This is a collection of articles written by Paul McGuire over a period of years. They cover a variety of topics, usually related to a current news event or compelling issues facing individuals or America.


How to Have a Red Hot Sex Life
How To Have Breakthrough In Your Life
Robert Downey, Jr. & The Generational Curse
Israel Today and In Prophecy

Aliens, UFO's & Nephilim
Overview of the New Age
Hollywood Religion
Literal Virgin Birth?






THE COMING EUROPEAN UNION DICTATORSHIP & THE NORTH    AMERICAN UNION DICTATORSHIP

                                      By Paul McGuire

        The purpose of the North American Union is to create a regional global government based on a new North American Union Constitution.  The North American Union is designed to be a mirror or duplicate of the European Union.  But, the question is what is the true purpose of the European Union? 

        According to “Vladimir Bukovksy, the 63-year old former Soviet dissident, fears that the European Union is on its way to becoming another Soviet Union. In a speech he delivered in Brussels last week Mr Bukovsky called the EU a “monster” that must be destroyed, the sooner the better, before it develops into a full fledged totalitarian state.”

        Mr Bukovsky paid a visit to the European Parliament on Thursday at the invitation of Fidesz, the Hungarian Civic Forum. Fidesz, a member of the European Christian Democrat group, had invited the former Soviet dissident over from England, where he lives, on the occasion of this year’s 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. After his morning meeting with the Hungarians, Mr Bukovsky gave an afternoon speech in a Polish restaurant in the Trier straat, opposite the European Parliament, where he spoke at the invitation of the United Kingdom Independence Party, of which he is a patron.

In his speech Mr Bukovsky referred to confidential documents from secret Soviet files which he was allowed to read in 1992. These documents confirm the existence of a “conspiracy” to turn the European Union into a socialist organization. I attended the meeting and taped the speech. A transcript, as well as the audio fragment (approx. 15 minutes) can be found below. I also had a brief interview with Mr Bukovsky (4 minutes), a transcript and audio fragment of which can also be found below. The interview about the European Union had to be cut short because Mr Bukovsky had other engagements, but it brought back some memories to me, as I had interviewed Vladimir Bukovsky twenty years ago, in 1986, when the Soviet Union, the first monster that he so valiantly fought, was still alive and thriving.

Mr Bukovsky was one of the heroes of the 20th century. As a young man he exposed the use of psychiatric imprisonment against political prisoners in the former USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1917-1991) and spent a total of twelve years (1964-1976), from his 22nd to his 34th year, in Soviet jails, labour camps and psychiatric institutions. In 1976 the Soviets expelled him to the West. In 1992 he was invited by the Russian government to serve as an expert testifying at the trial conducted to determine whether the Soviet Communist Party had been a criminal institution. To prepare for his testimony Mr Bukovsky was granted access to a large number of documents from Soviet secret archives. He is one of the few people ever to have seen these documents because they are still classified. Using a small handheld scanner and a laptop computer, however, he managed to copy many documents (some with high security clearance), including KGB reports to the Soviet government.

       

 Bukoksky said in his speech before the European Parliament, “In 1992 I had unprecedented access to Politburo and Central Committee secret documents which have been classified, and still are even now, for 30 years. These documents show very clearly that the whole idea of turning the European common market into a federal state was agreed between the left-wing parties of Europe and Moscow as a joint project which [Soviet leader Mikhail] Gorbachev in 1988-89 called our “common European home.”

The idea was very simple. It first came up in 1985-86, when the Italian Communists visited Gorbachev, followed by the German Social-Democrats. They all complained that the changes in the world, particularly after [British Prime Minister Margaret] Thatcher introduced privatisation and economic liberalisation, were threatening to wipe out the achievement (as they called it) of generations of Socialists and Social-Democrats – threatening to reverse it completely. Therefore the only way to withstand this onslaught of wild capitalism (as they called it) was to try to introduce the same socialist goals in all countries at once. Prior to that, the left-wing parties and the Soviet Union had opposed European integration very much because they perceived it as a means to block their socialist goals. From 1985 onwards they completely changed their view. The Soviets came to a conclusion and to an agreement with the left-wing parties that if they worked together they could hijack the whole European project and turn it upside down. Instead of an open market they would turn it into a federal state.

According to the [secret Soviet] documents, 1985-86 is the turning point. I have published most of these documents. You might even find them on the internet. But the conversations they had are really eye opening. For the first time you understand that there is a conspiracy – quite understandable for them, as they were trying to save their political hides. In the East the Soviets needed a change of relations with Europe because they were entering a protracted and very deep structural crisis; in the West the left-wing parties were afraid of being wiped out and losing their influence and prestige. So it was a conspiracy, quite openly made by them, agreed upon, and worked out.

 

        If you go through all the structures and features of this emerging European monster you will notice that it more and more resembles the Soviet Union. Of course, it is a milder version of the Soviet Union. Please, do not misunderstand me. I am not saying that it has a Gulag. It has no KGB – not yet – but I am very carefully watching such structures as Europol for example. That really worries me a lot because this organisation will probably have powers bigger than those of the KGB. They will have diplomatic immunity. Can you imagine a KGB with diplomatic immunity? They will have to police us on 32 kinds of crimes – two of which are particularly worrying, one is called racism, another is called xenophobia. No criminal court on earth defines anything like this as a crime [this is not entirely true, as Belgium already does so – pb]. So it is a new crime, and we have already been warned. Someone from the British government told us that those who object to uncontrolled immigration from the Third World will be regarded as racist and those who oppose further European integration will be regarded as xenophobes. I think Patricia Hewitt said this publicly.

Hence, we have now been warned. Meanwhile they are introducing more and more ideology. The Soviet Union used to be a state run by ideology. Today’s ideology of the European Union is social-democratic, statist, and a big part of it is also political correctness. I watch very carefully how political correctness spreads and becomes an oppressive ideology, not to mention the fact that they forbid smoking almost everywhere now. Look at this persecution of people like the Swedish pastor who was persecuted for several months because he said that the Bible does not approve homosexuality. France passed the same law of hate speech concerning gays. Britain is passing hate speech laws concerning race relations and now religious speech, and so on and so forth. What you observe, taken into perspective, is a systematic introduction of ideology which could later be enforced with oppressive measures. Apparently that is the whole purpose of Europol. Otherwise why do we need it? To me Europol looks very suspicious. I watch very carefully who is persecuted for what and what is happening, because that is one field in which I am an expert. I know how Gulags spring up.

It looks like we are living in a period of rapid, systematic and very consistent dismantlement of democracy. Look at this Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. It makes ministers into legislators who can introduce new laws without bothering to tell Parliament or anyone. My immediate reaction is why do we need it? Britain survived two world wars, the war with Napoleon, the Spanish Armada, not to mention the Cold War, when we were told at any moment we might have a nuclear world war, without any need for introducing this kind legislation, without the need for suspending our civil liberaties and introducing emergency powers. Why do we need it right now? This can make a dictatorship out of your country in no time.”  ( Source / Read  The Brussels Journal The Essential European Blog -http://www.brusselsjournal.com )

What people need to understand here is that the architects of the North American Union which is being constructed before our very eyes have openly said that they want to the NAU to be a duplicate of the European Union.  What were are seeing in is the emergence of the diverse government referred to in Daniel Chapter 7:23 where it say’s Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.”

