thetrumpet--2020-03-08--Live Trumpet Lecture Update

Live Trumpet Lecture Update

Jamiat Ulema-e Islam Nazryate activists in Quetta celebrate the signing of the agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban on March 1 .
United States President Donald Trump signed an agreement with the Taliban on Saturday affirming a temporary truce and a full-scale American withdrawal from Afghanistan .
After 18 years of war , spending $ 1 trillion supporting the war effort , and the death of 2,300 American soldiers and more than 150,000 Afghans , America has conceded defeat .
America ’ s retreat from Afghanistan has been a long-standing Trumpet prediction .
In November 2001 , when the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the September 11 attacks , we predicted : “ The U.S. won ’ t be the victors in this war .
… As we now examine the facts emerging from this war , we can see unequivocally that the terrorist snake will survive America ’ s aggression—head intact and stronger than ever.
” Now , after America ’ s negotiated defeat in Afghanistan , this prediction rings louder than ever .
According to the New York Times , the peace deal signed with the Taliban—one of America ’ s main enemies throughout @ @ @ @ @ @ @ withdraw all of its 12,000 soldiers from Afghanistan within the next 14 months .
According to the Associated Press , immediately after the signing , America will reduce its troops to approximately 8,600 over a period of weeks .
However , the U.S. will keep warplanes in the country in case the Taliban renews its offensive on the Afghan government , along with a small force to protect its embassy .
What did America receive in this deal ?
A promise of peace .
The peace deal calls for negotiations between the Taliban @ @ @ @ @ @ @ month , which should eventually lead to a nationwide ceasefire—though many experts question whether the two parties would ever agree to share power .
The Taliban—guilty of suicide bombings and rocket attacks against Afghan and American troops—also agreed to not harbor terrorist groups , like al Qaeda , within Afghanistan ’ s borders .
The U.S. negotiated with terrorists and made a deal with the enemy .
The War in Afghanistan quickly became a quagmire for the U.S. As expenses and death rates increased , America increasingly wanted out of the miry mess @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to completely withdraw from Afghanistan because each feared underestimating the threat and risking another terrorist attack on American soil .
The motivations to stay were largely political .
Because of these factors , American presidents have wavered : To stay , or not to stay—that was the question .
As a result , the War in Afghanistan became one defined by half measures .
On Sept. 20 , 2001 , then U.S. President George W. Bush said that the “ leadership of al Qaeda has great influence in Afghanistan and supports the Taliban @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” If not for al Qaeda ’ s support , the Taliban could not have controlled the government from 1996 to 2001 .
When American troops quickly ousted it from power and forced it into hiding , the Taliban leadership fled to the Pakistani city of Quetta to regroup .
While there , it received financial and military support from the Pakistani government and al Qaeda .
With international help and a quick victory , the U.S. installed a new government in Afghanistan .
But in 2006 , the Taliban returned from Pakistan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ couple of years , Afghanistan was again in turmoil .
Afghanistan ’ s economy was in shambles .
Its insufficient infrastructure , nonexistent industry and poverty-stricken agricultural community led many local Afghans to blame the newly established government .
As a result , many joined the Taliban as jihadist insurgents .
America responded with a troop surge in 2009 that peaked in 2011 with just over 100,000 troops in Afghanistan at one time .
That year , Osama bin Laden was killed in Operation Neptune Spear .
A poll later that year found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. had accomplished its purpose in Afghanistan .
President Barack Obama declared victory and ordered a mass withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan .
Troop numbers plummeted to about 8,400 in 2016 .
“ Power players all over the Middle East were watching carefully as America … showed a will to fight , and then quickly tired of the whole affair , ” Vali Naser writes in The Dispensable Nation .
“ Our only goal seemed to be getting out , first of Afghanistan and then the whole region.
” The number one enemy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and ever since , the U.S. has been begging for peace .
The American people have simply lost the will to continue ; they want out of Afghanistan .
However , terrorism still runs rampant in the desert nation and the real head of the snake remains “ intact , and stronger than ever.
” In his November 2001 Trumpet article “ The Head of the Snake , ” Trumpet managing editor Joel Hilliker wrote : America claimed that al Qaeda was the power behind the Taliban and the 9/11 bombings ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the true source of the terrorist power .
In November 2019 , the U.S. State Department released a report that drew special attention to the al Qaeda-Iran relationship .
It states : “ Tehran continued to allow an [ al Qaeda ] facilitation network to operate in Iran , which sends fighters and money to conflict zones in Afghanistan and Syria , and it has extended sanctuary to [ al Qaeda ] members residing in the country.
” Later in November , the Central Intelligence Agency declassified a large trove of documents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bin Laden was killed ) detailing how Hamza , bin Laden ’ s son , was sheltered in Iran .
According to the Atlantic , one 19-page document showed how negotiations between al Qaeda and Iran ’ s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran discussed the funding and arming of al Qaeda members to strike American targets .
Several sources agree that evidence suggests this al Qaeda-Iran relationship even goes back two decades—before the September 11 attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center , which Iran also played a role in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan , the real threat , Iran , was free to continue expanding its military and funding terrorism throughout the Middle East .
In 1994 , then Secretary of State Warren Christopher called Iran “ the world ’ s most significant state sponsor of terrorism.
” Most sources claim that Iran spends $ 1 billion a year supporting terrorism ; others say this number could be as high as $ 16 billion annually .
Notice Daniel 11:40 : “ And at the time of the end shall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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.
” No other nation in the Middle East has the power , determination or resources to be this prophesied power .
No other nation in the Middle East is as pushy as Iran .
Iran is the king of the Middle East , the king of radical Islam , the king @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identified this king of the north as a united , German-led European Union .
Iran will push at this emerging European superpower , and in response , as it says in Daniel 11:40-41 , Europe will “ come against him like a whirlwind ” in a storm of fury and will “ overflow ” and conquer many countries .
But notice , the United States is not mentioned in this prophecy !
In 2001 , we wrote that “ there will soon come a point when the U.S. won ’ t even be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a reason why .
On February 26 , Al Jazeera wrote , “ After Vietnam and Iraq , the U.S. seems to have lost its third major war and the longest of them all.
” Herbert W. Armstrong , founder of the Plain Truth , predecessor of the Trumpet , declared after World War ii that “ the United States has won its last war !
” The Trumpet has maintained that forecast .
Following in Mr. Armstrong ’ s footsteps , Mr .
Flurry declared that America would not win its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he wrote , “ If the Iranian leadership were eliminated , the whole course of Mideast history would change radically for the better , because it is the king .
Sadly , Bible prophecy reveals that will not happen.
” At the time of America ’ s invasion of Afghanistan , the U.S. State Department had listed five regimes that sponsor terrorism : Iran , Iraq , North Korea , Sudan and Cuba .
Afghanistan was not on the list .
America dealt with the effect and ignored the cause .
By fixating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has gone after the pawns instead of the king .
As a result , America ’ s strength has been spent in vain .
This catastrophic failure of American policy was prophesied with remarkable accuracy in your Bible .
Leviticus 26:19-20 say , “ And I will break the pride of your power ; and I will make your heaven as iron , and your earth as brass : And your strength shall be spent in vain.
” Because of disobedience , God said He would curse the modern descendants of Israel , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proof about the identity of these nations , request a free copy of The United States and Britain in Prophecy , by Herbert W .
Armstrong . )
According to this prophecy , America would still have its mighty military , but it would lack the will to use it .
Mr .
Flurry continued : “ Little Israel has more military might than Iran but fears to use it .
The same is the case with Britain .
And certainly that is true of America .
But our nations fear to use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ pride of [ our ] power ’ has been broken !
We simply lack the will to sustain our war against terrorism ” ( op cit ) .
The Afghanistan Papers , a confidential trove of more than 2,000 pages of government documents , revealed on Dec. 9 , 2019 , show the extent of America ’ s divided approach and its failure to go after the real threat .
The reports revealed U.S. Army generals saying , “ We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan—we didn ’ t know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking.
” One of the generals said that as a result of U.S. bureaucratic “ dysfunction ” in Afghanistan , thousands of Americans lost their lives “ in vain.
” Since 2001 , more than 775,000 U.S. troops have been deployed to Afghanistan .
According to U.S. Defense Department figures , 2,300 died and 20,589 were wounded in action .
In the same period , the U.S. spent nearly $ 1 trillion , according to inflation-adjusted estimates .
All of the effort , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in its 18-year war in Afghanistan has been “ in vain ” and has only led to America negotiating its own defeat .
The pride of our power has been broken .
Our ultimate success will be determined by our relationship with God .
If God is for us , we can ’ t lose .
But if God is against us , we can ’ t win .
And Bible prophecy relates that God is against us and is cursing us .
We should repent and become a true superpower !
… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change our evil ways , this is all leading directly to the return of Jesus Christ .
That is the best possible news this world could ever hear !
This evil world of terrorism and war is about to end forever .
It will soon be replaced by a world full of prosperity and peace .
For more information about this prophecy , request a free copy of The United States and Britain in Prophecy .

