thetrumpet--2020-01-26--It’s Time to Study Your History

It’s Time to Study Your History

Sir Winston Churchill seen here at his desk during the Second World War .
From ‘ The Life and Times of Winston Churchill ’ , by Malcolm Thomson .
Do you have time to read history ?
The situation in America , Britain and across the globe is now a slow-motion world crisis ready to explode .
And for that reason , I submit to you that you no longer have time not to read history .
When Winston Churchill faced his world crisis , he had to muster every ounce of knowledge , wisdom and courage he had accumulated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his people , their nation and its virtues .
Imagine if that lifetime had been spent flipping through the sports pages , reading trashy novels , and relaxing at the cinema , absorbing frivolous content .
If Churchill ’ s mental diet had been anything less than what it was , he could have never become the one statesman alive whom God could use to save Western civilization .
What was it that Churchill did devour ?
As the crisis struck , what was it that fueled him ?
To Winston Churchill , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a hobby .
It was his identity .
William Manchester wrote in The Last Lion : Visions of Glory , “ Churchill did not simply observe the historical continuum ; he made himself part of it .
… He did not live in the past ; the past lived on in him.
” That is what history is .
It is our shared , extended , personal memory .
Most of us just ignore it or forget it .
And we therefore plunge into the world crisis totally vulnerable .
“ History was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the lens he used to bring reality into focus , ” Stephen Mansfield writes in Never Give In : The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill .
“ Churchill thought historically , meaning that he understood life in terms of generations , great men , the succession of ages , heroic events , noble conflicts and the linear connections of time .
… “ For him history was more than something to study ; it was a way of thinking .
As Lord Ismay , Churchill ’ s chief of staff , said , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the time .
He felt that the light of history played upon all that we did , and he acted accordingly.
’ ” In the preface to Churchill ’ s History of the English-Speaking Peoples , Henry Steele Commager wrote that the work , almost two decades in the making , “ was a very personal book , ” like almost everything else Churchill had written : A Roving Commission , The River War , The World Crisis , Marlborough , The Second World War .
“ This history was a project @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and long in his mind , as well.
” Studying history informs you of your identity !
Why are the minds of most people—the sports fans , the cinema-goers , the app-users of our day—so adrift , so ignorant , so susceptible to trivialities and insidious ideologies ?
Why don ’ t they know their own identity ?
They don ’ t remember history .
Churchill became a dynamic , vibrant , pulsating part of his people ’ s history .
His boldness , ambition and passion for empire impelled him to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , save things .
His exhilarant way of living added richness and color to his writings .
One of the history books Churchill read—as a history book—was Exodus .
He wrote an essay in 1931 titled “ Moses : The Leader of the People.
” In it , he took issue with skeptics who said Moses was only an allegorical figure .
Moses , Churchill replied , “ was the national hero who led the chosen people out of the land of bondage , through the perils of the wilderness , and brought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Promised Land ….
” Churchill wrote this essay at the beginning of the “ wilderness years , ” when he was a political outcast languishing on the back benches of the House of Commons .
Every prophet , Churchill continued , has to go into the wilderness !
“ He must have a strong impression of a complex society and all that it has to give , and then he must serve periods of isolation and meditation .
This is the process by which psychic dynamite is made ” ( ibid. )
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@ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the 1930s .
When the ruling class was disarming Britain and coddling Adolf Hitler , he was making psychic dynamite .
During that decade , he wrote 11 books and hundreds of articles , and delivered dozens of speeches in Parliament .
While his countrymen were fast asleep , he sounded a jarring alarm .
He was the only Briton who was actually preparing for war during those so-called wilderness years .
He wrote his four-volume , 1 million-word masterpiece Marlborough between 1933 and 1938 .
This deep dive into history helped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hour .
Commager said this about Churchill ’ s famous ancestor and Britain ’ s most decoarated general : “ The hero was a man after Churchill ’ s heart : the greatest soldier in the annals of the race , ever victorious and ever magnanimous ; the statesman who welded together a continental alliance ; the diplomat who mediated between the English , the Dutch , the Prussians and the empire ; the captain loved by his soldiers , trusted by his allies , respected by his enemies .
But the theme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing less than the theme of the struggle for Europe ” ( emphasis added ) .
This was more than a work of history , said one British historian .
This was a biography that changed history .
When Churchill finally came to power in 1940 , he was prepared for battle .
The story from his nation ’ s glorious past—a story he knew well—continued living right into the present .
As an avid lover of history , Winston Churchill was advised , inspired and motivated by giants of history like the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t know if he knew it , but the history of the Israelites recorded in Exodus was especially , literally personal to Churchill , and not just because the British needed supernatural deliverance .
The Israelites were , in fact , his ancestors , just as was Marlborough .
In fact , the Israelites are your ancestors .
Their history is your history .
This is true of those who physically descended from the Israelites ( mainly the modern English-speaking peoples ) , but it is also true in a spiritual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s true Church , “ the Israel of God , ” as Galatians 6:16 describes it .
As a Trumpet Brief reader , you are in very close contact with that Church .
It ’ s possible that you could be among those few whom God is calling into it .
The Bible clearly establishes that God ’ s Church is spiritual Israel .
The history of the Church and the history of its predecessor , physical Israel , is the most important history you can study .
This is especially true @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You are going to need every bit of true , deep , actionable history you can get your mind on .
God wants His people to know their history .
Psalm 137:1-2 poetically portray one of the many tragedies of our history : “ By the rivers of Babylon , there we sat down , yea , we wept , when we remembered Zion .
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
” Ezra most likely composed this after the last Israelite tribes , in the kingdom of Judah @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jerusalem fell .
They had forgotten their history .
They did not feel strongly about God ’ s city , His history and His virtues .
So God finally took away that city and their nation .
God chose Jerusalem ( Zechariah 3:2 ) .
This is His city , and He has a strong opinion about it !
God has chosen not to give up on human beings .
He has chosen to see His inspiring , hope-filled plan through , in spite of our horrible sins , and He is doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people and a specific city .
It is a grave mistake to take any of that lightly !
If you care about what God cares about , you care about the history of God ’ s plan and His city .
You focus on , you want to be part of , what God is doing through His Work .
You learn God ’ s history , and you dare not forget it .
Hosea 4:6 warns us , “ [ S ] eeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The captives in Babylon lamented , “ For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth , saying , Sing us one of the songs of Zion .
How shall we sing the Lord ’ s song in a strange land ?
If I forget thee , O Jerusalem , let my right hand forget her cunning ” ( Psalm 137:3-5 ) .
The psalmist would rather lose something as near and dear to his everyday activity as his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and all that God has done and will do through that city !
He goes on to pronounce on himself a double curse : to also lose his ability to speak and to sing : “ If I do not remember thee , let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy ” ( verse 6 ) .
Here was the psalmist ’ s attitude : If I do not prefer God ’ s nation , His people , His holy city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His holy ordinances , then take away the use of my arm and my voice !
Holy Father , make Jerusalem my chief joy !
Lange ’ s Commentary says to make Jerusalem “ the head of my joy , ” make it the “ highest joy.
” Another commentator translates this phrase , “ If I set not Jerusalem as a diadem upon the head of my rejoicing and crown all my happiness with it.
” Tens of thousands of people have actually been part of the spiritual “ Israel of God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have turned away from the amazing history of God ’ s work .
Many of them are even attacking it .
“ Remember , O Lord , the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem ; who said , Rase it , rase it , even to the foundation thereof ” ( verse 7 ) .
This whole passage describes not only the lament of ancient Jews in Babylonian captivity , but also the future result of the coming world crisis !
Those who have known God but treated His work and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be taken into a bitter captivity by the modern Babylonians !
A major part of their sin is that they forgot Jerusalem !
“ God gives us projects like participating in an archaeological dig in Jerusalem and building Him a house in order to keep our focus on a future Jerusalem headquarters , ” my father , Gerald Flurry , writes in The Book of Chronicles .
“ How important are those projects to each one of us personally ?
If our thinking is right , we will be exuding excitement for them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lord , shalt endure for ever ; and thy remembrance unto all generations .
Thou shalt arise , and have mercy upon Zion : for the time to favour her , yea , the set time , is come .
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones , and favour the dust thereof .
So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord , and all the kings of the earth thy glory .
When the Lord shall build up Zion , he shall appear in his glory ” ( Psalm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living in historic times .
I daresay it is time to shake out of your right hand the distracting smartphone apps , the gaming , the frivolity and dissipation .
It ’ s time to devote your precious hours to serious pursuits that could very well be life-saving pursuits .
It ’ s time to become part of something bigger than yourself .
It ’ s time to become part of history .
To begin your study of the most important history , may I recommend these two free works from our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Watchman and The Former Prophets .

