EU's Amazing Rise: Foretold in Bible Prophecy True !!!!

Bible prophecy clearly shows that Jesus Christ will return to establish the Kingdom of God, a literal world-ruling kingdom, on earth. This hope is so fundamental that Jesus instructed Christians to regularly pray, "Your kingdom come" (Matthew 6:10; Luke 11:2). Prophecies throughout the Bible give many details about Christ's return and conditions in the world leading up to that event.

Crucial to understanding the time frame of these final events is verse 14: "These [the 10 allied rulers or leaders] will make war with the Lamb [Jesus Christ], and the Lamb will overcome them..." As with Daniel's prophecy discussed earlier, we see that this final empire, characterized as a beast, exists at the time of Jesus Christ's return and is destroyed by Him.

The Roman Empire was alive again, having experienced its first of several revivals in league with the church. However, in the process of time, this imperial revival waned and gradually fell apart. Six more revivals were to follow Justinian's restoration.

The new emperor of the German nation united the imperial realm mostly by conquest. He received the title of Roman emperor in A.D. 962 when he was crowned by Pope John XII. This marked the third of seven prophesied revivals or resurrections of the original Roman Empire.

This was followed, after nearly two decades without an emperor, by Rudolph I of the Habsburg family becoming "King of the Romans" in 1273—this distinction being used for those assuming the imperial throne without official coronation in Rome by the pope (as circumstances often prevented this from happening right away or at all). This title gave way in 1508 to Elected Emperor of the Romans, and emperors ceased making the journey to Rome. Only one was crowned by the pope—Charles V of the house of Habsburg in 1530 (all the elected emperors between 1438 and 1740 being of this royal family).  

Born on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, Napoleon began to make a name for himself in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Having received a military education in France, he quickly proved himself a military genius in campaign after campaign.

In 1870 both groups of German states fought together against France, and in 1871 Prussia's King William (or Wilhelm) was proclaimed emperor of Germany in the French palace of Versailles. His title, kaiser, harkened back to the Roman title caesar (as did the Russian title czar). Centuries earlier Otto the Great had established the first great German empire—the First Reich. Now Germany had its Second Reich.

Europe's Amazing Rise: Foretold in Bible Prophecy

Where is the ever-closer, ever-more-powerful union of Europe heading? Do history and Bible prophecy help us understand where these trends are leading?

by Scott Ashley and Gerhard Marx

However, one little—understood fact prophetically highlighted in the Bible is that a new superpower will emerge on the world scene shortly before His return. It will, in fact, fight Jesus Christ at His return, only to be destroyed—but not before this superpower reshapes today's geopolitical landscape in ways that will shock and surprise the entire world.

Understanding of future empires revealed

The rise of this final world superpower is foretold primarily in the biblical books of Daniel and Revelation. We'll begin with what God revealed to the prophet Daniel in Old Testament times.
Daniel 2 records that the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream of a gigantic image of a man, with different parts of the image composed of different metals—gold, silver, bronze, iron, and iron mixed with clay. None of the king's astrologers, advisors or wise men could interpret the meaning of the dream until Daniel, to whom God had revealed its meaning, stepped forward.
Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar that "there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets" and that He had made known to the king what would happen in the future (verses 28-29). Daniel then went on to explain that a series of empires would arise to dominate the Holy Land and much of the known world of their day.
The image's head of gold, Daniel explained, represented Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian Empire: "You are this head of gold" (verse 38). After Babylon, "another kingdom inferior to yours," Daniel told the king, would arise, followed by a "third kingdom of bronze," and finally a fourth kingdom "as strong as iron," which would "break in pieces and crush all the others" (verses 39-40).
From history we know that these next three kingdoms after Babylon were the Persian Empire, the Greek Empire of Alexander the Great and his successors, and the Roman Empire.
All were the superpowers of their day. Rome indeed broke in pieces and crushed all its competitors in building the greatest empire the world had ever seen up until that time. (Although we won't go into it for lack of space, Daniel 7 contains a similar prophecy of these four empires, symbolized by beasts described as being like a lion, a bear, a leopard and a fourth beast unlike the others.)

Fast-forward to the end time

The feet and toes of the image Nebuchadnezzar saw were composed "partly of potter's clay and partly of iron," meaning "the kingdom shall be divided...partly strong and partly fragile." This means it would be made up of people who "will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay" (Daniel 2:41-43).
The timeline represented by this image began with the head in Nebuchadnezzar's day. Continuing that timeline from head to toes, the image represented, after Babylon, the Persian, Greek and Roman Empires that would follow, each in its own era. But regarding the last of these great empires drawing to a close, we see another dramatic symbol introduced into the vision.
Describing the time represented by the feet of iron mixed with clay, Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar: "While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them...The rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth" (verses 34-35, New International Version, emphasis added throughout unless otherwise noted).
What does this mean?
Daniel went on to explain this symbolism: "In the time of those kings [the leaders of the mixture of people represented by the iron and clay], the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands" (verses 44-45, NIV).
This "kingdom that will never be destroyed," we know from many other prophecies, is the Kingdom of God, which Jesus Christ will establish on earth at His return. This is confirmed by the triumphant announcement that accompanies His return as recorded in Revelation 11:15: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever" (NIV).
We see here that, odd as it may sound, Daniel's prophecy reveals that the fourth empire—the Roman Empire—will exist in some form and be destroyed at Christ's return to earth! As we will see, a comparison of several Bible prophecies with secular history will show how astoundingly accurate those prophecies have proved to be!