The following is from the Trumpet Brief sent out on Monday. These daily e-mails contain personal messages from the Trumpet staff. Click here to join the over 20,000 members of our mailing list, so you don’t miss another message.
A big thank you to the hundreds of Trumpet subscribers who joined us for our second Live Trumpet Lecture yesterday!
“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” That’s the direct, sobering, motivating message in James 4:17 that we focused on during the live broadcast. God is communicating to Trumpet subscribers like you that knowing what is right isn’t enough. He wants you to act on it!
Knowing but not doing is the mistake that tens of thousands of people made in God’s Church following the death of Herbert W. Armstrong. My father knew that what Mr. Armstrong had taught was good, right and from God. And unlike others, he acted on it! God used my father to establish the Philadelphia Church of God in 1989. Afterward, numerous other groups splintered from the Worldwide Church of God.
Many people who have learned about the Sabbath, God’s plan and other truths Mr. Armstrong taught think that all of the churches that came out of Worldwide teach the same basic doctrines and that it doesn’t matter which church you join. But this conflicts with one of the most important basic doctrines of God’s true Church: God’s Church is not divided! God teaches this throughout the Bible, including in 1 Corinthians 1:10: “[T]hat ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ….” The reason there are different churches is because they do not speak the same thing! Christ is not divided! He works through only one Church, administering His government. If a church does not have God’s government, then it is not led by God! And if God is not leading a church, then that church cannot feed its members the Word of God or protect them from spiritual harm. If you don’t realize that Christ and His people are united, you don’t realize how directly He is working with His people, how directly He will work in your life! But you must listen to His message, prove it for yourself from His Word, and act on it.
Few people ever hear God’s message in the first place. And among those precious few, most only hear it. They never take action. But there is a tiny fraction of a fraction who do, and that‘s exciting to me! It’s exciting to God. E-mails I’ve received from many of you since yesterday show that you want to take action and have God directly working in your life!
We have received more than 200 messages from people who watched the broadcast. Here are a few thoughts from your fellow Trumpet subscribers (lightly edited for space and clarity):
“Thank you for the James scripture—it hit home hard to me. I must and will act to contact the Church and move forward to join the Church here in Florida.”
“We went to an event to see Mr. Gerald Flurry a few years ago in Greenville, SC. I feel the need to go to a congregation meeting. How does one make the change from the world to you? I knew this teaching was right when I read The United States and Britain in Prophecy. I feel the need to be around people who are at least trying to do good as they understand. Can you help my husband and me? If you feel that God put the knowledge to believe you, what do you do next? We both try to keep Sabbaths and read the literature, which is what we were told in Greenville. I have been wanting to ask these questions for a long time.” (North Carolina)
“Warm greetings from Singapore, Mr. Flurry. Thank you for a most timely message. Praying that what you have spoken will jolt those who have strayed away spiritually to return to God and support His most precious commission. I am watching this by myself. It’s past 1 a.m. now, but most worth the time to stay up for this second-in-a-lifetime live transmission from you. Looking forward to the next one.”
“Thanks from Texas for this lecture on our great Church of God. Bringing in the scriptures and history from Herbert W. Armstrong reminds us of the absolute need for each of our services, whether only one member or many, to keep our focus on Jesus Christ and the Word as it is written! … So blessed to have access to all of the PCG programs every day, and podcasts if any are missed! Keep up this vital work of God!”
“Two of us watching (plus two dogs and a guinea pig) from Edmonton, Alberta! Love and support from us to you and your whole family! Thanks for all the work that you do!”
“Good morning. We are six strong in little Poteet, Texas! Tuned in today to the Live Trumpet Lecture. Thank you Stephen Flurry and the Philadelphia Church of God for keeping us continually rooted and grounded in our great God’s truth! We are honored and blessed.”
“Greetings from Switzerland. Wonderful live lecture on God’s government. If the people would have ‘gotten it’ during Mr. Armstrong’s time, they never would have fallen away. In like manner we, if we get it, will never be confused. What a blessing! Thank you immensely for your live program today and the Trumpet Daily Radio Show, which I listen to every workday and cherish greatly. … May God bless you abundantly for teaching the truth so explicitly—what a great truth.”
“One person watching you from Pennsylvania. Love the messages on KPCG. We listen to the Trumpet Daily traveling to and from Church each Sabbath. With over a two-hour drive to Church one way, we are able to hear four broadcasts. … We thank God for making KPCG available to us.”
“Thanks to Mr. Stephen Flurry and to all those who made this lecture possible. As a baptized member of the PCG since Jan. 22, 2010, I have come to realize that without this calling into God’s Church I would be without purpose and direction. I now have hope that every day brings me closer to the fulfillment of that purpose. This way of life is never boring and every aspect of this Church is a learning and growing experience.” (North Carolina)
“Enjoyed the presentation. Thank your staff for making it available online. Connection good from the southwest of England. We watched it at home with the three of us.”
I concluded our hourlong live broadcast with the admonition in Acts 3 to repent and be converted “that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.”
God’s work is always growing, always moving forward, always preparing for God to send Jesus Christ again! The same is true in your personal life if you are a true Christian.
We hope that this Live Trumpet Lecture was only the second of many! In the meantime, you can join us for my Trumpet Daily Radio Show at 7 a.m. Central Time (1 p.m. in the United Kingdom), as well as our other programs on KPCG.fm. Keep listening, and keep allowing God to inspire you to act on what you hear.
Thank you for being part of this worldwide work!


thetrumpet--2020-03-07--Why the Day of the Lord?

Why the Day of the Lord?

This is the eye-opening story of the real gospel message of Jesus Christ—of how the missing dimension was withheld , @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s positively astounding !
It has remained undiscovered by science !
No @ @ @ @ @ Higher education has never taught it !
Is it possible the whole world has been @ @ @ @ @ human life—about the way to world peace and how it will come ?
And could @ @ @ @ @ real gospel message Christ brought from heaven revealed this missing dimension—but was suppressed ?
This @ @ @ @ @ the real gospel message of Jesus Christ—of how this missing dimension was withheld , and @ @ @ @ @

This is the eye-opening story of the real gospel message of Jesus Christ—of how the missing dimension was withheld, and the whole world deceived. It’s positively astounding! It has remained undiscovered by science! No religion has revealed it! Higher education has never taught it! Is it possible the whole world has been deceived—regarding the awesome purpose of human life—about the way to world peace and how it will come? And could it be true that the real gospel message Christ brought from heaven revealed this missing dimension—but was suppressed? This is the eye-opening story of the real gospel message of Jesus Christ—of how this missing dimension was withheld, and the whole world deceived.


thetrumpet--2020-03-06--Will the Fed Cut Rates to Zero?

Will the Fed Cut Rates to Zero?