        In excellent article entitled, The European Union and Supra- Religion by Dr. Robert Congdon for the Pre-Trib Research Center. Congdon writes, “While these expansionist concepts of the European Union potentially “fit” the “whole earth” descriptions of Daniel 7:23, we note a second characteristic also required of the final kingdom of Daniel 7:23 — that it is “diverse.”

Surprisingly, few Bible commentators make note of the significance of this “diverse” kingdom. Yet, in the word “diverse” is a key to understanding what distinguishes the latter day form of the Roman Empire from its past form or its current fragmented form. The Aramaic word “diverse” is repeated several times in this chapter (vv. 3, 7, 19, 23, 24).

Verse 7 states that the fourth kingdom will be “diverse” from the three previous kingdoms. In verse 23 we learn that it is “diverse” from “all kingdoms,” not just the first three of Daniel. Clearly, we need to understand the meaning of this word since it is what sets the latter day kingdom apart from its earlier form and from all of the other kingdoms of history.

The English definition of “diverse” is something that is “distinctly dissimilar or unlike anything else. The ancient Chaldean word means to “be different from or unique. Summing it up, “diverse” is something that is unique from everything else. Daniel uses the same word to describe the anti-Christ of the Tribulation (Daniel 7:24). Based upon Daniel’s use of “diverse” we expect the latter day form of the Roman Empire to be unique in history in some distinct aspect.

Now we must ask, “Is the EU that diverse kingdom written of by Daniel?” Responding to the devastation of World War I, Jean Monnet offered the world a unique, new form of government. He called it a “supra-national” government and defined it as “transcending established national boundaries or spheres of interest.”

        The idea is that the European Union, or the Revived Roman Empire will be different than any other form of government.  In addition, it’s ambitions are to be a supra-national global government.  This was the goal of Karl Marx and Communism – to form a global government.  It was also the dream of the Fabian Socialists like H.G. Well’s and Bertrand Russell.  The architects of the North American Union want the NAU to be a mirror of the European Union.  Eventually the European Union will swallow up regional global governments like the North American Union.  Isn’t interesting to see the dictatorial plans built into the European Union.  Plans inserted by the former Soviet Union whos ideology was created by Karl Marx.  Whether it is the Humanist Manifesto or the Communist Manifesto, both belief systems lead us down the same path.  That path is some kind of godless global government.

HOW TO HAVE A RED HOT SEX LIFE   By Paul McGuire

When it comes to sex, men and women see things differently. Men often are clueless about cultivating a passionate and romantic relationship with their wives. At the same time, women often have no idea how important sexual fulfillment is to men both physically and psychologically. These are things that men can do to ignite their sex lives:
Learn to tune in to your wife. Actively discipline and train yourself to be sensitive to your wife. It will require concentration and hard work, but when your wife senses that you are being truly sensitive to her she will respect you, open up to you, trust you, and desire to be physically intimate with you
Romance your wife. When you were courting your wife, you knew instinctively how to be sensitive, caring, and romantic. Maybe you took her out for coffee, wrote her little love notes, brought her flowers, and listened to her intently when she poured her heart out to you. Slowly - without knowing it - you lost the romantic tenderness and passion. Now when you approach her sexually, she seems uninterested and unavailable. Have you stopped being her lover on the kind of romantic level that every woman craves? Begin to find ways to be romantic again and don't expect an instant payoff.
Cultivate a romantic relationship. Actively enjoy, delight, and rejoice in your wife. Many men want the passionate sex without the emotional and spiritual relationship, but women are not designed this way. Become the lover of her soul before you become the lover of her body.
Don't ignore unresolved conflicts. If you ignore conflicts, tensions, and disagreements in your marriage relationship, you will find that your wife will not be interested in being with you. Be the leader in healing any conflicts.
Be understanding of where she is physically and emotionally. Generally, men need sex more often than their wives do, with little or no preparation. But many women are exhausted from balancing the demands of work, family, and other activities. She may be exhausted, physically run down, depressed, anxious about something, or not feeling well.
Stop begging and start talking. Don't complain, pressure, demand, or beg for sex. Never pressure your wife to do things sexually that she is not comfortable with. You must respect each other's wishes, needs, and desires
Be creative about how you approach your wife sexually. For most women, physical intimacy is about love, romance, and emotional connection. They enjoy candles, bubble baths, love notes, foot rubs, massages, and soft music. Your own cleanliness, smell, and grooming are also important. Sex between a husband and wife should be passionate and holy at the same time. It should be a celebration of your spiritual union, emotional and physical union.
Find ways to praise and compliment your wife. A woman wants to know that she is admired by her husband and that she is special to him.
Make sure your sexual desires and attitudes have been renewed. Good sex is more than a plumbing manual. A lot of people in today’s culture have had there sexual attitudes shaped by pornography. The problem with pornography is that it creates a fantasy world about sex that is built on a series of lies. The first lie is that sex is simply a physical act. Sex is spiritual, emotional and physical. When you turn men or women into sex objects. You objectify the sexual relationship. Sex is reduced to a mechanical act. It is depersonalized and it dehumanizes. People feel like objects and they feel uses. You cannot compartmentalize sex. Great sex involves love and spirituality.
Be a friend to your wife.Let your sexual relationship flow out of true friendship and close companionship. Your relationship should not just consist of talking about bills, children's problems, household chores, and to-do lists. Share laughter, dreams, inner thoughts, and your relationships with the Lord. A woman is physically turned on by this kind of emotional intimacy and closeness.

Paul McGuire is a radio talk-show host and the author of Heal Your Past and Change Your Marriage.

Originally published as "Light Her Fire" New Man magazine, published bimonthly by Strang Communications, September/October 2000, copyright (c) 2000. Used by permission. Subscription rate is $19.95 for six issues. Canadian subscribers add $4.50 per year, foreign subscribers per year. Send subscription requests to New Man Magazine, P.O. Box 420235 , Palm Coast , FL 32142 or to order by phone call 1-800-829-3371 or 904-445-9920









HOW TO HAVE BREAKTHROUGH IN YOUR LIFE   By Paul McGuire

You have problems, obstacles, challenges, difficulties and trials in your life. As a result you are frustrated, depressed, anxious and worried. The question is "What do you do?" and what do you do here down here on Earth in the middle of this mess?

A lot of religions teach that it is God’s will for you to suffer. The Hindu’s teach that and they call it karma. A lot of people think they are suffering down here on earth because of bad karma. In fact, the late Beatle John Lennon sang a song about instant karma. Many churches teach you that it is God’s will for you to suffer. Now, there is a partial truth wrapped up in that statement. Sometimes suffering is necessary for us to grow spiritually. However, your destiny is not to be one of endless suffering. At some point, you should learn what you are supposed to learn and then experience breakthrough. The key to your breakthrough is wrapped up in you have been placed here on earth for a purpose. Now, that concept is so simple that it completely misses most of us. In certainly, misses the much of the media, the scientific establishment and society in general, who think we are here on earth by accident or chance.

The reality is that you are not in this thing called life alone! In fact, you are not in your own life alone. You are not alone! God is with you in whatever trial, difficulty and situation you may face. In plain simple, English that means that if your marriage is a mess, your family needs help, your career is nowhere, health problems, financial difficulties or whatever the challenge is. This God who created you…this God who exists. He does not sit passively in Heaven watching your predicament saying "Oh well" and chuckles.

