RUMOURS OF WAR: President Trump Summons The Entire Senate For Meeting On War With North Korea!!

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RUMOURS OF WAR: President Trump Summons The Entire Senate For Meeting On War With North Korea by Geoffrey Grider President Donald Trump has called for a rare White House meeting with the entire Senate to discuss the political crisis on the Korean Peninsula. With tensions between the U.S. and North Korea mounting, the gathering may have massive consequences for the region. "But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by." Luke 21:8 (KJV) The meeting, which is scheduled for Wednesday, would gather all 100 senators for a briefing hosted by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Monday, according to USA Today. The announcement came as the Navy's Seventh Fleet said two destroyers of its Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group conducted simultaneous, bilateral exercises with U.S. regional allies South Korea and Japan in a display of military might on North Korea's doorstep. North Korea hosted its own exhibition of military force Tuesday, according to South Korea's official Yonhap News Agency. On the anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army, North Korea's armed forces conducted large-scale artillery drills near the eastern port city of Wonsan. Pyongyang's military exercises came amid speculation that the reclusive, authoritarian state may have used the occasion to conduct a sixth nuclear test, an event that was previously anticipated during a ceremony earlier this month marking the 105th birthday of the nation's founder and current leader Kim Jong Un's grandfather, Kim Il Sung. North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and its pursuit of long-range missile technology has drawn deep criticism from much of the international community, and Trump responded by dispatching a group of warships, including the Nimitz-class supercarrier Carl Vinson, raising fears that the U.S. may take military action. Entire U.S. Senate summons to White House for North Korea Briefing: These parallel military escalations are likely to be a topic of discussion at Wednesday's meeting at the White House, an unusual venue to gather the entire Senate and some of Trump's most senior officials. Many lawmakers have pressed the White House for a clear direction in foreign policy and some, such as Ben Cardin, the most senior Democratic politician on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hope this will be an opportunity to hear a diplomatic solution to the recent political crisis in Asia. "It's (the location) their choice," Cardin told Reuters. "I hope that we hear their policy as to what their objectives are, and how we can accomplish that hopefully without dropping bombs." North Korea carries out artillery tests as tension with U.S. heightens: In recent weeks, both Tillerson and Vice President Mike Pence have made clear to the U.S.'s allies in the Western Pacific that Washington was considering "all options," including military action, against North Korea to prevent it from conducting additional nuclear tests. These threats were underscored by Trump's decision to bombard a Syrian airbase with Tomahawk cruise missiles less than 72 hours after blaming Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for an alleged chemical weapons attack on civilians in the northwestern rebel-held province of Idlib. Russia, which backs Assad politically and militarily in his six-year conflict with various insurgents and the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), denied the Syrian military's responsibility for the suspected sarin gas attack and accused Trump of acting hastily and irresponsibly by pursuing military action before a thorough, independent investigation was conducted. What a war with North Korea would look like: One day after the April 7 U.S. Navy strike on Syria, Trump declared he was dispatching a naval "armada" toward the Korean Peninsula amid reports that North Korea was poising for a new nuclear weapons test. Neither the nuclear test nor the U.S. warships arrived, however, and Pyongyang ultimately conducted a ballistic missile test, which failed shortly after launch. The attempted launch drew U.N. Security Council condemnation, although the international body's statement was delayed by a squabble between the U.S. and Russia, still bitter over the earlier disagreement in Syria. Following the Security Council's move, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said the U.S. may "start looking at sanctions or other actions," according to The Guardian. Trump's strikes on Syria were unannounced, meaning the Republican leader may already be pursuing a unique position on North Korea. Pyongyang's traditional ally, China, has also expressed deep frustration with its neighbor's rogue nuclear weapons program and has pleaded for calm in the region. Both Russia and China have denied sending additional troops and armaments to their respective borders with North Korea, but have closely followed the Trump administration's moves in response to growing uncertainty on the Korean Peninsula. Discussions held and decisions made in Wednesday's meeting would likely affect both nations, which have their own interests in the region. source

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As Middle East Tempers Flare, China Demands Creation Of A Palestinian State With East Jerusalem Capital!!