U.S. Marines with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade , RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. step off in the early morning during an operation to push out Taliban fighters on July 18 , 2009 in Herati , Afghanistan .
President Trump signed a deal with the Taliban to vacate America from Afghanistan .
This vividly fulfills a specific Bible prophecy !
America ’ s war in Afghanistan was doomed from the start .
In 2001 , the nation was united in wanting to strike back at whomever had perpetrated the evils of 9/11 .
Nine days later , President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ initiate a “ war on terror ” —a war , he said , that “ will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found , stopped and defeated.
” As he described this war , he was repeatedly cheered by unanimous standing ovations .
He explained that it would be “ a lengthy campaign unlike any other we have ever seen .
… We will starve terrorists of funding , turn them one against another , drive them from place to place until there is no refuge or no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group and its supporters and patrons : “ The leadership of al Qaeda has great influence in Afghanistan and supports the Taliban regime in controlling most of that country .
… The United States respects the people of Afghanistan—after all , we are currently its largest source of humanitarian aid—but we condemn the Taliban regime.
” He demanded that Taliban leaders “ close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan , ” hand over every terrorist , and give the U.S. full access to camps to guarantee their closure .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or discussion , ” he concluded .
“ The Taliban must act and act immediately .
They will hand over the terrorists , or they will share in their fate.
” The Taliban did not cooperate .
Seventeen days later—within a month of 9/11—American pilots were bombing Taliban targets .
The war in Afghanistan had begun .
It sounded bold .
It looked strong .
But watching these events in light of the Bible ’ s prophecies gave us at the Trumpet a different perspective .
Note these statements from our November 2001 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 9/11 : • “ The Taliban is , at best , only a starting point .
Far from being the fountainhead of terror in the world , it is a single shaky , friendless regime that before September 11 was officially recognized by virtually no one.
” • “ Let ’ s get specific about where a truly penetrating war on terrorism would take us .
If the Taliban is just one tendril of the monster , where is the head ?
For the answer , we can go straight to the Bible.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Daniel 11 that in the end time there would be a “ king of the south ” power bloc , which Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry has identified since 1992 as Iran .
• “ Understand : The Trumpet staff would like as much as anyone to see America conquer in the war on terrorism .
But prophecy shows that it is , regrettably , underestimating its enemy .
… As we now examine the facts emerging from this war , we can see unequivocally that the terrorist snake will survive America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ever.
” In that Trumpet issue , we wrote that America was suffering the curses spelled out in Leviticus 26 : “ But if ye will not hearken unto me , and will not do all these commandments ; … I also will do this unto you ; I will even appoint over you terror … .
And I will set my face against you , and ye shall be slain before your enemies : they that hate you shall reign over you ; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of your power ….
” • “ America ’ s military power is unprecedented , but it lacks the will to use it .
Look at what it took for us to finally do something !
And even America ’ s show of retaliation has , thus far , been a cautious , coalition-conscious strike against a tiny group of Muslim extremists … .
Now , after the most inconceivably brutal terrorist act imaginable , Americans seem unified in the fact that we had to respond militarily .
What does God have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] our strength shall be spent in vain … ’ ( verse 20 ) .
God does not give us all the details of how this will play out .
Prophecy does indicate , however , that in the end , America will not eradicate terrorism from this Earth .
Why ?
Because we have forsaken God !
” I will appoint over you terror .
You shall flee when none pursues you .
I will break the pride of your power .
Your strength shall be spent in vain .
These terrible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
More than 18 years have elapsed since we printed those words .
Eighteen years of efforts to fulfill President Bush ’ s promises and realize those ambitions .
Eighteen years—the longest war in American history .
In those 18 years , “ More than 43,000 civilians have died , and by 2018 there were almost 2.5 million Afghan refugees worldwide , according to the UN refugee agency , ” the Council on Foreign Relations states .
“ More than 2,400 Americans have been killed and another 20,000 injured .
Over 1,100 nato @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 45,000 Afghan troops and police officers were killed in the past five years .
Tens of thousands of Taliban fighters are believed to have been killed since 2001.
” For 18 years , America has fought the Taliban , tried to impose its will on the Taliban , tried to eliminate the Taliban—and increasingly , tried to manage the Taliban , to negotiate with the Taliban , and now , to come to terms with the Taliban .
In 18 years , it has spent more than $ 137 billion on “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in today ’ s dollars , of what it spent on the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after World War ii .
“ The war is estimated to have cost the United States around $ 2 trillion , including money spent on counternarcotics efforts , development projects , and support for Afghan security forces .
Billions of dollars have been spent on medical and disability care for U.S. veterans ” ( ibid ) .
America has spent immense amounts of strength in Afghanistan !
What did it achieve ?
2019 was one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 18-year war .
The Taliban and other insurgent groups perpetrated about 25,000 attacks , killing an average of seven people per day .
“ [ E ] xperts say the Taliban is stronger now than at any point in the last 18 years , ” the Council of Foreign Relations continues .
“ With an estimated 60,000 fighters , it controls many districts throughout the country and continues to launch major attacks , including in Kabul and on Afghan security bases .
It earns millions of dollars from opium poppy cultivation and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problems for the peace process .
Some analysts are also worried that rank-and-file Taliban fighters might not abide by a peace deal ” ( ibid ; emphasis added ) .
America ’ s war in Afghanistan was doomed from the start .
And this week , America ’ s president acknowledged this painful truth .
Yesterday he spoke on the phone in the first conversation between an American president and the Taliban .
And this past Saturday he signed a deal that , if it holds , establishes a temporary truce in preparation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Taliban keeps its obligations , America agreed to withdraw all 12,000 American soldiers within the next 14 months , starting with several thousand in the coming weeks .
Eighteen years of strength spent , and America is reduced to finding the least humiliating way to hand the nation back over to the exact same Islamist movement it went there to defeat .
“ This is a Taliban victory and face-saving for the Americans , ” one Taliban commander told the London Times .
“ It is a historic day that has given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Times quoted the group as saying , “ This victory is the collective victory of the entire Muslim and Mujahid nation—of our fellow brothers and sisters who made … extraordinary sacrifices of life and wealth for nearly two decades.
” You can not say the Taliban ’ s strength was spent in vain .
The deal President Donald Trump signed calls for negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government to start next month .
But will these two actually agree to share power ?
The Taliban demanded the release of 5,000 of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Afghan government , but Afghan President Ashraf Ghani refused .
On Monday , just two days after President Trump signed the deal , the Taliban announced it was resuming attacks—by bombing a soccer game in eastern Afghanistan that killed three people .
The Taliban spokesman said , “ As per the agreement , our holy warriors will not attack foreign troops , but our operations will continue against the Kabul administration forces .
If our 5,000 prisoners … do not get released there will be no intra-Afghan talks.
” The Taliban certainly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is the United States that is desperate to flee !
Even if the Taliban doesn ’ t uphold its obligations , it is clear that America has no interest in remaining in this graveyard of empires .
It may find itself unable to leave immediately , but it has made clear that it is willing to pay dearly to get out .
America ’ s leaders know that all the nation ’ s efforts there have been in vain .
They just want the bleeding to stop .
But the bleeding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This defeat and retreat in Afghanistan is as vivid an illustration of fulfilled prophecy as you can see .
America is suffering the curses of Leviticus 26 .
God has broken the pride of our power .
Our strength has been spent in vain .
And those curses won ’ t end by retreating from Afghanistan .
They will only end by turning to God .
Soon after World War ii , Herbert W. Armstrong looked at the prophecies of the Bible and made this bold declaration : “ The United States has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he right ?
It is difficult to argue with this statement from Al Jazeera on February 26 : “ After Vietnam and Iraq , the U.S. seems to have lost its third major war and the longest of them all.
” Like Mr. Armstrong , Gerald Flurry has said all along that America would suffer defeat in its “ war on terror.
” In 2003 , in “ Why We Can not Win the War Against Terrorism , ” he wrote : “ Our ultimate success will be determined by our relationship with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we can ’ t lose .
But if God is against us , we can ’ t win .
And Bible prophecy relates that God is against us and is cursing us.
” Most Americans have grown war-weary and indifferent .
Many of the same people who cheered the president for starting the war 18 years ago are now cheering the president for ending it .
But this is no victory .
It is the signal of a grievous curse .
It is an occasion for Americans to look honestly at what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cost of having turned God against us , and to recognize that unless we change direction and repent , even costlier defeats lie ahead .