Do you have time to read history? The situation in America, Britain and across the globe is now a slow-motion world crisis ready to explode. And for that reason, I submit to you that you no longer have time not to read history.
When Winston Churchill faced his world crisis, he had to muster every ounce of knowledge, wisdom and courage he had accumulated over his lifetime to try to save his people, their nation and its virtues.
Imagine if that lifetime had been spent flipping through the sports pages, reading trashy novels, and relaxing at the cinema, absorbing frivolous content. If Churchill’s mental diet had been anything less than what it was, he could have never become the one statesman alive whom God could use to save Western civilization.
What was it that Churchill did devour? As the crisis struck, what was it that fueled him?
History.
To Winston Churchill, history was more than a subject or a hobby. It was his identity.
William Manchester wrote in The Last Lion: Visions of Glory, “Churchill did not simply observe the historical continuum; he made himself part of it. … He did not live in the past; the past lived on in him.”
History became Winston Churchill’s personal memory.
That is what history is. It is our shared, extended, personal memory. Most of us just ignore it or forget it. And we therefore plunge into the world crisis totally vulnerable.
“History was the way he understood the world, the lens he used to bring reality into focus,” Stephen Mansfield writes in Never Give In: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill. “Churchill thought historically, meaning that he understood life in terms of generations, great men, the succession of ages, heroic events, noble conflicts and the linear connections of time. …
“For him history was more than something to study; it was a way of thinking. As Lord Ismay, Churchill’s chief of staff, said, Churchill ‘thought in terms of history all the time. He felt that the light of history played upon all that we did, and he acted accordingly.’”
In the preface to Churchill’s History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Henry Steele Commager wrote that the work, almost two decades in the making, “was a very personal book,” like almost everything else Churchill had written: A Roving Commission, The River War, The World Crisis, Marlborough, The Second World War. “This history was a project long close to Churchill’s heart and long in his mind, as well.”
Studying history informs you of your identity! Why are the minds of most people—the sports fans, the cinema-goers, the app-users of our day—so adrift, so ignorant, so susceptible to trivialities and insidious ideologies? Why don’t they know their own identity? They don’t remember history.
Churchill became a dynamic, vibrant, pulsating part of his people’s history. His boldness, ambition and passion for empire impelled him to do things, change things, build things, save things. His exhilarant way of living added richness and color to his writings.
One of the history books Churchill read—as a history book—was Exodus. He wrote an essay in 1931 titled “Moses: The Leader of the People.” In it, he took issue with skeptics who said Moses was only an allegorical figure. Moses, Churchill replied, “was the national hero who led the chosen people out of the land of bondage, through the perils of the wilderness, and brought them to the very threshold of the Promised Land ….”
Churchill wrote this essay at the beginning of the “wilderness years,” when he was a political outcast languishing on the back benches of the House of Commons.
Every prophet, Churchill continued, has to go into the wilderness! “He must have a strong impression of a complex society and all that it has to give, and then he must serve periods of isolation and meditation. This is the process by which psychic dynamite is made” (ibid.).
That’s what Churchill was doing during the 1930s. When the ruling class was disarming Britain and coddling Adolf Hitler, he was making psychic dynamite. During that decade, he wrote 11 books and hundreds of articles, and delivered dozens of speeches in Parliament. While his countrymen were fast asleep, he sounded a jarring alarm.
He was the only Briton who was actually preparing for war during those so-called wilderness years. He wrote his four-volume, 1 million-word masterpiece Marlborough between 1933 and 1938. This deep dive into history helped prepare him for Britain’s darkest hour.
Commager said this about Churchill’s famous ancestor and Britain’s most decoarated general: “The hero was a man after Churchill’s heart: the greatest soldier in the annals of the race, ever victorious and ever magnanimous; the statesman who welded together a continental alliance; the diplomat who mediated between the English, the Dutch, the Prussians and the empire; the captain loved by his soldiers, trusted by his allies, respected by his enemies. But the theme was more than biographical; it was nothing less than the theme of the struggle for Europe” (emphasis added).
This was more than a work of history, said one British historian. This was a biography that changed history. When Churchill finally came to power in 1940, he was prepared for battle. The story from his nation’s glorious past—a story he knew well—continued living right into the present.
As an avid lover of history, Winston Churchill was advised, inspired and motivated by giants of history like the duke of Marlborough and Moses.
I don’t know if he knew it, but the history of the Israelites recorded in Exodus was especially, literally personal to Churchill, and not just because the British needed supernatural deliverance. The Israelites were, in fact, his ancestors, just as was Marlborough.
In fact, the Israelites are your ancestors. Their history is your history. This is true of those who physically descended from the Israelites (mainly the modern English-speaking peoples), but it is also true in a spiritual sense of those who are in God’s true Church, “the Israel of God,” as Galatians 6:16 describes it. As a Trumpet Brief reader, you are in very close contact with that Church. It’s possible that you could be among those few whom God is calling into it.
The Bible clearly establishes that God’s Church is spiritual Israel. The history of the Church and the history of its predecessor, physical Israel, is the most important history you can study. This is especially true as we face the unfolding crisis. You are going to need every bit of true, deep, actionable history you can get your mind on.
God wants His people to know their history.
Psalm 137:1-2 poetically portray one of the many tragedies of our history: “By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.” Ezra most likely composed this after the last Israelite tribes, in the kingdom of Judah, were conquered and the capital of Jerusalem fell. They had forgotten their history. They did not feel strongly about God’s city, His history and His virtues. So God finally took away that city and their nation.
God chose Jerusalem (Zechariah 3:2). This is His city, and He has a strong opinion about it! God has chosen not to give up on human beings. He has chosen to see His inspiring, hope-filled plan through, in spite of our horrible sins, and He is doing it in a specific way with specific people and a specific city. It is a grave mistake to take any of that lightly!
If you care about what God cares about, you care about the history of God’s plan and His city. You focus on, you want to be part of, what God is doing through His Work.
You learn God’s history, and you dare not forget it. Hosea 4:6 warns us, “[S]eeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”
The captives in Babylon lamented, “For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning” (Psalm 137:3-5).
The psalmist would rather lose something as near and dear to his everyday activity as his own right hand rather than forget Jerusalem and all that God has done and will do through that city! He goes on to pronounce on himself a double curse: to also lose his ability to speak and to sing:
“If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy” (verse 6).
Here was the psalmist’s attitude: If I do not prefer God’s nation, His people, His holy city, His headquarters temple and all of His holy ordinances, then take away the use of my arm and my voice! Holy Father, make Jerusalem my chief joy!
Lange’s Commentary says to make Jerusalem “the head of my joy,” make it the “highest joy.” Another commentator translates this phrase, “If I set not Jerusalem as a diadem upon the head of my rejoicing and crown all my happiness with it.”
Tens of thousands of people have actually been part of the spiritual “Israel of God” in our generation, but they have turned away from the amazing history of God’s work. Many of them are even attacking it.
“Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof” (verse 7).
This whole passage describes not only the lament of ancient Jews in Babylonian captivity, but also the future result of the coming world crisis! Those who have known God but treated His work and His history lightly or even contemptuously will be taken into a bitter captivity by the modern Babylonians! A major part of their sin is that they forgot Jerusalem!
“God gives us projects like participating in an archaeological dig in Jerusalem and building Him a house in order to keep our focus on a future Jerusalem headquarters,” my father, Gerald Flurry, writes in The Book of Chronicles. “How important are those projects to each one of us personally? If our thinking is right, we will be exuding excitement for them!”
“But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory” (Psalm 102:12-16).
Like Churchill, we are living in historic times. I daresay it is time to shake out of your right hand the distracting smartphone apps, the gaming, the frivolity and dissipation. It’s time to devote your precious hours to serious pursuits that could very well be life-saving pursuits. It’s time to become part of something bigger than yourself. It’s time to become part of history.
To begin your study of the most important history, may I recommend these two free works from our library: Winston S. Churchill: The Watchman and The Former Prophets.