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As Middle East Tempers Flare, China Demands Creation Of A Palestinian State With East Jerusalem Capital by THE ORACLE. Palestinians must be allowed to build an independent state, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday after meeting Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, who pushed Beijing to do more in the Middle East peace process. "For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place."Jeremiah 29:10 (KJV) EDITOR'S NOTE: As Middle East tempers flare between Russia and Iran a and the United States, China now has renewed its call for the creation of a Palestinian state. Russia nows says that Palestinians should have East Jerusalem. This year is the 70th anniversary of the partition plan, and next year will be the 70th anniversary of the regathering of Israel. Everywhere you look, you see the number 70. Jeremiah said that "after 70 years", the LORD will "again visit Israel". We KNOW that that visit will result in the kickoff of the time of Jacob's trouble. May 14, 2018 will be 70 years. Let that sink in for a moment. For more on that, click here. "This year marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations' passing of Palestine-Israel Partition Plan. According to the resolution at that time, Israel had the right to statehood, Palestine also had the right to statehood. However, after 70 years, what we can see is that Palestinian brothers have yet to establish an independent country with full sovereignty. This is unfair. This kind of historical injustice must be corrected and cannot continue," Yi stated during a joint briefing with al-Maliki. Chinese envoys occasionally visit Israel and the Palestinian Territories, though China has traditionally played little role in Middle East conflicts or diplomacy, despite its reliance on the region for oil. Beijing has traditionally had a good relationship with the Palestinians. "We do like to see more Chinese involvement in bringing about a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine. And of course, you know, China is a good friend to both parties, to Israel and Palestine. That really qualifies her to play a role if that really suits her," added al-Maliki at the briefing. The Middle East, however, is fraught with risk for China, a country that has little experience navigating the religious and political tensions that frequently rack the region. source

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                                    MINDFULNESS: NOT FOR CHRISTIANS!

....’bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ’. 2 Corinthians 10:5

Introduction

There is a practice that is becoming more widespread and increasingly embraced by governments, public sector organisations and the global corporate world as well as by individuals that is professed to be secular, non-spiritual and validated by science. You may have heard of it but unless you are involved you probably have little in depth knowledge about it other than what has been presented by its enthusiastic proponents. It is being promoted as a route to happiness, better personal well- being and better business performance as well as a tool for reducing stress. It is labelled and known as ‘Mindfulness’.

The practice is increasingly directed towards the leaders at all levels of society with some success in order to supposedly create lives with a deeper sense of peace and purpose and to positively influence the world around them. One can suppose that if this continues to take hold it may become more and more mainstream and embedded in company and organisation culture so that those who feel inclined or prefer not to follow this path could increasingly find themselves marginalised.

Time magazine majoring on the practice on its front page in the January 2014 edition headlined it ‘The Mindful Revolution’. One can see how the promised rewards of having happier citizens enjoying better wellbeing and staff who are happier, less stressed and more productive is appealing to companies and organisations apart from the appeal to the individual seeking inner peace and relief from stress.

However, the bible believing Christian has a responsibility to check this practice against scripture in deciding whether it is the right path for them. The apostle Paul warns in 1 Timothy 4:1 of the doctrine of demons and deceiving spirits in the end times. He also urges us in 1 Thessalonians 5:21 to ‘test all things’. This paper seeks to do that.

So what is mindfulness?

Let’s take a look into what its proponent websites say about it. One such typical definition is as follows:

‘Mindfulness means maintaining a moment by moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations and surrounding environment. Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them-without believing for instance, that there’s a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to think or feel in a given moment'

www.greatergood.berkeley.edu

In summary it is a meditative technique. Similar definitions can also be found on the www.themindfulnessinitiative.org.uk and www.themindfulnessfoundation.org.uk . These websites also make interesting reading as to UK Parliamentary interest plus wider policy visions for the practice including ambitions for getting it into schools where it is already creeping in.

So what are its origins?

The modern concept of mindfulness is generally attributed in origin to Jon Kabat-Zinn. Per Wikipedia Zinn is the Professor of Medicine Emeritus and creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Centre for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in the USA.

But when you start to examine Zinn’s spiritual past and indeed those of many other leaders in the subject it becomes clear that the true origins lie in Buddhism albeit Yoga devotees also seem to sit comfortably with it.  According to Wikipedia Kabat Zinn was a student of Buddhist teachers such as Thich Nhat Hanh and Zen master Seung Sahn. Zinn’s practice of yoga and studies of with Buddhist teachers led him to integrate their teachings with those of science. He also taught at the Insight Meditation Society. Zinn has created the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme which he says can help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain and illness.

He is a board member of the Mind and Life Institute, a group that organizes dialogues between the Dalai Lama and Western Scientists.

For further confirmation of the link to Buddhism see the www.actionforhappiness.org website and the ‘Exploring what matters course ’which is mindfulness based. And who is the Patron of ‘Action for Happiness’? The Dalai Lama. With his endorsement as follows “I wholeheartedly support the Exploring What Matters course and hope that many thousands will benefit from it and be inspired to take their own action to create a happier world”. The action for happiness course, coming to a parish hall (or maybe church hall !) near you shortly.

In simple terms, what is Buddhism?