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point on March 3 to rouse the economy after the United States stock market had its worst week since the 2008 recession. The stock market drop was triggered by fear of a coronavirus epidemic. The emergency cut reduced the federal-funds rate to between 1 and 1.25 percent.
“The magnitude and persistence of the overall effect on the U.S. economy remain highly uncertain and the situation remains a fluid one,” said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at a news conference. “Against this background, the committee judged that the risks to the U.S. outlook have changed materially. In response, we have eased the stance of monetary policy to provide some more support to the economy.”
This rate cut is the first intermeeting action the Fed has taken since the 2008 recession. Powell says the Federal Reserve will continue monitoring the coronavirus epidemic and may slash rates further.
U.S. President Donald Trump is asking the Fed to cut rates even further, yet more cuts would move the nation close to 0 percent interest rates. Such low rates are an emergency measure usually reserved for economic recessions. If the Fed cuts rates that low in an attempt to stave off a recession, it will not be able to cut rates further when a recession actually hits—unless it enacts negative interest rates (actually paying banks to stimulate the economy by borrowing money).
Debt-based economies experience cycles of boom and bust. On average, recessions occur every five years—and it has been 10 years and 8 months since the last recession. Sooner or later, the boom will go bust. When this happens America will be woefully unprepared. Consumer debt has reached nearly $14 trillion, the federal debt has reached nearly $24 trillion, and the Federal Reserve is encouraging people to keep borrowing.
The sobering fact is that the U.S. has been living beyond its means for decades, and it cannot escape the consequences of its actions much longer.
The late Herbert W. Armstrong taught for decades that the peoples who settled the United States and Britain largely descended from the ancient Israelites. And an end-time Bible prophecy says that God will suddenly break the power of Israel because of its sins, including materialism.
“And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities” (Micah 5:10-14).
How will this sudden collapse of U.S. power come about? Mr. Armstrong predicted that a financial crisis in America would likely prompt Europe to unite into a superpower even stronger than America. He warned in 1984 that a massive banking crisis in America “could suddenly result in triggering European nations to unite as a new world power larger than either the Soviet Union or the U.S.” (co-worker letter, July 22, 1984).
Such a financial crisis is closer than people think. The current economic boom cannot last forever, and America has not saved any money to help it weather its next financial storm. For a deeper understanding of the dangerous economic predicament that besets America, please read “Joyriding Toward Disaster” and “Our Financial 9/11 Was Prophesied!”