thetrumpet--2020-01-25--A Word in Defense of the British Empire

A Word in Defense of the British Empire

Like a colossal riptide , the shattering news of Prince Harry ’ s abdication is swallowing a whole range of innocent victims .
One of which is the British Empire .
More than once over the past few weeks , I have heard “ experts ” discussing Megxit portray the British monarchy as little more than archaic residue of the ghastly British Empire .
This New York Times article by Afua Hirsch is a good example .
From the moment Meghan met Harry , wrote Hirsch , she has been under attack .
At its core , this hatred for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s history of empire , ” which is “ a global construct based on a doctrine of white supremacy.
” To Hirsch , British society is intrinsically racist , and the source of this abhorrence for people of color is the British Empire .
This corrupt view of the empire is not new of course .
For many years now , slandering the British Empire has been the sport of countless scholars and pseudo-intellectuals .
Driven by utter hatred of Britain ’ s imperial past , these people write and tweet and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without consequence .
Today , the view that the empire was evil beyond the pale is so widely accepted , many find it treacherous to their reputation and careers to rise to its defense .
The legacy of the British Empire , like every empire and civilization , race and tribe , has its black spots .
History shows that evil lies within the nature of all humans .
The story of human civilization is one of competition and conflict , subjugation and exploitation , violence and murder .
It is this inherently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ultimate cause of all the world ’ s problems .
The fact that evil is endemic to human existence is not an endorsement of Britain ’ s ugly behavior ( such as its treatment of the Boers , for example ) , but it does mean that the flaws of the British Empire were entirely unexceptional .
Actually , compared to other empires , Pax Britannica was quite exemplary .
Measuring the character of an empire ( or nation , race or individual ) by reflecting on its mistakes alone only confirms that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more accurate gauge of an empire ’ s quality is its fruits : What was the extent and importance of its contributions to the peoples it ruled and to human civilization .
By this standard , the British Empire is unrivaled .
Consider global trade and commerce , a phenomenon we take for granted today .
No nation or empire in history has done more to promote the free flow of goods and capital around the world than Britain at the height of its empire .
It was England ’ s prosperity in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Industrial Revolution and rapid economic growth , that created its insatiable appetite for raw materials for industry and luxury items .
Overflowing with cash , English bankers went on a buying spree .
The colonized responded , often eagerly , working harder and faster—building , sowing , digging—to sell their wares and take their share of English wealth .
As England ’ s demand for goods grew , so did the gush of money flowing into the colonies , and trade between the colonies and England .
Between 1750 and 1914 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increased fivefold .
During the 1800s , global shipping tonnage grew from 4 million to 30 million tons , thanks primarily to Britain ’ s promotion of free trade .
When piracy became a problem , the British Navy stopped it .
When new laws and policies were needed to promote free trade , British lawyers responded .
Critics say the explosion in world trade did not benefit the poorer nations , but actually resulted in their exploitation .
Not true .
Consider Zambia , an example cited by Harvard historian Niall Ferguson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s gross domestic product per capita is currently 1/28th of Britain ’ s , meaning the average Zambian is 28 times poorer than the average Briton .
In 1955 , at the end of colonial rule , Zambia ’ s gdp per capita was one seventh of Britain ’ s .
Since the British left , Zambia has become four times poorer compared to Britain .
“ The same is true of nearly all former colonies in sub-Saharan Africa , ” Ferguson writes ( emphasis added throughout ) .
During British imperial rule @ @ @ @ @ @ @ central bank .
Each year , tens of millions of pounds would flow from England to the rest of the world .
Naturally , like any bank , the empire sought a return on its investment ; hence the boatloads of merchandise that flooded in from its colonies .
But the flow of goods into Britain is only half the story .
The other half is the hundreds of millions of English pounds reaching foreign shores and filling the pockets of local farmers , tradesmen , shop owners and bankers , greasing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the jewel of the empire , agricultural production exploded under the British Raj .
Between 1891 and 1938 , the amount of irrigated land more than doubled .
The British built 40,000 miles of railway track in India , as well as postal and telegraph systems .
Millions were employed .
British rule , writes Tirthankar Roy in his book The Economic History of India , “ appears to have done far more than what its predecessor regimes and contemporary Indian regimes were able to do.
” The same occurred in British @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As the empire expanded , English bankers , engineers , architects and tradesmen invested time and money constructing vital infrastructure in Britain ’ s colonial lands .
In India , Roy notes , “ the railways , the ports , major irrigation systems , the telegraph , sanitation and medical care , the universities , the postal system , the courts of law , were assets India could not believably have acquired in such extent and quality had it not developed close political links with Britain.
” Beyond the vast material construction , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and revolutionary political , legislative and educational infrastructure for the colonized peoples .
In many colonies , the rule of law was established , aiding economic growth and political and social stability .
Britain ’ s superior legal system was also exported to the far corners of the Earth , where it often replaced brutal tribal laws and rituals with the more civilized and fair English system of justice .
Finally , the British Empire played the key role in protecting the world from tyrants .
It ’ s no coincidence that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world dwelt under Pax Britannia , was a century of relative peace .
In the early 20th century , the British Empire emerged as the savior of the free world , almost single-handedly stopping the march of tyranny .
During that period , writes Niall Ferguson , the British Empire “ more than justified its own existence , for the alternatives to British rule represented by the German and Japanese empires were clearly far worse .
And without its empire , it is inconceivable that Britain could have withstood them ” ( op @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the issue of slavery .
Revisionists love to recall Britain ’ s participation in the global slave trade .
They neglect to mention that it was Britain that made the unilateral decision to ban slavery .
Slavery had been practiced for thousands of years and was a key component of the economies of the colonial powers .
The decision to be the first to eliminate the slave trade was brave and risky .
Once made , it began to be enforced globally by British lawyers and guns !
When we measure British imperialism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rest of the world , it has no parallel .
Historian Andrew Roberts summarized : “ The British Empire provided good government , uncorrupt public administration , inter-tribal peace , the rule of law , free trade , the abolition of slavery , famine relief , the abolition of barbaric customs … , huge infrastructural advances such as railways , roads plus irrigation projects , and in every colony nurtured its native peoples towards running their own countries once they were ripe for independence ” ( Frontpage interview , Feb. 26 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for there !
“ The fact remains , ” writes Ferguson , “ that no organization in history has done more to promote the free movement of goods , capital and labor than the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries .
And no organization has done more to impose Western norms of law , order and governance around the world ” ( op cit ) .
In addition to the vast material , institutional and ideological blessings bestowed on human civilization through colonial Britain , there is an inspiring dimension @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that helps us put its history into proper perspective .
The history of the British Empire introduces us to God .
England ’ s ( and America ’ s ) sudden emergence onto the world scene in the 19th century occurred because God was fulfilling a promise He had made nearly 4,000 years earlier to Abraham .
You can read the original promise in Genesis 12 .
Here , God delivers a two-part promise , the first part of which He promises Abraham that his descendants will acquire terrific , unprecedented material wealth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this promise is at the heart of Western civilization .
By the time the events recorded in Genesis 48 and 49 unfold , the original promise to Abraham had been conferred onto Joseph ’ s sons Ephraim and Manasseh , the descendants of whom are Britain and America today , respectively .
In Genesis 49:22 , Jacob uses a colorful analogy to describe the time when Ephraim and Manasseh would finally inherit the birthright promise .
“ Joseph is a fruitful bough , ” Jacob says , “ a fruitful bough by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the wall ” ( Revised Standard Version ) .
In other words , when the moment came for God to fulfill His promise , the descendants of Joseph ’ s sons Ephraim and Manasseh would explode into a fruitful people , a colonizing people—a people whose presence , whose trade and commerce , whose culture and government , would extend far beyond their national borders .
There isn ’ t a more beautiful or apt description of the former British Empire .
Do you find it intriguing how England—a tiny nation planted amid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the 19th century sprouted branches that quickly grew and began to reach into every continent , at one point covering a quarter of the Earth ’ s surface ?
If you do , then you urgently need to request and read our free book The United States and Britain in Prophecy .
This book not only tells the truth about that empire—and why the sun has since set on it—but also why this knowledge is vitally important to your personal future .