This God who really cares about you died to set you free and His compassion is endless. He is truly a Heavenly Father who like an earthly father that you may never known is full of love towards you. Like a true Father, He is intimately involved in your life. He may allow trials and tests to teach you. But, His desire for you is growth, fruitfulness and yes fulfillment! I am a Dad of three children. I recognize that my children have self-centered natures. As such I will have to discipline them in order that they can become what they were designed to be. However, because my heart overflows with love for them. I want them to be all who they were created to be! I want them to experience good things in their lives and be blessed. This is a very simple, but profound attitude regarding what our perception of God should be.

You are here on earth to experience breakthrough. Like an athlete you must learn to overcome the obstacles placed before you. You have a choice, you can give into the mediocrity that you see all around you. You can give into depression, addiction and despair. Or you can learn to triumph. A lot of people think that suffering is the truly spiritual thing to do. But, learning to triumph is far more spiritual than simply suffering. Anybody can suffer, but very few learn how to triumph and to overcome. You need to understand that you were called to be an overcomer. That is you destiny. But, the process of learning how to overcome begins now. Whatever trial, difficulty and challenge you face can be overcome!

For more on how you can find breakthrough and to be an overcomer in your life. Order Paul McGuire's book’s The Breakthrough Manual and The Overcomer






 




ISRAEL TODAY AND IN PROPHECY    By Paul McGuire

I. THE EVERSLASTING COVENANT

A. God establishes an everlasting covenant with Abraham.
B. Covenant comes from the Hebrew word berit ( beh-reet ). It means covenant, compact, pledge, treaty, agreement.
C. Circumcision is the sign of the covenant. ( Genesis 17:1-14
D. God’s unconditional covenant with Abraham. Genesis Chapter 15. God ordains a divinely ordered ritual called a barath which means to cut a covenant. This ritual involves two people who would divide a sacrifice in two parts and walk a “figure of eight pattern” while reciting the terms of the covenant. In this case, God puts Abraham asleep and goes through the covenant procedure Himself. The point God was making is that the covenant is unconditional and unilateral. Thus the Abrahamic covenant was unconditional. This is important when understanding the Book of Romans as well as many other passages. God gave Abraham the land and to his descendants. “From the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates .”

E. Isaiah 54:9-10 God’s covenant of peace shall never be removed from Israel .

F. God promised a specific land to the Jews.

A) Genesis 12:1-3, Genesis 15:18 ; 13:15 ;26:2-3;28:13, Exodus 6:8
B) Leviticus 20:24, Jeremiah 7:7


II. GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE

A. God chose the Jews not because they were more righteous or better than any other people. God did not give the Jews the Promised Land or the land of Canaan due to favoritism. The nations were cast out of that land because of their wickedness. “But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the inequity of the Amorites is not yet full.” Genesis 15:16.
B. Deuteronomy 9:4,5 God clearly reveals that the land is being given not because of Israel ’s righteousness, but because of the covenant He made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
C. The promise of the land was not given once or twice, but dozens of times and this is repeated in almost every New Testament book.
D. The modern Arabs claim to be descendants of Ishmael ( there is no proof of this ) But, they are still not the seeds of Isaac and Jacob to whom the promise of the land was given.
E. Author Bruce Feiler who wrote Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths and who has been featured in Time Magazine and numerous national television networks. Feiler attempts to promote the idea that the land given to Abraham was given to all faiths including the Muslims and Christians. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Even a casual reading of the Old Testament indicates that the land was specifically given to the Jews. Feiler and others like him attempt to use revisionist history in order to support their personal political beliefs. The Bible indicates that land was given to the Jews and nobody else!

Three Facts About The Land

A. The promise was not made to the present day Jews who are primarily secular and do not believe in God. The promise was made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
B. Possession of the land is contingent upon obedience to God. Even though they are the descendants of Jacob, they will be cast out of the land because of disobedience. If they repent they will be given the land permanently.
C. The promise is an everlasting covenant and is still true today! Exodus 33:11,13, Leviticus 25:23, Jeremiah 25:4,5, Ezekiel 37:25

D. The boundaries of the Promised Land. Genesis 15:18-21


III. TEN PROPHECIES FULFILLED

1 God’s promise of the land along with specific boundaries.Genesis 15:18-21 God’s promise to Abraham ( Genesis 12:1-3; 13:15, 15:7 ) That promise was given again to Abraham’s son Isaac ( Genesis 26:3-5 ), his grandson Jacob ( Genesis 28:13 ), and to all of their descendants ( Leviticus 25:46; Joshua 14:9 ).

2 God brought the children of Israel into the Promised Land. ( Exodus 6:7,8; Deuteronomy 7:6;14:12.

3 God warned the children of Israel if they broke His commandments and practiced immorality and idolatry like the previous inhabitants of the land, that He would cast them out of the land. ( Deuteronomy 9:4; 28:63, I Kings 9:7, 2 Chronicles 7:20 ) All of this happened as God foretold.

4 God stated that His people would be scattered “among all people, from one end of the earth even to the other.” ( Deuteronomy 28:64; 1 Kings 9:7, Nehemiah 1:8; Amos 9:9; Zechariah 7:14 ) The Jews were scattered all over the earth.

5 God warned that wherever they wandered the Jews would be “an astonishment, a proverb, a byword…a curse and a reproach” ( Deuteronomy 28:37; 2 Chronicles 7:20 ; Jeremiah 29:18;44:8 ) Anti-Semitism has plagued the Jews for centuries, including the holocaust and the hostility of the Muslims.

6 The prophets declared the Jews would be persecuted and killed as no other people on the face of the earth.

7 God promised that despite all this that He would not let His people be destroyed and that He would preserve them as an ethnic group/ ( Jeremiah 30:11; 31:35-37 ) Due to the intense persecution of the Jews, it would have been desirous for the Jews to completely reject and hide their ethnic identity in order to survive. This would have meant changing their names, intermarrying and other things to hide the fact hat they were Jews. Yet, the Jews continue to preserve their bloodline and huge numbers do not intermarry. God chose to keep the Jews as a people for Himself. ( Exodus 33:16; Leviticus 20:26 )

8 God said that in the last days He would bring them back to their land. ( Jeremiah 30:10; 31:8-12; Ezekiel 36:24, 35-38 ) God said that this would happen prior to the Second Coming of the Messiah. The fulfillment of this amazing prophecy occurred in 1948 when Israel was reformed as a nation. This happened nearly 1900 years after the final Diaspora which occurred at the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. by the Roman armies of Titus. The miracle of the restoration of a nation after 25 centuries in nothing less than miraculous.

9 God stated that in the last days before the Messiah’s return that Jersusalem would become “ a cup of trembling… a burdensome stone for all people” ( Zechariah 12:2,3.

10 Finally the ancient prophets predicted that the Jews would be “like an hearth of fire among the wood… to devour all the people round about…” ( Zechariah 12:6-8 )






ALIEN INVADERS   
By Paul McGuire   (The mass suicides of Heaven's Gate cultists revealed a lot about spirituality in America . Here's a closer look at the growing interest in UFOs and other strange New Age theories.)  

During Easter week, 39 devotees of a UFO cult called Heaven's Gate killed themselves in Rancho Santa Fe, California. They believed that after their deaths they would join an alien spaceship they said was riding piggyback on the wake of Comet Hale-Bopp. As the story of their deaths unfolded, people the world over were stunned by the sights from the worst mass suicide in U.S. history.