Buddhism originated around 560BC through an Indian gent named Siddarta Gautama who by a spiritual journey and meditation (the prevailing faith around him was Hinduism) when sitting meditating under a Bo-tree received what he understood to be divine enlightenment. This resulted in him becoming known as the ‘Buddha’ or ‘Enlightened one’. In short he arrived at his understanding of ‘truth’ and ‘salvation’. He arrived at the conclusion that all suffering is rooted in desire (tanha), in the will to live and to possess and in attachment to this world. The sole release from suffering is to completely destroy desire. The means to do this is ‘cessation’ achieved through morality, meditation and the attainment of wisdom. This was principally achieved through the ‘eightfold path’ of Buddhist principles. Those which should most concern the Christian are 1. Right understanding: to see life characterised by impermanence, suffering and ‘no soul’ (i.e. there is no true ‘I’, only pure consciousness of which our minds are fragments). This is in direct contradiction to the Bible which clearly recognises that humans are body, soul and spirit and that for better or for worse the human soul is real and eternal albeit ultimately subject to God’s judgement. 7. Right mindfulness: constant awareness of the ‘truth’ about the body and its feelings, the mind and its ideas (as outlined in the practices critiqued elsewhere in this paper) and 8. Right concentration: the direction of the mind to a wholesome object in disciplined meditation. 

You can see therefore that mindfulness and the associated meditation are essential elements of Buddhism which in addition holds a belief in reincarnation and the concept of karma. The ultimate aim is to break free from the cycle or wheel of birth and death and enter Nirvana - the Buddhist heavenly state.

Buddha in his enlightened state proclaimed himself to be the perfect one, to have found The Way. He then proceeded to preach around North East India for forty five years being hailed as saviour and the perfect master.

The comparison and contrast with the gospel of the Bible and the Lord Jesus Christ is stark. Jesus in John 14:6 said ‘I am the way, the truth and the life .No one comes to the Father except through me’. In Christian belief suffering comes from the fall of man and the coming of sin into the world. The true and only solution has been gracefully provided by God who offers us reconciliation with Him through faith and acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and saviour. That opens up all the resources and comfort of the Holy Spirit to help believers in their suffering.

Paul in Galatians 1:8 warns: ‘But even if we, or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed’. Strong words!

But what is wrong with the mindfulness now being promoted?

As Christians we should embrace all the promises and resources promised us in God’s Word. Christians should not be running after the practices and techniques that are not in the Bible and which are actually from a religion that Christ himself would have classed as pagan.

Consider:

Ø  Isaiah 26:3 tells us ‘You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you’

Ø  Jesus said ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  Matthew 22:37.

Ø  Paul enjoins us in Colossians 3:2 to ‘set your mind on things above, not on the earth’.

Ø  and to be ’bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ’. 2 Corinthians 10:5

Ø   1 Peter 1:13 tells us ‘Therefore  gird up the loins of your mind, be sober and rest your hope fully on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ’.

Our minds are to be actively focussed on Christ. We are to practice self-control. Suspending control and discernment (i.e. judgement) as advocated and practised in mindfulness is a reckless and spiritually dangerous exercise. Sinful thoughts should be strangled at birth. Cut off by the neck as soon as they appear. The Bible is quite clear. To allow random thoughts (and possibly even entities) free access to the mind while suspending judgement is completely contrary to the Word of God. Who knows what thoughts or worse might take root and stay rather than go?

Christians should not be indulging in this practice but actively walking and talking with our Father through Christ in the ways outlined in the Bible.   

So where might this be heading?

Those who hold to a liberal interpretation of scripture or a post millennial eschatology should look away now!

In considering ‘mindfulness’ the following scriptures seem appropriate in seeking to discern the direction of travel and what might actually be going on here :

               

Ø  Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming... 1 John 2:18

Ø  And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard is coming and is now already in the world  1 John 4:3

Ø  So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world  Revelation 12:9

Ø  lest Satan should take advantage of us : for we are not ignorant of his devices  2 Corinthians 2:11

Ø  But evil men and imposters will go from worse to worse to worse, deceiving and being deceived  2 Timothy 3:13

Ø  The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish because they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved. 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10.

Ø  And all the world marvelled and followed the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast and they worshiped the beast, saying,’ Who is like the beast?’ Revelation 13:3-4

Ø  For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities….spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12

Is mindfulness a spiritual Trojan horse parading as pseudo-science in order to condition and prepare the masses into an unquestioning acceptance of the Antichrist when he comes? Time will tell.

Conclusion 

Notwithstanding, those who consider themselves Christians might like to heed Pauls warning in 2 Corinthians 11:3 ‘But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

There is an end time battle going on for your mind. Mindfulness: Not for Christians!

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