Like a colossal riptide, the shattering news of Prince Harry’s abdication is swallowing a whole range of innocent victims. One of which is the British Empire.
More than once over the past few weeks, I have heard “experts” discussing Megxit portray the British monarchy as little more than archaic residue of the ghastly British Empire. This New York Times article by Afua Hirsch is a good example. From the moment Meghan met Harry, wrote Hirsch, she has been under attack. At its core, this hatred for Meghan is the result of “Britain’s history of empire,” which is “a global construct based on a doctrine of white supremacy.”
To Hirsch, British society is intrinsically racist, and the source of this abhorrence for people of color is the British Empire.
This corrupt view of the empire is not new of course. For many years now, slandering the British Empire has been the sport of countless scholars and pseudo-intellectuals. Driven by utter hatred of Britain’s imperial past, these people write and tweet and broadcast their ignorant, one-dimensional views virtually without consequence. Today, the view that the empire was evil beyond the pale is so widely accepted, many find it treacherous to their reputation and careers to rise to its defense.
Not us.
The legacy of the British Empire, like every empire and civilization, race and tribe, has its black spots. History shows that evil lies within the nature of all humans. The story of human civilization is one of competition and conflict, subjugation and exploitation, violence and murder. It is this inherently selfish nature—not the British Empire—that is the ultimate cause of all the world’s problems.
The fact that evil is endemic to human existence is not an endorsement of Britain’s ugly behavior (such as its treatment of the Boers, for example), but it does mean that the flaws of the British Empire were entirely unexceptional. Actually, compared to other empires, Pax Britannica was quite exemplary.
Measuring the character of an empire (or nation, race or individual) by reflecting on its mistakes alone only confirms that it was comprised of humans. The more accurate gauge of an empire’s quality is its fruits: What was the extent and importance of its contributions to the peoples it ruled and to human civilization. By this standard, the British Empire is unrivaled.
Consider global trade and commerce, a phenomenon we take for granted today. No nation or empire in history has done more to promote the free flow of goods and capital around the world than Britain at the height of its empire. It was England’s prosperity in the 18th and 19th centuries, thanks to the Industrial Revolution and rapid economic growth, that created its insatiable appetite for raw materials for industry and luxury items. Overflowing with cash, English bankers went on a buying spree.
The colonized responded, often eagerly, working harder and faster—building, sowing, digging—to sell their wares and take their share of English wealth. As England’s demand for goods grew, so did the gush of money flowing into the colonies, and trade between the colonies and England. Between 1750 and 1914, the total value of global trade increased fivefold. During the 1800s, global shipping tonnage grew from 4 million to 30 million tons, thanks primarily to Britain’s promotion of free trade. When piracy became a problem, the British Navy stopped it. When new laws and policies were needed to promote free trade, British lawyers responded.
Critics say the explosion in world trade did not benefit the poorer nations, but actually resulted in their exploitation. Not true. Consider Zambia, an example cited by Harvard historian Niall Ferguson in his book Empire. Zambia’s gross domestic product per capita is currently 1/28th of Britain’s, meaning the average Zambian is 28 times poorer than the average Briton. In 1955, at the end of colonial rule, Zambia’s gdp per capita was one seventh of Britain’s. Since the British left, Zambia has become four times poorer compared to Britain. “The same is true of nearly all former colonies in sub-Saharan Africa,” Ferguson writes (emphasis added throughout).
During British imperial rule, London was the world’s central bank. Each year, tens of millions of pounds would flow from England to the rest of the world. Naturally, like any bank, the empire sought a return on its investment; hence the boatloads of merchandise that flooded in from its colonies. But the flow of goods into Britain is only half the story. The other half is the hundreds of millions of English pounds reaching foreign shores and filling the pockets of local farmers, tradesmen, shop owners and bankers, greasing the wheels of colonial economies.
In India, the jewel of the empire, agricultural production exploded under the British Raj. Between 1891 and 1938, the amount of irrigated land more than doubled. The British built 40,000 miles of railway track in India, as well as postal and telegraph systems. Millions were employed. British rule, writes Tirthankar Roy in his book The Economic History of India, “appears to have done far more than what its predecessor regimes and contemporary Indian regimes were able to do.”
The same occurred in British colonies in Africa and the Caribbean. As the empire expanded, English bankers, engineers, architects and tradesmen invested time and money constructing vital infrastructure in Britain’s colonial lands. In India, Roy notes, “the railways, the ports, major irrigation systems, the telegraph, sanitation and medical care, the universities, the postal system, the courts of law, were assets India could not believably have acquired in such extent and quality had it not developed close political links with Britain.”
Beyond the vast material construction, the British in many instances created vital and revolutionary political, legislative and educational infrastructure for the colonized peoples. In many colonies, the rule of law was established, aiding economic growth and political and social stability. Britain’s superior legal system was also exported to the far corners of the Earth, where it often replaced brutal tribal laws and rituals with the more civilized and fair English system of justice.
Finally, the British Empire played the key role in protecting the world from tyrants. It’s no coincidence that the 19th century, when much of the world dwelt under Pax Britannia, was a century of relative peace. In the early 20th century, the British Empire emerged as the savior of the free world, almost single-handedly stopping the march of tyranny. During that period, writes Niall Ferguson, the British Empire “more than justified its own existence, for the alternatives to British rule represented by the German and Japanese empires were clearly far worse. And without its empire, it is inconceivable that Britain could have withstood them” (op cit).
Then there’s the issue of slavery. Revisionists love to recall Britain’s participation in the global slave trade. They neglect to mention that it was Britain that made the unilateral decision to ban slavery. Slavery had been practiced for thousands of years and was a key component of the economies of the colonial powers. The decision to be the first to eliminate the slave trade was brave and risky. Once made, it began to be enforced globally by British lawyers and guns!
When we measure British imperialism by its contribution to its colonies and the rest of the world, it has no parallel. Historian Andrew Roberts summarized: “The British Empire provided good government, uncorrupt public administration, inter-tribal peace, the rule of law, free trade, the abolition of slavery, famine relief, the abolition of barbaric customs …, huge infrastructural advances such as railways, roads plus irrigation projects, and in every colony nurtured its native peoples towards running their own countries once they were ripe for independence” (Frontpage interview, Feb. 26, 2007).
Not much to apologize for there!
“The fact remains,” writes Ferguson, “that no organization in history has done more to promote the free movement of goods, capital and labor than the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries. And no organization has done more to impose Western norms of law, order and governance around the world” (op cit).
In addition to the vast material, institutional and ideological blessings bestowed on human civilization through colonial Britain, there is an inspiring dimension to this empire we need to recognize—one that helps us put its history into proper perspective. The history of the British Empire introduces us to God.
England’s (and America’s) sudden emergence onto the world scene in the 19th century occurred because God was fulfilling a promise He had made nearly 4,000 years earlier to Abraham. You can read the original promise in Genesis 12. Here, God delivers a two-part promise, the first part of which He promises Abraham that his descendants will acquire terrific, unprecedented material wealth and prosperity.
When you understand it, this promise is at the heart of Western civilization.
By the time the events recorded in Genesis 48 and 49 unfold, the original promise to Abraham had been conferred onto Joseph’s sons Ephraim and Manasseh, the descendants of whom are Britain and America today, respectively. In Genesis 49:22, Jacob uses a colorful analogy to describe the time when Ephraim and Manasseh would finally inherit the birthright promise.
“Joseph is a fruitful bough,” Jacob says, “a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall” (Revised Standard Version). In other words, when the moment came for God to fulfill His promise, the descendants of Joseph’s sons Ephraim and Manasseh would explode into a fruitful people, a colonizing people—a people whose presence, whose trade and commerce, whose culture and government, would extend far beyond their national borders.
There isn’t a more beautiful or apt description of the former British Empire. Do you find it intriguing how England—a tiny nation planted amid the seas, with no global aspirations—suddenly in the 19th century sprouted branches that quickly grew and began to reach into every continent, at one point covering a quarter of the Earth’s surface?
If you do, then you urgently need to request and read our free book The United States and Britain in Prophecy. This book not only tells the truth about that empire—and why the sun has since set on it—but also why this knowledge is vitally important to your personal future.