Photos and video clips showed the dead cultists dressed in black and shrouded with diamond-shaped purple cloths. Next to them or under their beds in their suburban San Diego mansion were overnight bags that were packed, authorities speculated, for their rendezvous with Hale-Bopp's celestial rider. There were no signs of violence, indicating they all died willingly.

Days after their deaths, the world seemed to be buzzing with chatter about the latest on the subjects of UFOs, cults and odd New Age beliefs. The deaths in San Diego served to spark new questions in the minds of many Americans about mortality, immortality and what sort of life might follow their earthly one.

"Are there UFOs from other planets?" people wanted to know. "Has Earth been visited by beings from other galaxies?" "Have people literally been abducted and taken aboard alien spacecrafts?" Although Heaven's Gate represents the radical fringe of a global UFO movement, there are millions of less-dedicated, everyday followers who believe in UFOs and alien life.

In fact, recent polls indicate that more than 40 percent of Americans believe aliens have visited our planet. Other recent data suggest that more than 1 million inhabitants of this planet say they've had a personal encounter with a being from another planet--or with a UFO.

Is Anyone Out There?

Across the globe, UFO sightings are reported almost weekly. Many are published on the Internet with related reports of such things as "crop circles" and cattle mutilations. According to UFO buffs, the proliferation of both crop circles and cattle mutilations is attributed to UFOs and aliens because of the high degree of radiation accompanying them. Strange ring-like patterns discovered on July 27, 1991 , near Silbury Hill in Wiltshire , England , and in 1992 in Durham , North Carolina , are considered to be attempts by aliens to contact us. Moreover, an estimated 10,000 cases of cattle mutilations have been reported in which the animals have been "exsanguinated," or had their blood removed. Some people believe these mutilations were performed by aliens.

Many of the true believers in aliens and UFOs cannot be dismissed simply as oddballs or eccentrics. They include scientists, intellectuals, government leaders--and astronauts. One of them is Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper. In 1951, as a young pilot, he was flying a U.S. Air Force F-86 jet over Germany when he saw flying-saucer-like objects flying in formation. In 1978 he wrote a letter to the United Nations stating he believed in UFOs. In June 1965 astronaut Ed White--the first American to walk in space--and astronaut James McDivitt were passing over Hawaii in a Gemini spacecraft when they saw weird-looking metallic objects. Although photographs were taken, they were never released. In December 1965 Gemini astronauts James Lovell and Frank Borman saw what appeared to be a UFO while making their second orbit of Earth.

The existence of UFOs and the possibility of aliens is taken very seriously by some scientific and governmental communities. An offshoot of NASA called SETI (Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence) has actually issued policies to deal with any alien encounter or communication, should one occur. In addition, the Secretary General of the United Nations--in accordance with Article XI of the Treaty Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, the Moon and Other Bodies--has instructed anyone who discovers credible evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence to inform the U.N. There are others who believe the U.S. government has for years withheld proof about the existence of extraterrestrial life forms from the American people. One such person is former astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who walked on the moon during the Apollo 14 space flight in 1971. Mitchell rejects the government account of an alleged UFO crash in Roswell , New Mexico , in 1947, in which federal authorities said the fallen craft was nothing more than a hot-air balloon. Mitchell says proof that would verify the craft as a UFO is being classified and covered up by the U.S. government.

Former New York Times journalist Howard Blum, whose work has twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, says the U.S. government is covering up its military investigations into UFO sightings and alien visitations. Blum is the author of an investigative book on UFOs called Out There. In his book, he reveals the existence of a top-secret "UFO Working Group" that was formed in 1987. The organization, which is made up of scientists and military officers, has met at the Pentagon to investigate UFOs. The U.S. government has, in fact, had a long history of investigating UFOs. Their research originated with what was called Project Blue Book, which--after examining more than 13,000 cases of UFO sightings over 20 years--officially debunked the existence of UFOs. Later, a secret group called MJ-12 (Operation Majestic 12) was created by then-President Harry Truman on Sept. 24, 1947 , to deal with public hysteria surrounding certain UFO sightings. Today, U.S. Air Force Intelligence, the FBI, the CIA and the National Security Agency continue to research extraterrestrial intelligence.

Eye-Witness Accounts

Hollywood , not surprisingly, has capitalized on this interest in space and celestial life with such TV shows as The X Files, Star Trek and Babylon 5. Films such as Independence Day, Communion and Close Encounters of the Third Kind have assumed that life exists on other planets. Because of the money that can be made from popular films and television shows, the question is raised whether some eye-witness accounts about aliens are merely an attempt to profit from a modern-day mystery. Best-selling author Whitley Strieber writes about his own abduction by aliens in his books Communion, Transformation and Breakthrough. It is noteworthy that Strieber experimented in the occult before having his alien encounters. His recent books include The Secret School: Preparation For Contact and Evenings With Demons. Bud Hopkins, a painter and sculptor in New York City , has written a series of alien-encounter books, including Witnessed: The True Story of the Brooklyn Bridge UFO Abductions. Witnessed details the story of Linda Cortile, a woman who witnesses say was beamed aboard a spaceship on Nov. 30, 1989 . According to their statements, Linda was levitated by a blue light onto a large, glowing, reddish-orange UFO near the Brooklyn Bridge .

Yet how do we know that reports of alien encounters are true or that extraterrestrial life exists? Does the Bible say anything about beings visiting Earth? Are these encounters, and others like them, simply the result of drug use, over-active imaginations or memories that surface during hypnotic treatments?

Actually, there are far too many documented accounts of both abductions and UFO sightings to dismiss all of them with simplistic explanations. It is likely that the experiences people report are real. However, the source of their alien encounters is undoubtedly not extraterrestrial, but demonic.

Aliens & Nephilim

A close relation exists today among New Age activities, the occult, UFO abductions and alien encounters. In general, alien communications can be placed in the category of what the Bible says about doctrines of demons and deceiving spirits (see 1 Tim. 4:1).

Even more disturbing than mere communication with aliens is the growing number of reports from women who claim to have been impregnated with alien seed, as well as accounts about sexual activity among angels, aliens, demons and humans. How accurate and reliable these reports are is hard to tell.

Yet according to Scripture, such accounts may not be so far-fetched. In Matthew 24:37, Jesus says, "But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be" (NKJV). Some Bible scholars believe that in the days of Noah, just before the Flood, fallen angelic beings were visiting the earth and having sexual relations with women, producing a unique offspring the Bible refers to as "the Nephilim," or giants (see Gen. 6:4). These Bible scholars believe that it was the interbreeding of angels and mankind that was a contributing factor to God's sending the Flood. In Jude 6-7 the apostle Jude writes about angels who had "given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh."

UFO researcher and astrophysicist R. Jacques Vallee, who served as the real-life model for the French scientist played by actor Francois Truffaut in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, has an interesting theory. Although Vallee is not a Christian, he believes a relation exists among such phenomena as shining UFO saucers; the Virgin Mary's appearance to 70,000 people in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917; and Mormonism founder Joseph Smith's vision of God and Jesus. He equates the global belief in flying saucers to earlier beliefs, such as the one held by Paiute Indians in California that said the region was populated by an advanced civilization called Hav-Masuvs who traveled in silvery "flying-canoes." It is Vallee's conclusion that such beliefs are coming from a different dimension than our own, perhaps a spiritual one. This is precisely what the apostle Paul refers to when he says in Ephesians 6:12: "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against... spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."