thetrumpet--2020-03-06--23 European Countries Agree to Launch Spy Forum

Migrants block a road outside the port of Lesbos in Greece on March 3 amid a migration surge from neighboring Turkey after it opened its borders to thousands of refugees trying to reach Europe .
Europe ’ s migrant crisis just got a whole lot worse .
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned Europe on Monday that “ millions ” of migrants would soon flood into the European Union after Turkey opened its borders and gave the green light for refugees on February 28 , according to France24 .
“ We don ’ t want this money , ” said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ €1 billion offer ( us $ 1.1 billion ) to deal with the refugees , adding to a €6 billion deal in 2016 .
Erdoğan ’ s office said that is it now time for Europe to take its “ fair share of the burden.
” German Chancellor Angela Merkel responded by calling Turkey ’ s move “ unacceptable.
” Greece immediately responded by barring entrance , denying asylum , and increasing the frequency of border patrols .
Greece says that about 10,000 refugees have massed at the border ; however , Erdoğan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ hundreds of thousands.
” Clashes have broken out along the border between refugees and the Greek police .
Turkey accused Greece of killing two migrants .
According to France24 , a Turkish official shared a video showing a boat of migrants being fired upon by the Greek Coast Guard .
Greece has also used tear gas in an attempt to disperse the migrant masses along its shared border with Turkey .
Turkey is already saturated with Syrian immigrants ; 3.6 million Syrian refugees have made their home there since the civil war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been refusing to allow more refugees in .
Instead , Turkey has deployed convoys of military equipment and thousands of troops to protect the Idlib province—the last remaining rebel stronghold and the last “ safe ” location in Syria from Syrian President Bashar Assad ’ s forces .
Hundreds of thousands , perhaps even more than a million , refugees are camped throughout the Idlib province seeking refuge , carrying signs with slogans like “ From Idlib to Berlin.
” Close to 948,000 Syrian migrants have been displaced since December alone when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ province .
Assad is still working to gain control of all of Syria ’ s territory .
But he can ’ t do it alone ; he relies on Russia for support .
Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed and supported Assad ’ s move to reconquer Syria ’ s territory primarily by providing aerial support .
The two forces have worked in tandem to restore the government ’ s control over Syria .
Since the Syrian crisis began , over 400,000 people have been killed and several million displaced .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have led their offensive .
With backing from Russian air strikes , Syrian artillery have bombarded towns and cities , first targeting hospitals and schools and essentially flattening the city until the majority of the inhabitants have been forced to flee .
Then the Syrian Army moves in and takes control .
As a result , Syria has become the world ’ s worst humanitarian crisis .
According to a 2018 Pew Poll , 1 million Syrian refugees have already migrated into Europe , with the largest concentration in Germany , which hosts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The migrant crisis has been crippling Europe ’ s economies , specifically Germany , as they seek to find employment , food and shelter for 3.6 million Syrian refugees .
Turkey can not absorb any more migrants ; neither can Europe .
Erdoğan ’ s decision to open the border for millions of refugees to flood into Europe is about to make Europe ’ s migrant crisis a whole lot worse .
Since the Syrian crisis began , the Trumpet has closely followed the events , observing how they affect Europe .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Push Toward a Unified Military , ” we explained five factors pushing Europe to unite and form a combined military force .
1 ) Brexit .
“ Britain ’ s veto has prevented any meaningful progress toward a European military , ” we wrote .
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made Brexit his goal .
On January 31 , Parliament ratified the withdrawal agreement .
Now that the United Kingdom is no longer part of the EU ’ s political bodies or institutions , Europe is free to act as it sees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Schengen Area , comprised of 26 European nations , has removed passport requirements and other border controls , making travel quick and simple .
However , as we wrote , “ These nations share a border , but do not currently share any means of protecting that border .
It is clear that a weakness in the border of one state affects the whole area.
” Once the millions of Syrian refugees enter into one nation in the Schengen Area , they can freely travel between the other 25 nations as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is putting up such a fight .
Without a unified European military , can Greek police hold off millions of refugees alone ?
3 ) Terrorism .
Mixed within the millions of Syrian migrants in Idlib and those seeking entrance into Europe are thousands of al Qaeda-linked terrorists .
On February 12 , TheHill wrote , “ Recent insights on Syrian refugees reveal unique vulnerabilities—most notably , exploitation by terrorist or other violent extremist organizations who can easily exploit , recruit and mobilize downtrodden people whose countries seem indifferent to their exodus.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2019 , 13 people were killed and 46 were injured in seven terrorist attacks on EU soil in 2018 , a decrease from the previous year .
The EU reported 16 thwarted jihadist terrorist attacks that year , and “ the threat level across the EU remains high.
” With an influx of millions of migrants , and likely thousands of terrorists , the number of attacks would logically increase—something Europe obviously does not want .
4 ) The withdrawal of America .
Because of America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t needed a military .
However , America is in retreat .
On February 28 , the New York Times wrote that tension between Russia , Turkey and Europe “ has become so divisive … is a measure of how far the United States under President Trump has pulled back.
” America has turned inward and is slowly retreating from the world scene .
Its recent “ peace ” deal with the Taliban was a “ face-saving ” attempt to finally withdraw its 14,000 troops from Afghanistan .
President Trump even called on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Middle East , with the end goal being America ’ s retreat .
America ’ s withdrawal leaves behind a large power vacuum—and one nation in particular is working to fill the void .
5 ) The rise of Russia .
As President Trump talks about leaving Syria , Russia is looking to step up its involvement .
One of the primary reasons Russia is working in Syria is to demonstrate that it is a first-rate power capable of carrying out its will outside of its borders .
Russia is working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what has kept the Assad regime in control .
As Russia gains more control and influence , however , fear of Russian aggression is building in Europe .
The more involved Russia becomes , the more the EU feels the need to form a unified military to counter Russia .
The majority of those factors are at play in the Syrian crisis .
On March 3 , the Turkish Embassy told EU Observer that Turkey would keep allowing the Syrian refugees to migrate into Greece “ until the EU and the member states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ show willingness to do what is necessary in addressing the root causes of sufferings in Idlib.
” The Turkish Embassy also pushed the EU to establish a “ safe zone ” in Idlib where the Syrian migrants could live .
Doing so would require standing up to Syria , and to Russia , as long as it supports the Assad regime .
Turkey doesn ’ t want more money to deal with the crisis ; it wants European intervention—and it ’ s about to get it .
Psalm 83 is a prophecy about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a unified , German-led European military superpower .
While Europe is not there yet , we can see it being pushed in that direction .
Verses 6-8 list who will be in that alliance : “ The tabernacles of Edom , and the Ishmaelites ; of Moab , and the Hagarenes ; Gebal , and Ammon , and Amalek ; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre ; Assur also is joined with them ….
” The “ tabernacles of Edom ” is referring to the modern nation of Turkey , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ modern nation of Syria .
According to this prophecy , both of these nations will soon be aligned with Germany , or Assur .
The UK is out .
America is in retreat .
Millions of migrants and thousands of terrorists threaten Europe ’ s stability .
Russia is on the rise .
And Turkey is pleading for Europe to take a stand .
As the pressure intensifies and the crisis continues to worsen , watch for Europe to form a unified military and put an end to the Syrian crisis .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ articles “ Europe ’ s Push Toward a Unified Military ” and “ An Alliance Between Arab Nations and Europe .
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Twenty-three European countries met and signed a letter of intent on February 26 to establish the Intelligence College in Europe. Described as a tool for cooperation by Croatia’s Security and Intelligence Chief Danijel Markić, this network will see European spies “compare notes on crosscutting intelligence related issues like Islamist and far-right terrorism, European jihadists in Syria, and cybersecurity and data.”
The network will be launched in March and will meet two to three times per year. The member countries will host the seminars and events intended to shape decision-making and intelligence operations across the European continent.
This forum was proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron in 2017. It all centered on securing a collective European future by bolstering its cybersecurity infrastructure and its intelligence gathering resources. He said that Europeans must join forces if “we don’t want to depend tomorrow on information gathered by the U.S., China or Russia.”
Although he denied that the forum was aimed to replicate the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency, this European network will similarly work to deal with the analysis of intelligence information for national and, in this case, continental security. The main perceived threat to such continental security is Islam.
An official from France’s National Intelligence and Counterterrorism Coordination Center said one of the principle reasons why such a network is needed is to deal with returning jihadist fighters, echoing Markić’s sentiments. Where formerly “each country was working on its own” to deal with the issue of returning Syrian jihadists, it was only through “sharing and communicating about the issue among ourselves that we found a way forward,” the official said.
As Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković explained at the signing of the document, this network will have the aim of finding solutions to the “various threats” in the world and “especially in Europe.”
Though this body is being proposed with the view of simply “comparing notes” on intelligence, with no aim to replicate the cia or replace the already existing systems, it has the potential to grow into much more than is being proposed. It is not a part of the European Union at the moment, but at present, the United Kingdom is the only non-EU member to be involved in the network.
Over the last few years, President Macron has made a concerted effort to emphasize the need for European unity and cooperation, and a corresponding departure from international, or Western, cooperation.
Recently, he has boldly stepped up the fight against Islam, raising awareness to the dangers of the large Muslim population in France, introducing new immigration measures, and decrying Islam as a separatist religion. At the same time, he has been courting the Roman Catholic Church, encouraging a resurgence in Catholicism in France and Europe.
France has struggled to deal with its growing Muslim population.
Recent comments made by President Macron could put an end to the taboo of criticizing Islam.
The president is fighting to raise awareness of the dangers the Muslim population poses.https://t.co/nchufds73R — theTrumpet.com (@theTrumpet_com) February 28, 2020
Although France is currently leading the push for European unity, Bible prophecy indicates that Germany will ultimately be at the head of the modern resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire in this end time, united under the banner of the Roman Catholic Church (Revelation 17:12).
With this spy network being created in the spirit of fostering higher levels of European unity and cooperation, it is easy to see it evolving to become a critical part of the prophesied German-led European superpower.
Europe is drawing closer together, returning to its Catholic roots, launching joint military programs and a security system, fostering ever closer economic ties, and now launching this spy forum. The only missing piece to this jigsaw puzzle is German leadership.
Germany currently lacks that leader, but the systems are slowly coming into place beneath. The appetite for a strong leader is growing as the pieces join together. And once a strongman comes on the scene and commits to that leadership, Bible prophecy indicates he will unite Germany, and ultimately lead a European superstate.
In Germany and the Holy Roman Empire (request your free copy today!), Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry writes:
What is happening in the European superstate is a mystery to most of the world. But that mystery is beginning to be removed. … Who is going to get control of this great superstate? The battle can be narrowed down to two nations—France and Germany. Do knowledgeable people really doubt who will win this battle?
Germany will come out on top, leading Europe and the final resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire. The ultimate significance of Europe forming a spy network is revealed through Bible prophecy. To gain a full understanding of these detailed prophecies and where they lead, request your free copy of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, by Mr. Flurry.