Will Worship

The book of Colossians ties in directly with Revelation 3 and the Laodicean era .
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The Times of the Gentiles (2023) Thousands of years ago, the Prophet Daniel foretold the violent times of the Gentiles that we are entering into today. The minds of human leaders are becoming like wild beasts—and the whole world will suffer horribly as a result. Discover the inspiring reason why God allows such a terrible tragedy.
The Man Who Wrecked the Soviet Empire God used one man of faith to shake the world and wreck the Soviet Empire. This man suffered in the gulag and turned hearts and minds with his powerful writing. Learn how he exposed the evils of the Soviet Union—and discover the life-saving power of real faith.
Resurrecting the Psalter of Tara The Prophet Jeremiah collected and organized King David’s psalms in his book The Psalter of Tara. Jeremiah understood what your Bible reveals: that David was a man after God’s own heart. Understand how studying David’s psalms can put your life on God’s track.
Daniel and the Second Coming of Christ Chaotic world events in this end time were foretold thousands of years ago by the Prophet Daniel. Get God’s perspective on all this—and discover what else will happen before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Putin Remembers Yugoslavia (2022) Russian President Vladimir Putin has attacked Ukraine without reason—or so it seems. Actually, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine connects to America’s actions in Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
Revealing the Two Witnesses The two witnesses may be the most mysterious characters in the entire Bible. They have a vital role on the world scene in the near future.
The China-America Clash Is Prophesied Under President Donald Trump, the United States is holding China accountable more than ever before. How will this budding rivalry end?


thetrumpet--2020-01-24--Media Dazzled by Chairman Schiff’s Oratorical ‘Virtuosos’

House impeachment managers Adam Schiff , and Jerrold Nadler , are seen in the Capitol before the continuation of the @ @ @ @ @ Trump on Thursday , January 23 , 2020 .
Last night was our second book @ @ @ @ @ : The Prairie Years and the War Years .
Visit www.thetrumpet.com/stephen-flurry to see what we @ @ @ @ @ .
Although the Democrats would have us believe the Carter Page warrants were legal , @ @ @ @ @ the opposite , revealing yet again the deep-seated scandals in the FBI .
Caught in @ @ @ @ @ the liberal Democrats are exposing themselves for their true motive : destroy the president at @ @ @ @ @ through the Prophet Hosea of the coming destruction of Britain .
In this segment , @ @ @ @ @ for Britain now that it has severed ties with the EU .
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Media Dazzled by Chairman Schiff’s Oratorical ‘Virtuosos’
Book Club Update (3 minutes)
Last night was our second book club meeting for Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years. Visit www.thetrumpet.com/stephen-flurry to see what we covered in this latest meeting.
FBI Scandals and the Radical Left (29 minutes)
Although the Democrats would have us believe the Carter Page warrants were legal, the FISA court announced just the opposite, revealing yet again the deep-seated scandals in the FBI. Caught in their web of lies, the liberal Democrats are exposing themselves for their true motive: destroy the president at all costs.
Hosea—God’s Warning to Ephraim (17 minutes)
God warns through the Prophet Hosea of the coming destruction of Britain. In this segment, I examine the road ahead for Britain now that it has severed ties with the EU.
E-mail Feedback (4 minutes)


thetrumpet--2020-01-24--Latin America: Where Democracy Goes to Die

Dissatisfied with liberal democracy, a continent yearns for strongmen.
Imagine living where wealthy 1-percenters control the economy. You lack the education necessary for a good job, and you are too poor to further your education. Gangs rule poor neighborhoods like yours. One leader after another empathizes with your plight, promises change, holds rallies, wins an election that may or may not have been rigged, becomes immersed in corruption scandals, fails to improve your situation, and gives way to the next candidate promising change.
This is not an imaginary scenario for many people in Latin America and the Caribbean.
These regions have some of the highest levels of income inequality in the world. In Brazil, 1 percent of the population controls half the land. In some areas, people still pay property taxes to former Portuguese royals and nobles in addition to paying taxes to their local governments. More than 40 percent of Brazilian children live in poverty, and fewer than half the nation’s adults have a high school education. In August 2019, the government cut education spending, which provoked thousands to protest.
And this is one of the most stable nations in the region.
In Chile, people started rioting in October 2019, when the government announced plans to increase subway fares from $1.12 to $1.16. The same thing happened in Ecuador when the government announced an end to fuel subsidies for bus, taxi and truck drivers. And the same thing happened in Haiti when the government announced tax increases on gasoline, diesel and kerosene.
Meanwhile, violent drug cartels rule large areas of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. The ongoing trial of infamous drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán continues to reveal that nearly every level of the Mexican government has been corrupted by bribes from his Sinaloa cartel: airport officials, tax assessors, police officers, military personnel, prosecutors and prison guards.
The Organization of American States has charged both Bolivia and Venezuela with election rigging. President Evo Morales enjoyed so little confidence that thousands of Bolivians marched through the capital protesting disputed election results, and the military forced him from office. President Nicolas Maduro has only clung to power in Venezuela by hiring Cuban agents to spy on his own military officers to keep them from turning on him.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reports that 3 out of 4 people in Latin America have little or no confidence in their national governments. It is easy to understand why. And it is easy to understand how they desire political strongmen to sort out this mess. The Bible reveals that the political shift now underway in Latin America will affect an entire continent, and the whole world.
Authoritarian Past
Cuba joined the Holy Roman Empire in 1520, when Emperor Charles v inherited the island from his maternal grandparents, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. The next year, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire on behalf of the Holy Roman Empire. Twelve years later, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire on behalf of the Holy Roman Empire. By the end of his reign, Charles v ruled most of Latin America aside from Brazil, which was ruled by Charles’s brother-in-law King John iii of Portugal.
The Spanish and Portuguese converted the peoples of Latin America to Catholicism. They implemented a caste system where the Spanish and Portuguese ruled over the American Indians and the Africans they brought as slaves. This system of colonial rule lasted three centuries until Spanish aristocrats in Latin America began working toward independence after French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain.
By 1830, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela had become republics dominated by Spanish aristocrats. Meanwhile, King Dom Pedro iv of Portugal fled across the Atlantic, joined the Brazilian secessionist movement and became Emperor Pedro i of Brazil. Even after Latin American nations gained independence from Europe, the aristocrats were still the wealthiest people in the region. They owned vast plantations that employed or subjugated the lower castes.
In 1888, Brazil became the last country in the Western world to abolish slavery. Brazilian Emperor Pedro ii was deposed in a military coup d’état a year later, and the nation became the Republic of the United States of Brazil.
As the 20th century dawned, Brazil and other Latin American nations were now constitutional republics where citizens voted for their representatives. Yet their ethnic and class divisions remained, weakening their national unity. The power vacuum left by the Holy Roman Empire led to ethnic and class uprisings and rebellions. This in turn led to the caudillos, military dictators such as Juan Perón of Argentina, Fulgencio Batista of Cuba, Jorge Rafael Videla of Argentina, Humberto Castello of Brazil, Juan Velasco of Peru, and Augusto Pinochet of Chile.
By 1977, only two of the 19 nations that were former Spanish and Portuguese colonies could be classified as democracies (Costa Rica and Venezuela). Colombia was in the midst of a democratic transition, while the other 16 nations were ruled by dictatorships. Between 1968 and 1989, military juntas in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay killed roughly 50,000 people and imprisoned 400,000 others. Yet many of these dictatorships halted the spread of communism and used military-style law enforcement during a chaotic time.
Democratic Present
It has only been since 1977 that most Latin American nations have become democracies. Yet many are already tired of them. Citizens enjoy a reduced threat of being arrested and imprisoned without trial, and the gap between rich and poor has narrowed over the past 20 years (unless you are Cuban or Venezuelan). But crime is spiraling out of control. Homicide rates in the Americas have nearly doubled in the last two decades, mainly because of rising crime in Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela.
Only 8 percent of the world’s people live in Latin America, but the region accounts for 33 percent of the world’s murder victims: 400 every day. Much of this carnage is perpetrated by drug cartels. In many places, these cartels have corrupted democracy by bribing government officials, threatening politicians, and even running their own candidates.
Faith in democratic institutions is weak. According to the polling service Latinobarómetro, only 48 percent of Latin Americans polled favor democracy over authoritarianism, while 28 percent said democracy is not necessarily preferable to authoritarianism. That is the highest percentage skeptical of democracy since the service began tracking the trend in 1995. The skepticism is highest where cartel violence is worst.
One of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s sons suggested that in order to control street protests, his father’s government might have to adopt dictatorship-era tactics, such as suspending some of the rights of opposition lawmakers and suspending parts of the Constitution. Brazil’s Getulio Vargas Foundation published research indicating that 55 percent of Brazilians would not mind a non-democratic form of government, as long as it solved society’s problems. The same foundation found that only 6 percent of Brazilians trust the federal government, but 53 percent trust the Catholic Church, and 56 percent trust the military.
Roughly 11 percent of Brazilians would like to see the monarchy restored. Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, a royal descendant of both Holy Roman Emperor Francis ii and Brazilian Emperor Pedro ii, advises Bolsonaro on foreign policy. Luiz’s uncle, Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza, actually claims that Bolsonaro’s election is the first step toward restoring the Brazilian monarchy and moving the country back to Roman Catholic values.
Such a move would bring Latin Americans full circle back to the form of government their ancestors rebelled against two centuries ago. To many, the option seems preferable to ongoing anarchy and crime in a “free” society. Whether people are yearning for a Catholic monarch, a socialist dictator or a military junta, they agree the current system is not working. They want protection from violent drug lords and corrupt politicians. But how do you find such protection without turning to an authoritarian government run by violent, corrupt people?
The Prophet Jeremiah pondered similar questions, and prayed: “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps” (Jeremiah 10:23).
Humanity has cried and bled its way through 6,000 years of failed governments, and is learning the lesson that effective government requires a level of perfect, righteous character that human beings do not naturally possess.