The Last Days

Many people in the UFO movement believe we are rapidly approaching a time they call "full global disclosure," during which the U.S. government or some other governmental body will announce the existence of extraterrestrials or state that there has been communication with alien intelligence.






OVERVIEW OF THE NEW AGE    By Paul McGuire

The first thing we must understand about the New Age Movement is that it is not new. It is a compilation of old myths, of ancient Bhuddism, all dusted off and translated into high-tech Western scientific terms. What has been coined the New Age Movement by the mass media is really the combining and blending of various spiritual movements that are centuries old.

HINDUISM

The origin of Hinduism dates back as early as 2000 to 1000 B.C. Hinduism has no historical founder, but its tradition teaches that its spiritual laws and truths were revealed to spiritual men called rishis, who lived along the banks of the Ganges and Indus rivers in northern India . According to Hinduism, Brahman is the supreme, absolute, eternal, infinite, neuter Spirit Being. Brahman is also perfect and unchangeable. Hinduism teaches that only that which is permanent is real. Because all things change except Brahman, only Brahman is real. Hundreds of lesser gods can be worshiped by the Hindu because all gods are seen as different aspects of the one Brahman. According to Hinduism, every living thing has a spirit or soul, called an atman, which comes from Brahman. The final destination of the human atman is union with Brahman, but this cannot be achieved in just one lifetime. Therefore, each individual atman, or soul, must pass from body to body, lifetime after lifetime, guided by the law of karma. This is called reincarnation, or the transmigration of the soul. The law of karma determines what type of life will be lived in each reincarnation. According to this law, your current life is the product of your deeds in past lives. Your next reincarnation will depend on your deeds during this life. It is this tenet which is the basis for many things taught by people like Shirley MacLaine, Ruth Montgomery, and various other gurus and spiritual teachers. This belief in reincarnation has been given a fresh infusion of credibility by scientists like Raymond A. Moody Jr., M.D., author of Life after Life, which investigates NDEs (or Near Death Experiences) and OBEs (or Out of Body Experiences). Although not directly embracing reincarnation, his accounts of NDEs when one encounters a "Being of Light" paved the way for a New Age theology which openly accepts reincarnation.

Moody reports that after meeting several "beings of light," the NDE-er usually meets a supreme Being of Light, whom people with a Christian background often call God or Jesus but whom those of other religious traditions call Buddha or Allah. Still others apparently say that this supreme being of light is none of these personages, but nevertheless is someone very awesome. One wonders who this other being is? According to Martha Knobloch, a Christian expert on the subject of reincarnation, powers of darkness can come as "beings of light" and create the hallucinations involved in NDEs and OBEs. In addition, Knobloch believes that demons can actually cause people to remember "past lives" that they never lived.

BUDDHISM

The religion of Bhuddism was founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama (later called "the Buddha" or "enlightened one"), who lived between 560 and 480 B.C., as a protest against certain Hindu doctrines. Siddhartha Gautama was raised in an affluent family and did not even know that poverty existed until he left the pleasant confines of his father's palace. Siddhartha was so disturbed by the poverty and despair that existed that he decided to go on a spiritual journey to find answers. Shaving his head and donning a robe, Siddhartha Gautama traveled and consulted with gurus and spiritual teachers. Finally, Siddhartha Gautama began to meditate, became "enlightened," and developed what became known as the Noble Eight-fold path that would lead to nirvana or "perfect insight," a quality of mind. These eight techniques consisted of: (1) right belief, (2) right aspiration, (3) right speech, (4) right action, (5) right occupation, (6) right effort, (7) right thought, (8) right meditation.

In a nutshell, the Bhudda's Noble Eight-fold Path is a program of self-effort that is designed to earn you peace. Like every other New Age teaching and mystical practice, the road to Paradise is paved by your own personal spiritual performance. In other words, you earn your way to heaven through your works. This is the antithesis of the teaching of the Apostle Paul’s method of salvation described in the Bible as based on faith in Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9 says, "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast."

FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT

Coupled with these ancient belief systems (Hinduism and Bhuddism) are the more recent ideas of women like Madame Blavatsky who founded the Theosophical Society and wrote Isis Unveiled in the late nineteenth century. Blavatsky's Theosophical Movement emphasized the Hindu and Bhuddist teachings of reincarnation and taught there are mahatmas ("great souls" or exalted beings) who have come to earth to teach us the way to enlightenment. The ideas of the Theosophical Society blended with Mary Baker Eddy's Christian Science teachings and with dozens of other hybrid religious movements in the early twentieth century. However, the most immediate spiritual predecessor of the contemporary New Age Movement was the Hippie movement of the 1960s and the earlier Beatnik movement of the 1950s. Both of these cultural and social phenomena came about as reactions to the materialism of the post-World War II years.

Poets, writers, philosophers, and intellectuals (such as Alan Watts, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Gregory Corso) called for a new brand of American consciousness and popularized the use of marijuana and Eastern meditation in our culture. By the 1960s, the ideas of men like Timothy Leary were increasingly acceptable to larger segments of society, and the appeal of pop music groups, such as the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Starship, the Doors, and the Beatles, ushered the psychedelic-mystical revolution into the living rooms of millions of ordinary middle-class teenagers. When John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison began to follow the guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation (TM), millions of Americans joined them. Many of the spiritual movements now popular in the New Age movement had their twentieth-century revivals in the 1960s and early 1970s. In fact, many social analysts believe that the New Age movement is nothing more than an attempt to rediscover the interests of the 1960s and the idealism of the Hippie movement.

But the current New Age Movement has made some interesting departures from its earlier predecessors that reflect the maturity of its followers. There has been a de-emphasis in the use of drugs in favor of health foods, meditation, channeling, crystals, and astral projection. Channeling and astral projection have replaced the powerful psychedelic experience of the 1960s, although there are signs of a possible resurgence of LSD through the work of modern shamanists like Terrence McKenna and the popularity of the Albert Hoffman Institute in Los Angeles, which seeks to protect the use of LSD experimentation. (Albert Hoffman was the Swiss chemist who accidentally discovered the chemical LSD.)

NEW AGE PRACTICES AND TERMS

To understand more clearly what the New Age Movement is we must understand some of the terms associated with it and the practices employed by it.

Channeling. The practice of channeling is not new. It is what the Old Testament termed mediumship, consulting with spirits, and spiritism. Channeling or mediumship is when an individual willfully yields to a spirit by going into a trancelike state. Channeling has been around for centuries and is mentioned in the Old Testament. King Saul consulted mediums and channelers when he was looking for supernatural answers. First Samuel 28:7 says: "Then Saul said to his servants, 'Seek for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.' And his servants said to him, 'Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at Endor.'" We knew that Saul knew that it was wrong to consult mediums, for he had to visit the medium in disguise, having previously cut off all mediums and spiritists from the land. Today there are several famous channelers: J.Z. Knight channels an entity or spirit called Ramtha, Jach Pusel mediums Lazaris, and there are thousands of lesser known channelers or mediums who give private consultations. Some even have their own television shows. In some cases, these channelers are fakes and charlatans, and in other cases they are actually letting spirits talk through them. The Old Testament is very specific about forbidding the practice of channeling, consulting spirits, or using mediums. Leviticus 19:31 states: "Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God." Shirley MacLaine, Kevin Ryerson, Jane Roberts, J.Z. Knight, Jach Pursel, and the thousands of others who are practicing and encouraging channeling may appear to be very compassionate and intelligent people. But the practices of channeling, consulting spirits, and mediumship contradict Old and New Testament teachings.