American Bolsheviks

Could an event as violent as the Russian Civil War ever happen in the United States of America ?
As America approaches the November 2020 presidential elections , the nation is deeply divided .
And this division is not just between Republicans and Democrats .
The Democratic Party itself is deeply divided between moderate socialists like Pete Buttigieg and Michael Bloomberg and radical socialists like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders .
This divide is reminiscent of the divide between the Mensheviks and the more radical Bolsheviks during the “ October Revolution , ” or Bolshevik Revolution , in Russia .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to understand .
The Bolshevik Revolution unleashed some of the most violent events in world history .
Vladimir Lenin and his supporters overthrew the Russian government in 1917 , then forcibly reorganized the Russian empire into the world ’ s first socialist state .
This revolution unleashed a civil war that killed 10 million people .
The Bolsheviks won , consolidated their power , and established a Soviet state that slaughtered another 50 million people .
All told , the Bolsheviks murdered as many as were killed in World War ii .
Yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that bad , according to some paid staffers working for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders .
These radical socialists say that while launching another Bolshevik Revolution in the United States is not preferable , it may be necessary .
One field organizer for Sanders , Mason Baird , said in a video recorded secretly by Project Veritas : “ We would need a federal government and labor union movement that is working together to strip power away from capitalists and preferably directing violence toward property … .
A militant labor movement is kind of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other means .
… After we abolish landlords , we don ’ t have to kill them , that ’ s my feeling , I think it ’ s damaging to the soul , but there were plenty of excesses in 1917 I would hope to avoid .
… I ’ m not excited about the prospect of armed struggle.
” This man is not talking about political strategy or which “ battleground ” states are key for his candidate to win the most votes in .
He is talking about actual battlegrounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be torn down , he says .
If you can do it without large-scale killing , great ; but if you can ’ t , you can always resort to your backup plan and kill 10 million men , women and children .
Shockingly , despite being exposed in this video , Baird remains a full-time paid member of the Sanders campaign .
Even more shockingly , Baird was actually one of the more moderate people revealed by Project Veritas investigators .
The average American probably thinks that an event as violent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the United States .
But he does not realize that there is an organized , active , powerful movement working to abolish the U.S. Constitution and establish a Communist system of government .
History and Bible prophecy show that if Americans do not turn to God in repentance , they will suffer a civil war many times worse than the Bolshevik Revolution .
Mason Baird is far from the only Communist working for Sen. Bernie Sanders .
Another field organizer in South Carolina , Daniel Taylor , told Project Veritas reporters that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We don ’ t want to scare people off .
You first have to feel it out before you get into the crazy stuff , ” he said .
“ You know , we were talking about more extreme organizations like Antifa , you were talking about , Yellow Vests [ French protesters ] , all that , but we ’ re kind of keeping that on the back burner for now .
… Change won ’ t come easily , regardless .
Even if Bernie is elected , change will not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ connections we make now in the campaign with people , and volunteers , it ’ s important we retain that regardless of the outcome .
It ’ s unfortunate that we have to make plans for extreme action , but like I said , they ’ re not going to give it to us , even if Bernie is elected.
” Taylor did not detail the kind of “ extreme action ” he was considering .
But an Iowa field organizer for the Sanders Campaign , Kyle Jurek , told Project Veritas reporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cities will “ burn.
” “ The only thing that fascists understand is violence , ” Jurek said , referring to Trump supporters .
“ So the only way you can confront them is with violence.
” In another conversation , Jurek suggested that supporters of President Trump should be reeducated in prison camps .
“ There ’ s a 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 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .
You ’ re now a working-class person and you ’ re going to … learn what that means , right ?
” Incredibly , Jurek may not be the most radical Sanders employee caught on tape .
When Sanders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Project Veritas undercover reporters what he would do if Sanders lost the election , he answered , “ I ’ ll straight up get armed .
I want to learn how to shoot and go train .
I ’ m ready for the … revolution , bro … I ’ m telling you .
Guillotine the rich.
” Bernie Sanders , who is trying to become president of the United States , has not condemned these comments .
He has retained all who made them as paid staffers in his campaign .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government controls the economy .
It owns not just the Postal Service , it owns everything , without competition : mines , mills , refineries , builders , railroads , automakers , carriers , distributors , ports , airlines , telecoms , news media , banks , schools , hospitals , farms , groceries , restaurants , stores—everything .
Most American socialists say the government doesn ’ t have to literally own all businesses as long as it controls them through heavy regulations and taxes .
People like Senator Sanders emphasize that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which means that this enormously powerful government they want to create will be voted in by a majority of the people .
Sanders says this to distance himself from the violent atrocities committed by “ authoritarian communism ” in the Soviet Union .
Some take comfort in this distinction .
They shouldn ’ t .
Vladimir Lenin joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1902 .
He said that the masses must be led by a “ vanguard ” party , the vanguard party must be led by central leadership , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Most of the people in the party agreed .
They began calling themselves Bolsheviks , from the Russian word for “ majority.
” Those who wanted party leadership to remain decentralized were called Mensheviks , from the Russian word for “ minority.
” At that time , the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was a small party of young intellectuals .
In 1907 , there were only 38,200 Mensheviks and 46,100 Bolsheviks .
Three out of four Bolsheviks were age 30 or younger .
After Czar Nicolas ii abdicated in 1917 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new Russian Provisional Government .
These calls sparked the Bolshevik Revolution on November 7 , when Red Guard militia retaliated against the government for shutting down one of their printing presses .
The Bolsheviks marched against pro-government forces in Petrograd , now called St. Petersburg .
Yet the Bolshevik Party still ran candidates for office in elections that November , hoping to conquer Russia by democratic means .
But these “ democratic socialists ” received only 23 percent of the vote .
Rather than accept the results of the election , they claimed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the only way to fix it was to establish a new system of government run by councils of working-class citizens called Soviets .
When the Bolsheviks declared the 1917 election illegitimate , their insurrection erupted into full-scale civil war .
They changed the name of their party to the Russian Communist Party and recruited a Red Army to fight the anti-Communists and their White Army .
The war continued for five years until the Bolsheviks defeated the anti-Communists and achieved their dream : The Soviet Union was established .
Former American Communist Whittaker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that separates Communists from the millions of socialists who are an unwitting part of communism ’ s secret strength .
“ Have you the moral strength to take upon yourself the crimes of history so the man 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ share a similar vision , but do not share the faith because they will not take upon themselves the penalties of the faith.
” The “ miscellaneous socialist ” is different from the true Communist only in that he lacks the will to commit acts of violence .
Socialism can not be permanently established by democratic means .
Most people will ultimately reject it—if you give them the chance .
At that point , socialists have to either give up their dream or start shooting people .
An American-style Communist revolution with American-style @ @ @ @ @ @ @ camps sounds impossible to many .
But to one of the top contenders for the American presidency and many of his paid campaign staff members , “ extreme action ” is merely on the “ back burner.
” The late Herbert W. Armstrong explained in his book The United States and Britain in Prophecy that the peoples who settled the U.S. and Britain descended from the ancient Israelites .
God made an unconditional promise to Abraham to give his descendants great material wealth .
God kept this promise by giving the U.S. and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s usable resources and wealth during the peak of their power .
But God did not promise to keep blessing these nations if they turned away from Him .
A prophecy in Leviticus 26 states that if the descendants of Israel came to despise God ’ s statutes , He would strip away their blessings and allow their cities to be laid waste .
In a January 1949 Plain Truth article , “ The Plain Truth About Communism , ” Mr. Armstrong specified that communism is a tool of the devil to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The real goal of the Communist plotters is the violent overthrow of the United States and the British Empire .
Why ?
We are the real ‘ capitalist ’ nations .
We possess nearly three fourths of all the world ’ s ‘ capital ’ —its developed and usable resources and wealth .
… The plain truth , known by so few , is that we possess greater wealth and national resources than any other nation ever did , because Almighty God gave us this wealth in fulfillment of His birthright promise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And communism is the devil ’ s effort , through his demon-inspired human tools , to take from us this greatest national and economic blessing God ever conferred on any people !
And since this blessing from God is the world ’ s ‘ capital ’ atheistic communism shouts , ‘ Down with capitalism.
’ ” Mr. Armstrong based his forecast of future events and trends on Bible prophecy .
Hosea 7:8-9 predicts that the modern-day descendants of ancient Israel would mix themselves with foreigners and , by extension , their foreign ideologies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democratic Party today are not based on traditional American culture , which is largely based on the Bible .
They are ideas that were brought to America from German and Russian universities .
For decades , these anti-Bible ideologies have subversively “ devoured ” America ’ s strength while the average citizen “ knoweth it not.
” Soon , the atheistic ideals of Communist philosophy will ignite a violent revolution .
‘ You Will Revolt More and More ’ “ Ah sinful nation , a people laden with iniquity , a seed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : they have forsaken the Lord , they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger , they are gone away backward .
Why should ye be stricken any more ?
ye will revolt more and more : the whole head is sick , and the whole heart faint .
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it ; but wounds , and bruises , and putrifying sores : they have not been closed , neither bound up , neither mollified with ointment .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are burned with fire : your land , strangers devour it in your presence , and it is desolate , as overthrown by strangers ” ( Isaiah 1:4-7 ) .
This passage describes cause and effect .
The people are “ laden with iniquity , ” or sin , therefore the “ whole head is sick.
” The government is corrupt and the nation is faint .
As a consequence , the people “ revolt more and more.
” This revolution intensifies until strangers burn down cities and tear down America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Investigation informant Larry Grathwohl infiltrated the Weather Underground Organization in the 1970s , he reported that these radical Communists estimated they would have to kill 25 million people establish communism in America .
That is a lot more than died during the Bolshevik Revolution , yet the Bible shows that the death count will actually be far higher still .
A sobering prophecy in Ezekiel 5:12 reveals that one third of the population of end-time America and Britain will die from the pestilence , famine and violence that will result from civil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million deaths from rioting and warfare in the U.S.—10 times more than in Russia !
( Request our free book Ezekiel : The End-Time Prophet for more explanation of this prophecy . )
Today , socialism is gathering strength .
What people don ’ t understand about “ democratic socialism ” is that its purpose is the same as the purpose of “ dictatorial socialism ” : to overthrow constitutional government , by violence if necessary .
Bible prophecy shows that America ’ s great blessings will indeed be taken away—not just because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American people as a whole have turned away from God .
This has opened the door to communism and many other attacks inspired by the devil .
The coming violence in America ’ s cities is punishment , but it is punishment with a purpose .
God will use it to show us the result of sin and turning away from Him to our own ways of thinking .
He will use it to lead us to Him ( Ezekiel 12:17-20 ) .
God blessed Abraham for his obedience to His law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ follow his example .
Only after people learn this lesson will God bless America—and all nations—with peace , joy and prosperity .
It is a matter of life-and-death importance that everyone who hears this message take note of the seriousness of the times , evaluate their lifestyle and turn to God in heartfelt repentance .