thetrumpet--2020-01-24--Don’t Believe the Deniers—Iran Wants To Go Nuclear

Despite several reports , the majority of the world chooses to deny the assertion that Iran wants to build a nuclear bomb .
Last week , former executive director of the International Institute for Security Studies Mark Fitzpatrick asked , “ Is Iran building the bomb ?
” He answered , “ No , Iran has not restarted its nuclear weapons program.
” While this may or may not be true , what Iran has done is far more dangerous .
It has significantly reduced the time it would take to build a nuclear bomb .
Just two years ago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time to build the bomb to be as little as seven to 12 months .
However , as a result of Iran taking several steps away from the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by increasing its uranium stockpile and enrichment purity , experts now believe Iran ’ s breakout time to be about four to five months .
According to the New York Times , some believe it is even as low as two months .
This reduced time frame would make it even easier for Iran to build a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so .
This raises the question : Does Iran want to build a nuclear bomb ?
On January 18 , the Daily Mail released a new exclusive report providing additional proof that Iran has intended to build nuclear warheads as far back as 2002 .
According to the Daily Mail , a document dated Nov. 28 , 2002 , reported on a “ senior Iranian official requesting the parameters of a warhead fitted on a missile.
” A note scribbled in the top left corner of the document read : “ In the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a treatment process .
Please archive the original script of the document .
Fakhrizadeh.
” Moshen Fakhrizadeh is an officer in Iran ’ s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ; he played a lead role in Iran ’ s nuclear program and can be seen in photos next to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei .
According to the Daily Mail , this document proves that , despite its claims otherwise , “ Iran intended to become a fully operational nuclear state ” and that there is a “ military dimension ” to its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one document of a growing trove of condemning evidence .
In The Iran Threat , Alireza Jafarzadeh explains how Iran managed to hide its nuclear program from the world for 18 years before he first exposed it in 2002 .
Iran concealed its actions through the use of several front companies .
Prior to 2002 , Iran used private firms as camouflage for acquiring expertise , conducting research , and purchasing equipment and material required to build a nuclear weapons program .
“ This allowed the regime to buy nuclear-related materials from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of benign civil purchases , ” writes Jafarzadeh .
Many nations justified these sales simply “ because they were written up as sales to nonmilitary and nongovernmental entities.
” Iran ’ s network of front companies allowed it to hide what it was doing to partially avoid suspicion .
When the program was finally exposed , Iran quickly put it under the control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and literally moved it underground .
Iran is one of the most mountainous countries in the world , with 50 percent of the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under these mountains has made the nuclear program practically untraceable .
In a second revelation on March 24 , 2005 , Jafarzadeh made an announcement to the International Atomic Energy Agency ( iaea ) in Washington , D.C. His contacts in Iran had discovered illegal operations at the Parchin Military Complex , 19 miles southeast of Tehran .
According to the report , the Iranian Defense Ministry had secretly built an underground nuclear development facility .
In late 2005 , proof in the form of satellite imagery and firsthand accounts emerged that nuclear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Parchin facility was being used for explosives testing , the development of a nuclear core , and the production of a nuclear warhead .
Not far from the Parchin facility , Iran ’ s Hemmat Industries Group manufactures Shahab-3 and Ghadar ballistic missiles—both of which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads .
When the iaea confronted Iran about the facility , it was initially not allowed to inspect it .
About a year later , Iran finally invited inspectors to take soil samples .
Inspectors reported seeing several new renovations to and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Iran was hiding something .
An Oct. 23 , 2018 , report by the Institute for Science and International Security confirmed these reports and published proof in the form of documents , photos and satellite imagery of the nuclear activities Iran has conducted at the Parchin facility .
A Nov. 20 , 2018 , report by David Albright , founder and current president of the Institute for Science and International Security , said that by the end of 2003 , Iran had put into place “ the infrastructure for a comprehensive nuclear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nuclear warheads , each with a 10-kiloton explosive yield .
On Jan. 11 , 2019 , Albright reported on the newly discovered Project 110 , which was tasked with the smelting and forging of “ uranium metal components for nuclear weapons.
” The activities , which were previously hid from the world , were conducted in separate facilities in the Parchin Military Complex .
Two months ago , Iran had resumed uranium enrichment at its Fordow facility—the only facility capable of achieving 20 percent uranium purity , which is only a short technical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ building a nuclear bomb .
Most recently , on January 5 , Iran announced it would no longer abide by the restrictions of the nuclear deal .
“ It ’ s finished , ” said Albright .
“ If there ’ s no limitation on production , then there is no deal.
” This history shows that Iran has intended to build a nuclear bomb from the beginning .
Its recent behavior defying the nuclear deal has brought the bomb even closer within reach .
The more Iran pushes , however , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While traditionally a key proponent of the nuclear agreement with Iran , continually working to keep the deal alive , Europe has begun to show signs of resistance against Iran .
In addition to its maritime security mission in the Persian Gulf , three European nations—Britain , France and Germany—triggered the nuclear deal ’ s Dispute Resolution Mechanism on January 14 , expressing concern over Iran ’ s ballistic missile development and nuclear program .
If no solution is reached over the next 65 days , then the United Nations Security Council will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action .
Russia or China will probably veto any meaningful sanctions , but it is still a symbolic step .
While this is only a small step , much greater confrontation is on the horizon .
The Bible prophesies that in the end time , just before the return of Jesus Christ , a Middle Eastern power bloc called “ the king of the south ” will arise with a very pushy foreign policy .
Daniel 11:40 says , “ And at the time of the end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at him : and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind , with chariots , and with horsemen , and with many ships ; and he shall enter into the countries , and shall overflow and pass over.
” As far back as 1994 , Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry identified the king of the south as radical Islamic extremism , led by Iran .
This nation is the world ’ s largest state sponsor of terrorism , and its Twelver Shiism beliefs make it one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world .
In The King of the South , Mr .
Flurry proves that Iran is the nation leading this Islamic power .
He writes : Iran ’ s unrelenting push for the nuclear bomb is pushing the world closer to World War iii .
However , Iran will not succeed in its ultimate goal of establishing an Islamic caliphate headquartered in Jerusalem .
Daniel 11:40 says that Iran ’ s push causes a mighty German-led European Union to “ come against him like a whirlwind.
” This confrontation leads directly into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time of trouble , such as never was.
” Iran is pushing the world toward this prophesied war , largely through its nuclear program .
The closer Iran gets to the nuclear bomb , the more uneasy Europe becomes and the more it stands up to Iran .
Continue to watch for the complete collapse of the nuclear agreement and for Europe to stand up against the Iranian push .
For more information , request your free copy of The King of the South , by Gerald Flurry .