Astrology. This New Age practice goes way back in ancient history. The ancient Tower of Babel , built by the ruler Nimrod, was actually a giant astrological platform. The prophet Isaiah warns against the practice of astrology in Isaiah 47:13-14: "You are wearied with your many counsel; let now the astrologers, those who prophesy by the stars, those who predict by the new moons, stand up and save you from what will come upon you. Behold, they have become like stubble, fire burns them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame...." The ancient Hebrew prophets taught a theology that did not include the use of astrology. Linda Goodman is one of the most famous astrologers of our era, selling over 60 million copies of her first two books on astrology, Sun Signs and Love Signs. Both of these books have been translated into over fifteen languages, and she has received bids of millions of dollars from publishing companies seeking the rights to her new books. Goodman is not a fatalistic astrologer who believes "it's all in the stars." Two themes emerge in her writing: (1) time does not really exist; and (2) when you learn to become a mover instead of a pawn, you rise above your horoscope. However, in an interview with Whole Life Times magazine Goodman responds to the question: "What do you think is going to happen in this New Age? You speak in one of your books about this being a time of preparation for the appearance of a Messiah." Goodman answers: "I also point out in the 'Lexigram' chapter of Star Signs that the Second Coming is not going to be a barefooted man floating down in a white robe. The Second Coming is in each heart, when each man and each woman realizes that 'I too am a Messiah.' And then I did a Lexigram on the word Messiah. I am he. She is me. He is her. I am she. He is me."

Crystals . If anything hallmarks the New Age Movement it is the use of crystals. I recently visited the Bhodi Tree Bookstore on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles . This is the most famous New Age bookstore in the world, recently popularized by Shirley MacLaine in her television movie and book Out on a Limb. Inside the bookstore there was a large assortment of crystals for sale, as well as numerous books and magazines on the subject. Crystals are supposed to generate cosmic energy and facilitate higher consciousness and divine healing. Crystals have been used for everything from relieving depression to warding off evil spirits. They are in a sense a New Age cure-all. Recently, a "Crystal Congress" was held in Los Angeles and noted speakers from around the world - like scientist and author Marc Vogel, Uma Silbey (jewelry designer and author), and Katrina Raphael (healing professional and author) - came to lecture on the healing arts and metaphysical applications of crystals, mineralogy, and geology.

New Age Medicine and Holistic Health. New Age thinking has infiltrated the medical establishment and has begun to permeate the thinking of medical doctors. In this area it is difficult to discern between what are legitimate new forms of medicine based on Eastern medical techniques and new scientific discoveries, and what is clearly New Age or occult. Terms like homeopathy, herbs, chakras, acupuncture, deep tissue bodywork massage, rolfing, polarity energy balance, clinical ecology, environmental stress, Reichan Therapy, Tibetan Reiki Therapy, Kirlian photography, electro-acupuncture, mineral balancing, chelation therapy, colon hydrotherapy, amino therapy, aromatherapy, integrated metabolic programs, bio-energetics, flower essences, and reflexology are just a few of the current trends in the medical arts. The New Testament says: "Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body" (1 Corinthians 6:19 -20). Eating properly, the use of herbs and vitamins, relaxation, massage therapy and exercise all promote health. The problem is that some New Age Medicine and Holistic Health practices move into the area of what could be considered the occult.

Meditation. This ancient Hindu and Bhuddist practice involves emptying the conscious mind in order to become passive and to awaken the God-consciousness within you through the use of a mantra. By concentrating and chanting a mantra word, your mind supposedly becomes attuned to what mystics call your higher self or cosmic consciousness. Meditation is an integral part of most New Age practices, but there is a radical difference between prayer and New Age meditation. Prayer is communication with God through Jesus Christ. It may involve verbal prayer or "praying in the Spirit," but this communication is always directed toward the person of God. New Age meditation, on the other hand, is an emptying process where one focuses on a mantra which is usually a chant designed to contact a Hindu deity There is a long tradition of sound Christian meditation, not to be confused with Eastern forms of meditation. It is certainly proper to meditate on the Word of God or to think in a concentrated manner about what God is doing in your life. "I have more insight than all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my meditation," says the writer of Psalm 119:99. Meditation on the Bible involves focused thinking about what God has said. It is completely different from opening your mind to the "cosmic consciousness."

Visualization. First of all, visualization to some degree is a normal function and creative tool of the mind. Every person before beginning any project or goal employs some kind of visualization in order to achieve it. Many athletes use a technique of visualization when they mentally picture themselves winning or performing a specific task successfully. Studies show that good automobile drivers who have low accident records often visualize or fantasize how they would get out of a particular accident situation while they drive. When they are faced with a potential accident, they have already rehearsed in their minds what action they are going to take to avoid it. A certain degree of visualization is necessary to perform activities in life successfully. This kind of visualization is, however, different from the shamanistic Hinduism of someone like Shakti Gawain, guru and author of Creative Visualization, who employs the technique of visualization in the mystical or occult sense. In this type of visualization, your mind or mind power becomes the god or source of all power. You begin to believe that you can control everything in your life through visualizing it. The result is that you begin to play God and attempt to control everything through visualization.










HOLLYWOOD RELIGION    By Paul McGuire

Mega-star Tom Cruise, uses his fame to promote Scientology, while fellow believer John Travolta produced the movie Battlefield Earth written by L. Ron Hubbard. It has been reported that Tom Cruise’s break up with Nicole Kidman had to do with Scientology. Demi Moore credits much of her success to New Age author Deepak Chopra, and Ophra Winfrey uses her national talk show to promote the occult teachings of The Course In Miracles. Since Shirley MacLaine proclaimed “I am God” on a television special based on her mystical experience, a full-scale revival has emerged with, but with occult, New Age and pagan religions – and its being led by some of America’s hottest stars.

On a recent interview with Barbara Walters, John Travolta’s wife proclaimed unabashedly, “Scientology rocks!” The movie Seven Years In Tibet starred Brad Pitt as the real-life mountain climber who escaped a British prisoner of war camp, climbed the Himalayas, met and tutored a young Dalai Lama. A new film coming out from Hollywood will be based on the Harry Potter novels and will promote Witchcraft the occult. Other films such as The Craft: Welcome to the Witching Hour from Columbia Pictures, glamorize teen-age girls experimenting with Witchcraft who place spells on the other students in the school. John Travolta has done a number of films that have given him an opportunity to promote Scientology. In the movie, Phenomenon, Travolta plays a man with supernatural powers and in Battlefield Earth and its upcoming sequel the tenets of Scientology are promoted.

In fact, Scientology is the most powerful religion in Hollywood. Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley, Priscilla Presley, Travolta and Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, all publicly claim to follow the teachings of Scientology. Beside the stars, there are countless other actors, directors, writers, agents and technical people who are Scientologists. L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology’s founder, wrote the best-selling book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Hubbard believed that in society, the artist is more powerful than the politician. As such he has specifically set organizations and groups to specifically recruit artists, actors and other creative people in Hollywood. Ironically, the contemporary Christian culture has completely missed this truth. Most Christian actors, directors and writers go out of their way to hide the fact that they are Christians. At the same time the Christian culture emphasizes criticizing Hollywood rather that challenging the system with superior art and creativity.