Could an event as violent as the Russian Civil War ever happen in the United States of America?
As America approaches the November 2020 presidential elections, the nation is deeply divided. And this division is not just between Republicans and Democrats. The Democratic Party itself is deeply divided between moderate socialists like Pete Buttigieg and Michael Bloomberg and radical socialists like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
This divide is reminiscent of the divide between the Mensheviks and the more radical Bolsheviks during the “October Revolution,” or Bolshevik Revolution, in Russia.
This is history that every American needs to understand.
The Bolshevik Revolution unleashed some of the most violent events in world history. Vladimir Lenin and his supporters overthrew the Russian government in 1917, then forcibly reorganized the Russian empire into the world’s first socialist state. This revolution unleashed a civil war that killed 10 million people. The Bolsheviks won, consolidated their power, and established a Soviet state that slaughtered another 50 million people. All told, the Bolsheviks murdered as many as were killed in World War ii.
Yet the Bolshevik Revolution wasn’t all that bad, according to some paid staffers working for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. These radical socialists say that while launching another Bolshevik Revolution in the United States is not preferable, it may be necessary.
One field organizer for Sanders, Mason Baird, said in a video recorded secretly by Project Veritas: “We would need a federal government and labor union movement that is working together to strip power away from capitalists and preferably directing violence toward property …. A militant labor movement is kind of our last—our last real—chance before we try other means. … After we abolish landlords, we don’t have to kill them, that’s my feeling, I think it’s damaging to the soul, but there were plenty of excesses in 1917 I would hope to avoid. … I’m not excited about the prospect of armed struggle.”
This man is not talking about political strategy or which “battleground” states are key for his candidate to win the most votes in. He is talking about actual battlegrounds. America’s current system has to be torn down, he says. If you can do it without large-scale killing, great; but if you can’t, you can always resort to your backup plan and kill 10 million men, women and children.
There is an organized, active, powerful movement working to abolish the U.S. Constitution and establish a Communist system of government.
Shockingly, despite being exposed in this video, Baird remains a full-time paid member of the Sanders campaign. Even more shockingly, Baird was actually one of the more moderate people revealed by Project Veritas investigators.
The average American probably thinks that an event as violent as the Bolshevik Revolution could never happen in the United States. But he does not realize that there is an organized, active, powerful movement working to abolish the U.S. Constitution and establish a Communist system of government.
History and Bible prophecy show that if Americans do not turn to God in repentance, they will suffer a civil war many times worse than the Bolshevik Revolution.
Hardcore Radicals
Mason Baird is far from the only Communist working for Sen. Bernie Sanders. Another field organizer in South Carolina, Daniel Taylor, told Project Veritas reporters that plans are underway for extreme action.
“We don’t want to scare people off. You first have to feel it out before you get into the crazy stuff,” he said. “You know, we were talking about more extreme organizations like Antifa, you were talking about, Yellow Vests [French protesters], all that, but we’re kind of keeping that on the back burner for now. … Change won’t come easily, regardless. Even if Bernie is elected, change will not come swiftly or easily, so the connections we make now in the campaign with people, and volunteers, it’s important we retain that regardless of the outcome. It’s unfortunate that we have to make plans for extreme action, but like I said, they’re not going to give it to us, even if Bernie is elected.”
Taylor did not detail the kind of “extreme action” he was considering. But an Iowa field organizer for the Sanders Campaign, Kyle Jurek, told Project Veritas reporters that if Donald Trump is reelected, cities will “burn.”
Russian prisoners work on the White Sea Canal in 1932. Public Domain
“The only thing that fascists understand is violence,” Jurek said, referring to Trump supporters. “So the only way you can confront them is with violence.” In another conversation, Jurek suggested that supporters of President Trump should be reeducated in prison camps. “There’s a 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. You’re now a working-class person and you’re going to … learn what that means, right?”
“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. You’re now a working-class person and you’re going to … learn what that means, right?” Kyle Jurek
Incredibly, Jurek may not be the most radical Sanders employee caught on tape. When Sanders campaign field organizer Martin Weissgerber was asked by Project Veritas undercover reporters what he would do if Sanders lost the election, he answered, “I’ll straight up get armed. I want to learn how to shoot and go train. I’m ready for the … revolution, bro … I’m telling you. Guillotine the rich.”
Bernie Sanders, who is trying to become president of the United States, has not condemned these comments. He has retained all who made them as paid staffers in his campaign.
Revolution Redux
In its pure form, socialism means the government controls the economy. It owns not just the Postal Service, it owns everything, without competition: mines, mills, refineries, builders, railroads, automakers, carriers, distributors, ports, airlines, telecoms, news media, banks, schools, hospitals, farms, groceries, restaurants, stores—everything. Most American socialists say the government doesn’t have to literally own all businesses as long as it controls them through heavy regulations and taxes.
People like Senator Sanders emphasize that they are “democratic” socialists, which means that this enormously powerful government they want to create will be voted in by a majority of the people. Sanders says this to distance himself from the violent atrocities committed by “authoritarian communism” in the Soviet Union. Some take comfort in this distinction. They shouldn’t.
Vladimir Lenin joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1902. He said that the masses must be led by a “vanguard” party, the vanguard party must be led by central leadership, and the central leadership must wield enormous power. Most of the people in the party agreed. They began calling themselves Bolsheviks, from the Russian word for “majority.” Those who wanted party leadership to remain decentralized were called Mensheviks, from the Russian word for “minority.”
At that time, the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was a small party of young intellectuals. In 1907, there were only 38,200 Mensheviks and 46,100 Bolsheviks. Three out of four Bolsheviks were age 30 or younger.
After Czar Nicolas ii abdicated in 1917, Bolsheviks began calling for insurrection against the new Russian Provisional Government. These calls sparked the Bolshevik Revolution on November 7, when Red Guard militia retaliated against the government for shutting down one of their printing presses. The Bolsheviks marched against pro-government forces in Petrograd, now called St. Petersburg.
Yet the Bolshevik Party still ran candidates for office in elections that November, hoping to conquer Russia by democratic means. But these “democratic socialists” received only 23 percent of the vote.
Rather than accept the results of the election, they claimed that the system was rigged and said the only way to fix it was to establish a new system of government run by councils of working-class citizens called Soviets.
When the Bolsheviks declared the 1917 election illegitimate, their insurrection erupted into full-scale civil war. They changed the name of their party to the Russian Communist Party and recruited a Red Army to fight the anti-Communists and their White Army. The war continued for five years until the Bolsheviks defeated the anti-Communists and achieved their dream: The Soviet Union was established.
Former American Communist Whittaker Chambers later wrote about what it is that separates Communists from the millions of socialists who are an unwitting part of communism’s secret strength. “Have you the moral strength to take upon yourself the crimes of history so the man 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.”
The “miscellaneous socialist” is different from the true Communist only in that he lacks the will to commit acts of violence.
Socialism cannot be permanently established by democratic means. Most people will ultimately reject it—if you give them the chance. At that point, socialists have to either give up their dream or start shooting people.
An American-style Communist revolution with American-style rhetoric, American-style violence and American-style reeducation camps sounds impossible to many. But to one of the top contenders for the American presidency and many of his paid campaign staff members, “extreme action” is merely on the “back burner.”
Down With Capitalism
The late Herbert W. Armstrong explained in his book The United States and Britain in Prophecy that the peoples who settled the U.S. and Britain descended from the ancient Israelites. God made an unconditional promise to Abraham to give his descendants great material wealth. God kept this promise by giving the U.S. and Britain nearly three fourths of the world’s usable resources and wealth during the peak of their power. But God did not promise to keep blessing these nations if they turned away from Him.
A prophecy in Leviticus 26 states that if the descendants of Israel came to despise God’s statutes, He would strip away their blessings and allow their cities to be laid waste. In a January 1949 Plain Truth article, “The Plain Truth About Communism,” Mr. Armstrong specified that communism is a tool of the devil to blot out America’s blessings.
“The real goal of the Communist plotters is the violent overthrow of the United States and the British Empire. Why? We are the real ‘capitalist’ nations. We possess nearly three fourths of all the world’s ‘capital’—its developed and usable resources and wealth. … The plain truth, known by so few, is that we possess greater wealth and national resources than any other nation ever did, because Almighty God gave us this wealth in fulfillment of His birthright promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob! And communism is the devil’s effort, through his demon-inspired human tools, to take from us this greatest national and economic blessing God ever conferred on any people! And since this blessing from God is the world’s ‘capital’ atheistic communism shouts, ‘Down with capitalism.’”
Mr. Armstrong based his forecast of future events and trends on Bible prophecy. Hosea 7:8-9 predicts that the modern-day descendants of ancient Israel would mix themselves with foreigners and, by extension, their foreign ideologies. The far-left ideas put forward by the Democratic Party today are not based on traditional American culture, which is largely based on the Bible. They are ideas that were brought to America from German and Russian universities. For decades, these anti-Bible ideologies have subversively “devoured” America’s strength while the average citizen “knoweth it not.”
Soon, the atheistic ideals of Communist philosophy will ignite a violent revolution.
‘You Will Revolt More and More’
“Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers” (Isaiah 1:4-7).
This passage describes cause and effect. The people are “laden with iniquity,” or sin, therefore the “whole head is sick.” The government is corrupt and the nation is faint. As a consequence, the people “revolt more and more.” This revolution intensifies until strangers burn down cities and tear down America’s system of government.
When Federal Bureau of Investigation informant Larry Grathwohl infiltrated the Weather Underground Organization in the 1970s, he reported that these radical Communists estimated they would have to kill 25 million people establish communism in America. That is a lot more than died during the Bolshevik Revolution, yet the Bible shows that the death count will actually be far higher still.
“Democratic” socialists want a hugely powerful government—voted in by a majority of the people.
A sobering prophecy in Ezekiel 5:12 reveals that one third of the population of end-time America and Britain 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.—10 times more than in Russia! (Request our free book Ezekiel: The End-Time Prophet for more explanation of this prophecy.)
Today, socialism is gathering strength. What people don’t understand about “democratic socialism” is that its purpose is the same as the purpose of “dictatorial socialism”: to overthrow constitutional government, by violence if necessary. Bible prophecy shows that America’s great blessings will indeed be taken away—not just because socialists “outmaneuvered” conservatives— but because the American people as a whole have turned away from God. This has opened the door to communism and many other attacks inspired by the devil.
The coming violence in America’s cities is punishment, but it is punishment with a purpose. God will use it to show us the result of sin and turning away from Him to our own ways of thinking. He will use it to lead us to Him (Ezekiel 12:17-20). God blessed Abraham for his obedience to His law, and his descendants were supposed to follow his example. Only after people learn this lesson will God bless America—and all nations—with peace, joy and prosperity. It is a matter of life-and-death importance that everyone who hears this message take note of the seriousness of the times, evaluate their lifestyle and turn to God in heartfelt repentance.


