e. reduced punishment for accepting guilt for four misdemeanors. The pressure from the crowd, his gentle constancy, and his recordings may have led the judge to rethink the call of prosecutors to punish him for violating bail terms. His trial date has been pushed to September.

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Real-time monitoring of all vehicles via license plate spy chips advances in Connecticut

A new bill in Connecticut has advanced the idea of embedded RFID chips in license plates. (PDF) 

The admitted revenue-generating scheme, which would enable real-time tracking from points throughout the state, was first proposed to lawmakers by former astronaut, Paul Scully-Power.

Perhaps even more disturbing than Scully-Power's connection to the companies that would profit from the implementation of the technology, is when he openly states that, "An RFID program would be phased in gradually and then expanded to accomplish other policing tasks without having to change equipment ... the second phase would be to implement speeding violations." (Source)

Charge: U.S. selling aborted baby body parts

After an investigation by Life Dynamics revealed the practice, Investigate Magazine, a New Zealand-based current affairs publication from a conservative Christian standpoint, went on to determine that a Maryland brokerage firm has been arranging the sale of parts of American aborted babies to the University of Auckland medical school in New Zealand for experiments.
 
Mark Crutcher, founder and president of Life Dynamics, says there is no excuse for this project titled "Photoreceptor-associated gene expression in human fetal and embryonic chicken retina."

"We justify all this on the concept that it might help society. It may help cure diseases. It may help do this wondrous thing and this other wondrous thing, but the fact is that we cannot profit from our own evil," he contends. "We have no right to harvest the parts of these dead babies who we intentionally kill in order to make our lives better. There has to be a limit at what you're willing to do."

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The Founding Fathers on Creation and Evolution

Forward by Bob Barney; The Plain Truth--  Think that evolution was a discovery of Charles Darwin? That is what we are taught, but simple good research shows that the idea of a non-religious origin of the universe is as old as civilaization itself. In fact, it wasn't Darwin who first proposed that man "evolved" from monkees! Lord Monboddo wrote about this idea 100 years before Darwin!  Read the shocking Plain Truth about the "theory" of evolution....

David Barton 2008

 

While uninformed laymen erroneously believe the theory of evolution to be a product of Charles Darwin in his first major work of 1859 (The Origin of Species), the historical records are exceedingly clear that the evolution-creation-intelligent design debate was largely formulated well before the birth of Christ. Numerous famous writings have appeared on the topic for almost two thousand years; in fact, our Founding Fathers were well-acquainted with these writings and therefore the principle theories and teachings of evolution – as well as the science and philosophy both for and against that thesis – well before Darwin synthesized those centuries-old teachings in his writings.