With the risk of sounding unkind, I do not think that it would be unfair to say that the evangelical culture is backwards, when it comes to art and culture. The reason for this is that mindset of the contemporary Christian culture, along with some of its leadership is essentially anti-art and anti-intellectual. Due to a compartmentalized and Pietistic Christianity it falsely teaches that things like art, politics, business, film and science are not as spiritual as things like praise, worship and Bible studies. The result is a non-Biblical pietism that stifles art and creativity in the Christian culture. Due to the fact that the Christian culture has deserted arts and entertainment, for the most part ( there are some notable exceptions )

The entertainment industry and mass culture are being swept away by a occult revival. Examples of this are basketball superstar Michael Jordan, formerly of the Chicago Bulls, embracing Zen Meditation. Ex-Beatle George Harrison, actresses Elizabeth Taylor and Laura Dern and fashion designer Calvin Klein all practice the teachings of Transcendental Meditation (TM) founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Even the somewhat conservative Harrison Ford helps to raise money for the Dalai Lama. Sally Jesse Rafael hosted psychic and astrologer Walter Mercado. The entire program was devoted to Mercado talking about his consultations with stars and pronouncing psychic blessings on the audience. Mercados' television show is seen by 500 million people worldwide, and he runs a multi-million dollar psychic empire of books, tapes and lectures. Mercado and other people who are involved in the occult or paranormal are often put on a pedestal by the media as “saints” who can do no wrong. In contrast, when the media does a story on a Christian evangelist or leader, it is usually in a harsh and critical light.

There are exceptions, such as the recently favorable interview outspoken Christian and actress Dyan Cannon on the Larry King Show. Cannon doesn’t seem to fit the mold of your typical Hollywood Christian who is afraid to be identified with Christ. Notwithstanding her skin-tight pants and careful navigation of tricky questions, Dyan Cannon was not afraid to share her faith with tens of millions of viewers.

However, for the most part Hollywood has rejected Biblical Christianity. Instead, many celebrities embrace New Age teachers like Marianne Williamson, who has been a spiritual advisor to former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Williamson’s career was jump-started by talk show host Oprah Winfrey who has embraced the occult teaching “A Course In Miracles” which is promoted by Marianne Williamson. “A Course In Miracles” uses words like “miracles, “Son of God” and “Jesus Christ.” But, they are not talking about the Jesus Christ of the Bible.

Marianne Williamson is very popular in Hollywood circles. Cher, Roseanne Arquette, Raquel Welch and others attend her lectures. Williamson even officiated at the wedding of Elizabeth Taylor at Michael Jackson’s 2,700-acre estate in the Santa Ynez mountains. Williamson’s influence extends well beyond the Hollywood community. She rolled her prominence as advisor to the First Lady into a book, The Healing of America, which deals with politics and social change. In the book she calls for a “new prophetic voice…not a soloist but a choir.”

One of the biggest promoters of New Age thought in America is Oprah Winfrey. She has helped push the careers of New Age teachers such as Betty Eadie, who wrote Embraced By the Light and who claimed that during a near death experience Jesus showed her that all religions lead to God.. In response to that statement, Winfrey said, “That’s what I believe.”

Winfrey’s words, ”That’s what I believe,” reflect the root cause of why paganism, Eastern mysticism, the New Age and the occult are rampant in Hollywood. It’s not that a group of Hollywood executives, producers, and stars got together in some dark room to plan a conspiracy. It’s simply that Hollywood films and television programs reflect the spiritual beliefs of those who produce them. However, the net result is the same because the power of those films and television shows to influence young minds and shape the belief systems of new generations is staggering. As the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, said, “the artist is more powerful than the politician.”





SHOULD WE TAKE THE STORY OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH LITERALLY?    By Paul McGuire

I got an E Mail from a female listener the other day who told me that the Virgin Birth and story of Noah’s Ark , were not to be taken literally because they were scientifically impossible. In one sense she was right, it is scientifically impossible for a woman to conceive a child without male seed or sperm. This conception can take place through sexual intercourse or some form of artificial insemination. Yet, in both cases, male seed or sperm is necessary for conception to occur.

However, in Matthew Chapter 1 we read, “This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about; His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 1:18 (Life Application Bible) It is clear here that the Bible states that Mary became pregnant, not through any sexual union with Joseph, but through a supernatural act of the Holy Spirit. Nowhere in human history has a woman ever become pregnant without the introduction of male seed. In fact, scientifically, it is impossible for any woman to become pregnant without male seed. Yet, the whole point of the Virgin Birth is that God through the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary and gave birth to the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Obviously, people who reject the fact, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, also reject the reality of the Virgin Birth. But, sadly, many people who are Christians also reject the reality of the Virgin Birth. The reason for this is that they have had their belief system influenced by both secular humanism and liberal theology. In reality, liberal theology is secular humanism that simply uses religious words. From a philosophical point of view, liberal theology and secular humanism are the exact same thing.

If we believe that the Virgin Birth is a metaphor or symbolic, then the birth of Jesus Christ really means nothing. If Christ is not divine, He obviously cannot save. But, then again in liberal theology and secular humanism, man does not need a Savior, because man is not sinful, only misguided. It is important to understand from a logical and rational point of view, that if the Virgin Birth is a metaphor or a fictional “religious story” to guide us, then all of scripture is reduced to symbolism, allegory or metaphor. As a result, the story of Adam and Eve is fictional, Noah’s Ark never really happened, Jonah was not really swallowed by a whale, the Red Sea did not part, Jesus was not born of a Virgin and Jesus Christ did not really resurrect from the dead. Also, there is no literal Second Coming of Christ or a real heaven or hell. In short, the entire Bible is simply religious metaphor or in author Joseph Campbell’s thinking, myths to live by.

Of course this is all Alice in Wonderland logic. If the Bible is purely mythological or symbolic, it is fantasy. No matter how comforting, it is not really true. So the real question is, if the Bible is not really true, then why accept any of it? If the Bible is simply a myth, then if one is really intellectually honest, one should completely reject it in favor of the truth, no matter how difficult that truth may be to accept. If, the Bible is purely symbolic, than the evolutionists and humanists are absolutely right. We are here by accident and ultimately life has no real meaning or purpose! As such, morality is simply relative and “whatever feels good do it!” It really does not matter, because there is no meaning. We live in an absurd universe. Yet, if there is a real God as the Bible states that there is. If this real God has continually moved in history supernaturally by creating Adam and Eve literally in the Garden of Eden, if the Red Sea was parted, if Noah really did build an ark, if Jesus was truly born of a virgin and if Jesus Christ really did resurrect from the dead. Then reality is no longer meaningless and each persons life has meaning. If each person has been created by this Personal Living God of the Bible, then each of us is accountable for our lives and actions to this Living God.