thetrumpet--2020-03-05--Record High in Anti-Semitic Violence in Germany

Hatred for Jews is again rising in Germany. 2019 was a record year for anti-Semitic offenses. Germany is a country that holds many records and excels in various ways, but that’s a record it shouldn’t be proud of.
In 2019, the police registered 1,839 anti-Semitic crimes nationwide. This corresponds to at least five attacks a day. Germany’s federal government reported that anti-Semites committed more offenses in 2019 than any year since 2001. (In 2001, the federal government started to specifically categorize politically motivated crimes; comparisons to previous years are therefore difficult to nail down.)
Most offenses are attributed to neo-Nazis and other right-wing groups, according to government documents that have been made available to Tagesspiegel, following a regular inquiry from Bundestag Vice President Petra Pau and her parliamentary group Die Linke. The numbers are likely to be higher as cases will be added to the preliminary findings of the police.
The total number of violent offenses is also at its highest, with 72 anti-Semitic acts of violence in 2019, compared to 69 in 2018. In 2019, two people were killed and at least 35 people were injured in violent anti-Semitic attacks.
Some have previously tried to blame Germany’s growing problem with anti-Semitism on its growing Muslim population. Though this certainly factors in, 2019 and the first two months of 2020 have shown that Germans are the culprits of the most violent acts.
One case in 2019 particularly shocked all of Germany. In October, a right-wing extremist tried to shoot down the door of a fully occupied synagogue in Halle, Germany. As his attempts failed, he shot a woman on the street and a man in a Turkish snack bar.
In February, Tobias R. killed nine people before killing his mother and then himself. The killing spree was triggered by the apparent motive to cleanse Germany from foreign influences. Tobias R.’s manifesto revealed that he had a profound hatred for Jews.
“Especially after the Halle attack,” Tagesspiegel noted, “the deadly dimension of anti-Semitism in Germany could no longer be disputed” (Trumpet translation throughout). Federal Commissioner for Combating Anti-Semitism Felix Klein said that his greatest concern is the “significantly increased aggressiveness, which is expressed in the highest level of anti-Semitic violent crime.”
“The new police crime statistics confirm our fears,” said Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. “The breaking of taboos and the linguistic disinhibition that we experience everywhere and that are largely fueled by the [Alternative für Deutschland] ultimately translate into action. We also have to assume a high number of unreported cases. Many of those affected do not even file a complaint because investigations are often terminated and only a few perpetrators are actually brought to justice.”
Tagesspiegel wrote:
In the current balance sheet on anti-Semitic crime, the federal government mentions 363 “propaganda offenses” in addition to the acts of violence. Among other things, these are anti-Jewish smear shops and mobbing in public. The police identified a total of 1,019 suspects in 2019 for anti-Semitic offenses. Eight people were detained and only two arrest warrants were issued.
What will it take for Germany to wake up to the evil that is growing in its midst? Is the memory of the Holocaust not enough? Regarding violence committed by migrants, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said in 2018 that such crimes should be treated with “zero tolerance.” “Where boundaries have been crossed, rules or laws are broken; I am going to show zero tolerance,” he said.
Why than the inexplicable tolerance toward right-wing extremists?
Of course all crimes should be treated the same way. But as its own government officials have repeatedly said, Germany has a special responsibility to protect its Jewish population. But it falls awfully short of keeping this responsibility. This is true whether the crimes are committed by native Germans or migrants.
Could it be that Germany never truly repented of the crimes it committed in World War ii?
That’s a hard question that German officials and the public should be asking themselves in light of the recent spikes in violence.
As Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry explains in Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, the German people will commit even worse crimes than World War ii unless they truly repent. In Nahum—An End-Time Prophecy for Germany, Mr. Flurry further explains:
The word Nahum literally means “full of comfort.” There is a great comfort coming to this world when God destroys the German war machine forever. This nation has caused more wars than any other nation in the history of man! So says your Bible and secular history! Then God shall build a great, hard-working German nation that will serve all of humanity. … This prophecy is called a burden, which comes from the Hebrew word massa, meaning “grave and weighty.” This is a painfully solemn introduction. The Germans could save themselves so much suffering if only they would heed God’s message.
Increased attacks on Jews and foreigners in Germany should be a wake-up call for the whole country to come to repentance and heed God’s warning. Every nation on Earth should do this. But Germany needs to do so all the more, lest history repeats itself on far greater scale.
If you want to learn more about what the Bible teaches about where events in Germany are leading, request your free copies of Nahum—An End-Time Prophecy for Germany and Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, by Gerald Flurry. These two booklets will help you understand why mankind has not learned from history—and the consequences that will result from that ignorance.