Despite several reports, the majority of the world chooses to deny the assertion that Iran wants to build a nuclear bomb. Last week, former executive director of the International Institute for Security Studies Mark Fitzpatrick asked, “Is Iran building the bomb?” He answered, “No, Iran has not restarted its nuclear weapons program.” While this may or may not be true, what Iran has done is far more dangerous.
It has significantly reduced the time it would take to build a nuclear bomb.
Just two years ago, experts estimated Iran’s breakout time to build the bomb to be as little as seven to 12 months. However, as a result of Iran taking several steps away from the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by increasing its uranium stockpile and enrichment purity, experts now believe Iran’s breakout time to be about four to five months. According to the New York Times, some believe it is even as low as two months. This reduced time frame would make it even easier for Iran to build a nuclear bomb if it chooses to do so.
This raises the question: Does Iran want to build a nuclear bomb?
On January 18, the Daily Mail released a new exclusive report providing additional proof that Iran has intended to build nuclear warheads as far back as 2002. According to the Daily Mail, a document dated Nov. 28, 2002, reported on a “senior Iranian official requesting the parameters of a warhead fitted on a missile.”
A note scribbled in the top left corner of the document read: “In the name of God. Right now in a treatment process. Please archive the original script of the document. Fakhrizadeh.” Moshen Fakhrizadeh is an officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; he played a lead role in Iran’s nuclear program and can be seen in photos next to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
According to the Daily Mail, this document proves that, despite its claims otherwise, “Iran intended to become a fully operational nuclear state” and that there is a “military dimension” to its nuclear program.
And this is only one document of a growing trove of condemning evidence.
Iran’s Shrouded Past
In The Iran Threat, Alireza Jafarzadeh explains how Iran managed to hide its nuclear program from the world for 18 years before he first exposed it in 2002. Iran concealed its actions through the use of several front companies. Prior to 2002, Iran used private firms as camouflage for acquiring expertise, conducting research, and purchasing equipment and material required to build a nuclear weapons program.
“This allowed the regime to buy nuclear-related materials from a number of foreign countries under the cover of benign civil purchases,” writes Jafarzadeh. Many nations justified these sales simply “because they were written up as sales to nonmilitary and nongovernmental entities.” Iran’s network of front companies allowed it to hide what it was doing to partially avoid suspicion.
When the program was finally exposed, Iran quickly put it under the control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and literally moved it underground. Iran is one of the most mountainous countries in the world, with 50 percent of the country covered by mountains; burying its facilities under these mountains has made the nuclear program practically untraceable.
In a second revelation on March 24, 2005, Jafarzadeh made an announcement to the International Atomic Energy Agency (iaea) in Washington, D.C. His contacts in Iran had discovered illegal operations at the Parchin Military Complex, 19 miles southeast of Tehran. According to the report, the Iranian Defense Ministry had secretly built an underground nuclear development facility.
In late 2005, proof in the form of satellite imagery and firsthand accounts emerged that nuclear operations at the facility were underway. The Parchin facility was being used for explosives testing, the development of a nuclear core, and the production of a nuclear warhead.
Not far from the Parchin facility, Iran’s Hemmat Industries Group manufactures Shahab-3 and Ghadar ballistic missiles—both of which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
When the iaea confronted Iran about the facility, it was initially not allowed to inspect it. About a year later, Iran finally invited inspectors to take soil samples. Inspectors reported seeing several new renovations to and mass terraforming around the facility—an obvious indicator that Iran was hiding something.
An Oct. 23, 2018, report by the Institute for Science and International Security confirmed these reports and published proof in the form of documents, photos and satellite imagery of the nuclear activities Iran has conducted at the Parchin facility.
A Nov. 20, 2018, report by David Albright, founder and current president of the Institute for Science and International Security, said that by the end of 2003, Iran had put into place “the infrastructure for a comprehensive nuclear weapons program” intended to build five nuclear warheads, each with a 10-kiloton explosive yield.
On Jan. 11, 2019, Albright reported on the newly discovered Project 110, which was tasked with the smelting and forging of “uranium metal components for nuclear weapons.” The activities, which were previously hid from the world, were conducted in separate facilities in the Parchin Military Complex.
Two months ago, Iran had resumed uranium enrichment at its Fordow facility—the only facility capable of achieving 20 percent uranium purity, which is only a short technical step away from weapons-grade uranium necessary for building a nuclear bomb.
Most recently, on January 5, Iran announced it would no longer abide by the restrictions of the nuclear deal. “It’s finished,” said Albright. “If there’s no limitation on production, then there is no deal.”
This history shows that Iran has intended to build a nuclear bomb from the beginning. Its recent behavior defying the nuclear deal has brought the bomb even closer within reach.
The more Iran pushes, however, the more resistance it receives from Europe.
Confrontation
While traditionally a key proponent of the nuclear agreement with Iran, continually working to keep the deal alive, Europe has begun to show signs of resistance against Iran.
In addition to its maritime security mission in the Persian Gulf, three European nations—Britain, France and Germany—triggered the nuclear deal’s Dispute Resolution Mechanism on January 14, expressing concern over Iran’s ballistic missile development and nuclear program. If no solution is reached over the next 65 days, then the United Nations Security Council will have to vote on reimposing sanctions lifted by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Russia or China will probably veto any meaningful sanctions, but it is still a symbolic step.
While this is only a small step, much greater confrontation is on the horizon.
The Bible prophesies that in the end time, just before the return of Jesus Christ, a Middle Eastern power bloc called “the king of the south” will arise with a very pushy foreign policy.
Daniel 11:40 says, “And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.”
As far back as 1994, Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry identified the king of the south as radical Islamic extremism, led by Iran. This nation is the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, and its Twelver Shiism beliefs make it one of the most erratic and irrational nations in the world.
In The King of the South, Mr. Flurry proves that Iran is the nation leading this Islamic power. He writes:
The king of the south is about state-sponsored terrorism. That is how Iran became king! … It is a nation that is always pushy in its foreign policy. It pushes until it starts a war. … Iran is extremely radical—the king over radical Islam. Where is this nation’s pushiness leading? To war! Just as it has in the past. It’s leading to terrifying war with weapons of mass destruction.
Iran’s unrelenting push for the nuclear bomb is pushing the world closer to World War iii. However, Iran will not succeed in its ultimate goal of establishing an Islamic caliphate headquartered in Jerusalem.
Daniel 11:40 says that Iran’s push causes a mighty German-led European Union to “come against him like a whirlwind.” This confrontation leads directly into Daniel 12:1, which describes “a time of trouble, such as never was.”
Iran is pushing the world toward this prophesied war, largely through its nuclear program. The closer Iran gets to the nuclear bomb, the more uneasy Europe becomes and the more it stands up to Iran.
Continue to watch for the complete collapse of the nuclear agreement and for Europe to stand up against the Iranian push.
For more information, request your free copy of The King of the South, by Gerald Flurry.