The truth of the matter is that the Bible is true scientifically, historically as well as spiritually. The Bible is not a set of religious metaphors or stories. The Bible is a true historical account of history. Jesus Christ is not simply an experience or a “religious trip.” Jesus Christ is the real Savior and the Lamb of God. Jesus Christ is Lord of all of human history. In terms of consciousness, live undergoes a massive paradigm shift. Reality is now lived in the light of God’s presence. Instead of rebelling from God’s divine order, each of us must choose to live under the Lordship of Christ. In addition, we must understand that when we choose to rebel from God’s rule, then we must accept the fact that there will be some kind of penalty or judgment. This does not mean God is sitting up in heaven, with a lightning bolt waiting to zap us. Judgment may simply mean that we will experience the biological, spiritual and psychological consequences of our rebellion. Clearly, the Bible teaches that there is forgiveness for our sins, through the blood of Christ. But, we must understand that Christianity is truth and not a religion. As such, the world we live in is a real world where God interacts at every level with our lives. Finally, freedom is found not in rebelling from God’s order, but by obeying His rules and seeking His divine guidance. Freedom cannot be found through escapism, either intellectually, as in the sense of lying and saying God’s Word is not really true, but simply a myth. Nor can freedom and fulfillment be found through moral escapism and choosing to break God’s laws. Freedom can only be found in surrendering our wills to the will of God.

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATES THE BIRTH OF CHRIST – ARE YOU READY FOR THE RETURN OF CHRIST?

 

                                                 By Paul McGuire

            It’s becoming illegal to say the words, “Merry Christmas.”  Retailers want our Christmas dollars, but they are not willing to use the words Merry Christmas.  What kind of nation or culture would be threatened by the words Merry Christmas?  If Jesus Christ is not God, then what’s the big deal about using the words Christmas? 

            The reality is that deep down inside people know that Jesus Christ is God and that’s why they do not want to say Merry Christmas.  America is a nation that is in rebellion from God.  Instead of celebrating the birth of the Savior in a manger, we want to celebrate pornography, sexual immorality, hedonism and materialism.  When Jesus Christ was born here on Planet Earth, there was no room for Him at the Inn.  Today, in the hearts of many Americans there is still no room for Jesus Christ.  The rooms of their heart are filled with lust, greed, selfishness and self-centeredness.  They have no room for Jesus Christ.

            Crosses are being stripped from public property. It is illegal for children to say the Pledge of Allegiance because it has the words “In God We Trust.”  On one hand we live in a culture where profanity and immorality are now protected rights.  Yet, at the same time it is illegal to carry Bibles or use the words Jesus Christ.  We live in a culture where even Christians call good, evil and evil, good.

            Jesus Christ is going to return to Planet Earth to take His people before the Tribulation.  Jesus Christ promises to prepare a place for us in heave.  “In My Father’s house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.”  John 14:2-3   

There is room for you in heaven, if you have received Jesus Christ into your heart.  Jesus Christ promised to return and take you with Him.  The world is filled with turmoil,  earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, war, violence, immorality, racism and tragedy.  I have just finished writing a new book entitled, “Are You Ready?”  That really is the most important question.  Are you ready for the Lord to return today?  If Jesus Christ was to return today would you be ready to meet Him?  I think the answer to that question lies in whether or not there is room in your heart for Him.  After all if there is no room for Jesus in your heart, how can you expect Christ to make room for you in heaven.

SEX, LOVE, ROMANCE,, MARRIAGE, SINGLENESS & PURITY

 

          By Paul McGuire 

            The great tragedy today is that Christians are missing out on the blessings of God’s plan regarding sexuality.  Why?  Christians have bought into the lies of this present world system about sexual satisfaction.  Instead of getting our idea about sex from God’s Word, we get out concepts about sex from this fallen world.  The result is that Christians watch pornography, have sex outside of marriage, divorce, commit adultery, and have abortions at the same percentage as the world.  We forget that it was God who created sex in the first place.  In other words, sex, the orgasm, physical responses, and the attraction between a male and a female were all designed by the Creator.  However, the Church of Jesus Christ is not going to the Creator to get their ideas and behavior patterns about sex.

 

            I have an excellent CD's entitled that I prepared for the Kings College & Seminary that can help you, as well as our book “Heal Your Past & Change Your Marriage.”  The Bible has a great deal to say about sex.  God’s view of sex is beautiful and positive.  God’s plan for sex is designed to take place inside of a marriage relationship between a man and a woman.  The Bible also contains specific sexual behaviors which are sins.  Some of these sexual behaviors are adultery, fornication (sex outside of marriage and that means any kind of sexual activity, homosexuality) and other sexual activities.  Many single people have sex outside of marriage.  They usually justify their sin with any number of excuses, such as “we love each other,” “this particular practice is not really sex,” and “we are going to get married.”  When a single Christian engages in sex outside of marriage they forget the most important spiritual lesson.  This lesson is that Jesus Christ lives inside of them.  So when they have illicit sex they are bringing Christ into the sinful activity.  In other words, they are grieving the Holy Spirit.  I don’t care how intense the fireworks are in sexual sin; deep inside you know you are grieving the Holy Spirit.  In short, God is not blessing your sexual activity.  Sexual relations outside of marriage are under a curse.  A lot of Christians don’t want to hear that.  They want to do what the world does which is to compartmentalize sex.  But, sex is physical, emotional, and spiritual.  Your bodies maybe saying you are having a good time, but your spiritual man and woman are grieving.  The only way you can continue in sexual sin is to harden your heart against the Holy Spirit.  The problem is that when you choose to harden your heart against the Spirit in the area of sexual disobedience.  This hardness of heart spreads to your entire relationship with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit inside of you.  In order to sin you have to deaden the Holy Spirit.

            Christians who enter this sinful lifestyle move into spiritual deception very quickly.  They are no longer living under the Lordship of Christ or the guidance of the Holy Spirit.  Without realizing it they have stepped out from under His covering.  They lose their ability to truly be guided by God, they lose their desire to read His Word and worship the Lord, and they lose their desire to share Jesus with others.  In fact, they lose their joy, peace and love.  A heavy price to pay for a few sexual thrills.

            Jesus Christ is always waiting for them to repent and turn from their sin.  If you don’t have the strength of will power, He will give it to you if you ask.  Jesus Christ is serious about your living in sexual purity.  It is not a game.  Christ requires complete repentance from fornication, adultery, homosexuality, and watching pornography.  Many Christian men and women get married and they have not dealt with their sexual sin.  Then sexual sin emerges in the marriage and creates all kinds of problems.

            Also, Christians who wander in the wilderness do not obey the practical things that God requires such as getting a filter for your Internet, not being alone with a member of the opposite sex in their home or apartment.  There is a tremendous blessing available for those who will obey the Word of God and live a life controlled by the Holy Spirit in the area of their sexuality.  Secular statistics say that “Christian married men and women report the highest level of sexual satisfaction” of any demographic group!  Pornography, sleeping around, “Sex in the City,” and “Desperate Housewives” all celebrate sexual sin.  But, that is the celebration of evil and spiritual darkness.  You were commanded to walk in the light as He is in the light.  So then why do you walk in darkness?  If you want God’s blessing on your life and relationships then choose to obey the Lord.  Ask God for His power and He will give you the strength to overcome sexual sin and live a pure life.

            The Holy Spirit lives inside of you!  You are a child of God and you are a new man or woman in Christ.  Remember Lot’s wife?  Her heart was still attached to Sodom when the angels told her not to look back.  Lot’s wife disobeyed and she was turned into a pillar of salt.  If you ignore God’s warning to flee immorality.  Then do not complain if pregnancy, STD’s, AID’s, divorce. adultery, abusive relationships, sexual addictions, and other problems enter your life.  I cannot tell you how many men and women I meet whose lives have been ruined by sexual sin.  They marry the wrong person or other things happen.  God will forgive and He will restore.  But, that does not mean that you will not have to face the consequences of breaking God’s Word.

 

 

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