thetrumpet--2020-01-23--Why You Should Watch India’s Military

Why You Should Watch India’s Military

Were the horrors of Stalinism a coincidental by-product of socialism ?
Or the inevitable consequence ?
A campaign staffer for socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been caught on tape threatening that cities will “ burn ” if President Donald Trump is reelected .
Investigators working for Project Veritas , an organization founded by James O ’ Keefe , have been secretly recording Iowa field organizer Kyle Jurek ’ s profanity-filled tirades for months .
“ The only thing that fascists understand is violence , ” he said .
“ So the only way you can confront them is with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said that moderate Democrats should be put to death .
“ I ’ m ready to throw down , ” he said .
“ Walk into that msnbc studios , drag [ people ] out by their hair , and light them on fire in the streets .
Well , I ’ ll tell you what , in Cuba , what did they do to reactionaries ?
You want to fight against the revolution ; you ’ re going to die.
” Jurek even suggested the use of prison camps to reeducate Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reason Joseph Stalin had gulags , right ?
” he said .
“ Actually , gulags were a lot better than what the cia has told us that they were .
Like , people were actually paid a living wage in gulags ; they had conjugal visits in gulags .
Gulags were actually meant for , like , reeducation .
Greatest way to breaking a … billionaire of their , like , privilege and the idea that they ’ re superior , go out and break rocks for 12 hours a day .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and you ’ re going to … learn what that means , right ?
” Sen. Bernie Sanders has not condemned Jurek ’ s comments or dismissed him from his job as a campaign organizer .
Instead , the Iowa state director for the Sanders campaign dismissed the Project Veritas exposé as “ political gossip ” and then locked her Twitter accounts after James O ’ Keefe claimed she hired Jurek to work for the Sanders campaign .
And Jurek is far from the only Communist working for Bernie Sanders .
Winnie Wong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Sanders campaign who traveled to Norway in 2017 to network with the Norwegian Red Party , which follows Mao Zedong ’ s version of communism .
They also traveled to Germany in 2018 to network with Die Linke , a reincarnation of the East German Communist Party .
Becca Rast and Nick Martin are field directors for the Sanders campaign who , when they were in high school , founded a local branch of Students for a Democratic Society .
This radical organization was cofounded by Bill Ayers , a Marxist terrorist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ befriended a young Barack Obama in 1995 .
Like Jurek , members of Ayers ’ s Weather Underground organization also thought conservatives needed to be killed or reeducated in prison camps .
Federal Bureau of Investigation informant Larry Grathwohl infiltrated the Weather Underground and reported in 1982 that the organization estimated that it would have to kill 25 million people to establish communism in America .
Of course , people like Kyle Jurek and Bill Ayers represent the far-left fringe in American politics .
Even though Jurek has stated that there are many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sanders campaign , it is probably safe to assume that most Sanders supporters do not want to burn people alive in the streets and send the wealthy to prison camps .
Yet these so-called moderate Sanders supporters have not thought their ideology through to its logical conclusion .
All told , Sanders ’ s socialist proposals would cost as much as $ 97.5 trillion over the next decade .
That means total government spending would have to surge from 36 percent to 70 percent of the nation ’ s gross domestic product .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with an 80 percent marginal tax rate , you would still need to collect an additional $ 66,000 from every household in the nation to afford these socialist proposals .
People will not submit to this type of wealth confiscation willingly .
It is going to take brute force to implement Bernie Sanders ’ s vision for America .
Former Communist spy Whittaker Chambers wrote that a willingness to commit acts of violence is what separates Communists from their socialist fellow travelers .
“ Have you the moral strength to take upon yourself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at last may close his chronicle of age-old , senseless suffering and replace it with purpose and a plan ?
” he asked in his book Witness .
“ The answer a man makes to this question is the difference between a Communist and those miscellaneous socialist , liberals , fellow travelers , unclassified progressives and men of goodwill , all of whom share a similar vision , but do not share the faith because they will not take upon themselves the penalties of the faith.
” There are millions of Americans who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of the wealth produced by private citizens for use in government social programs .
But what do you do with those who disagree with this plan ?
Agent Grathwohl sat in a room with 25 people , most of whom have graduate degrees from Columbia and other well-known educational centers , and listened as they discussed the logistics of killing 25 million people .
Kyle Jurek says there are many people in the Sanders campaign today who acknowledge the need for prison camps .
Many people think that an event as violent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in America .
Yet a sobering prophecy in Ezekiel 5:12 reveals that one third of the population of end-time Israel ( the United States and Britain , primarily ) will die from the pestilence , famine and violence that will result from civil war .
That equals more than 100 million deaths from rioting and warfare in the U.S. ( Request our free book Ezekiel : The End-Time Prophet for proof . )
How could a dramatic prophecy like this be fulfilled ?
How could the most powerful and prosperous nation in human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as this ?
One major reason Americans will clash with one another is over this issue of government control .
By its very definition , big-government socialism is directly opposed to small-government constitutionalism .
Socialism is based largely on atheism , and the American Constitution is based largely on the Bible .
Today , socialism is gathering strength .
What people don ’ t understand about “ democratic socialism ” is that its aim of socialism in the U.S. is to overthrow its constitutional form of government—by violence if necessary .
Socialists usually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ riots occurring across America today are not really against President Donald Trump ; they are against the constitutional system of government he leads .
To learn more about how prophecies from Ezekiel and other biblical books apply to America , read “ Communism in America Today , ” by Gerald Flurry .

India has started 2020 with a series of military tests. On January 1, Army Chief Bipin Rawat was announced as the new chief of Defense Staff (cds), a post the type of which hasn’t existed since India attained independence in 1947. Since January 1, India has test-fired a new submarine-launched missile and a new series of fighter jets. The Trumpet forecasts that India will play a significant role militarily in the end time. The way it has started 2020 supports this forecast.
I am delighted that as we begin the new year and new decade, India gets its first Chief of Defence Staff in General Bipin Rawat. I congratulate him and wish him the very best for this responsibility. He is an outstanding officer who has served India with great zeal. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 1, 2020
Before Rawat’s promotion to cds, the role was split between three different chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force, each battling for supremacy over the other. Rawat will now head a department of more than 60 people, directly under the defense minister, as well as have power and authority to unite the three military branches of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
This has all been orchestrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who enjoys the largest parliamentary majority since 1984. A perceived threat from China and Pakistan, has led Modi to reform India’s army.
The new cds will organize the armed forces based on the American model, which places all forces in a particular area under one officer. India’s military transformation isn’t just in its structural organization, but also in its weapons of war.
On January 19, India’s Defense Research and Development Organization test-fired a submarine-launched, nuclear-capable ballistic missile off the coast in southeastern India. These missiles are crafted to launch from a fleet of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, which are expected to achieve long-range nuclear capability by 2021.
On January 20, India showcased its Tigershark fighter jet squadron, commissioned by General Rawat. The commissioning ceremony featured four fighters, but a complement of 18 fighters is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Most of the fighters will be capable of carrying a 2.5-ton, air-launched supersonic cruise missile, with 42 older models slated to receive the necessary upgrades to match.
While Prime Minister Modi’s efforts to revamp and streamline the Indian military are partly motivated by hostile neighbors, Bible prophecy reveals that India will be a part of an end-time Asian military alliance.
In our article “Is India in the Bible?”, Trumpet contributor Jeremiah Jacques wrote that India has a vast and young population, much younger than China’s, giving India, “which already has the world’s fastest growing major economy, considerably more economic potential.” He continued, “India also has the world’s fourth-most powerful military, including the second-largest standing military and an advanced array of nuclear weapons.”
With its recent military restructuring, development of advanced weapons, large population and powerful economy, India is primed to become an important part of a prophesied 200 million-man army (Revelation 9:16).
Ezekiel 38:5-6 say this army will include “Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya … Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people ….” In our booklet The Prophesied ‘Prince of Russia,’ Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry explains that Russia will be at the head of this massive army. He writes (emphasis added):
Gomer refers to Japan, which wields some of the world’s most advanced weaponry and technology. Ethiopia and Libya should be translated “Cush” and “Phut.” Some of Cush and Phut migrated to African nations, but the rest settled in parts of India. The context of this passage shows that it refers to modern-day Indians (and perhaps Pakistanis) rather than Africans. This is significant because India has a population of 1.2 billion people—plus an advanced nuclear arsenal! When you put India and Japan together with Russia and China, it is easy to see how an army of 200 million soldiers could be formed. With other Asian nations joining in, you quickly reach combined populations of 3.5 to 4 billion people! Under extreme circumstances like those described in these end-time prophecies, it is not hard to imagine 1 in 10 or 20 people going to war.
This prophesied army will be vast and powerful, and it will bring cataclysmic death and destruction to Earth, even “to slay the third part of men” (Revelation 9:15). This is why we should watch what is happening with India’s army. Jesus Christ admonished that it was only by watching and praying that we “may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass” in this end time (Luke 21:36).
It is only His return, in power and glory, that will stop the death and destruction that will soon engulf this Earth. He will establish the Kingdom of God and usher in an eternity of peace and happiness for all mankind.
To fully understand this coming Asian conglomerate and how it fits into Bible prophecy, read our free booklet Russia and China in Prophecy, especially Chapter 4, “India: Asia’s Other Economic Powerhouse.”


thetrumpet--2020-01-23--A Serious and Somber Impeachment That Is Also Monotonous and Boring

House impeachment manager Adam Schiff arrives to speak to reporters for a brief media availability before the start of the @ @ @ @ @ Capitol on January 21 , 2020 in Washington , DC .
A Serious and Somber @ @ @ @ @ and Boring Trying to Steal Two Elections ( 24 minutes ) The Democrat media complex @ @ @ @ @ people aren ’ t taking the impeachment more seriously .
Democrats like Adam Schiff are @ @ @ @ @ ’ ll do anything to keep the scandal alive , even if it means fabricating @ @ @ @ @ .
Schiff said yesterday that this matter can ’ t be decided at the ballot @ @ @ @ @ strategy now is to undermine the results of the next election .
It Will Be @ @ @ @ @ America and Britain are in the midst of a temporary resurgence .
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