More details in the book of Revelation

Revelation, the final prophetic book of the Bible, reveals more details about this fourth and final empire. In Revelation 13, John records a vision he saw of "a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns" (verse 1). This beast, representing a final empire or geopolitical superpower, has characteristics of a leopard, bear and lion (verse 2)—showing continuity with the ancient gentile empires of Babylon, Persia and Greece, symbolized by these same animals in Daniel's vision found in Daniel 7.
As Rome had swallowed up and incorporated characteristics of these earlier empires, so does this final great empire, represented by a beast in John's vision, incorporate characteristics of the creatures that represented these earlier empires as seen by Daniel.
Why is this final empire represented as a beast? It's because ultimately its actions are more like a powerful and vicious animal than a human being. Whereas a person can be open to the guidance of God and exercise qualities such as compassion, care and concern for others, an animal is driven primarily by the motivations of self-preservation, power and control.
And indeed we see that these have been the motivations of most human governments throughout history. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and countless other kingdoms, empires and governments have wielded their power to attack, oppress and enslave others so they could preserve their power and control. So a "beast" is indeed a fitting symbol for a world empire—particularly one such as this.
"The dragon"—Satan the devil (see Revelation 12:9)—is the unseen supernatural influence at work behind the scenes in this final world superpower (Revelation 13:2). And it will wield enormous influence over the world in the end time. All the world will marvel and follow it (verse 3). People will say: "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" (verse 4). It will appear invincible and unstoppable.
With Satan behind it, this power will "make war against the saints"—killing and persecuting the faithful servants of God. So great will be the dominance of this beast that it will have "authority over every tribe, people, language and nation" and "all inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast" (verses 7-8, NIV).
Centuries of history bear record of man's unjust rule without the guidance of God. Like its ancient predecessor, this end-time system will set itself against God, ruthlessly suppressing His truth and attacking those who faithfully serve Him.

All signs point to Rome

Do other signs lead us to identify this final world superpower as a modern-day incarnation of the Roman Empire? In addition to what we have seen above, many other Bible indicators point in that direction.
One is found in verses 3 and 12, where it is stated that this beast has a "deadly wound" that is healed. Prophetically, what does this mean?
After years of decline, the Roman Empire indeed received a "deadly wound" in A.D. 476 when Rome's Emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed by Germanic tribes led by Odoacer. But that was not the end of the Roman Empire. As we will see, that "wound" was indeed healed and the empire would rise again—and again and again through history.
In Revelation 17 this beast appears again, in another form, here linked with a powerful and influential church called a "great harlot" (verse 1). (To learn more, see "Europe: A New Superpower on the Rise.") This fallen woman, representing a great false church, sits on "seven hills" (verse 9, NIV). Rome, of course, is famously known as "the City of Seven Hills."
Bible prophecy sometimes has dual meanings. Hills or mountains are also prophetically symbolic of governments or kingdoms, as is the case here.
We see that verse 10 speaks of seven kings—leaders of governments or kingdoms—of which "five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come," who will "continue a short time." Allied with this final seventh king will be 10 other leaders or rulers who will "receive authority for one hour [symbolic of a short time] as kings with the beast" and "give their power and authority to the beast" (verses 12-13).
A study of history shows the fulfillment of these remarkable prophecies. After Rome's "deadly wound" of A.D. 476, that wound was indeed healed. Following that would come seven "kings" or leaders of revivals of the Roman Empire in cooperation with the Roman church. Let's see how this was fulfilled in recorded history and what lies ahead yet to be fulfilled.

Justinian's Imperial Restoration

After Emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed, less than a century passed before Justinian, the Eastern Roman or Byzantine emperor, ruling from Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), committed himself to restoring the empire in the West, launching what would be known to history as the "Imperial Restoration."
William Langer's An Encyclopedia of World History states, "Justinian's whole policy was directed toward the establishment of the absolute power of the emperor and toward the revival of a universal, Christian Roman Empire" (1960, p. 172). This same work refers to Justinian's "grandiose reconstruction of the Roman empire." 
The Roman church hierarchy played a key role in this revival. As historian Will Durant points out, "In 554 Justinian promulgated a decree requiring that ‘fit and proper persons, able to administer local government, be chosen as governors of the provinces by the bishops and chief persons of each province'" (The Story of Civilization, Vol. 4: The Age of Faith, 1950, pp. 519-520, emphasis in original). 

Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor

The second of these prophesied revivals or resurrections of the Roman Empire occurred at the time of Charlemagne—Charles the Great—who was crowned by Pope Leo III in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome in A.D. 800. This act was indicative of the power and influence the Roman church would hold over the empire in future years, when emperors would receive the title Holy Roman emperor.
Langer's Encyclopedia of World History refers to this time as the "Revival of the Roman Empire in the West" (p. 155), adding that "Charlemagne's rule was a theocracy."
If there is any doubt that the Roman Empire was very much alive through Charlemagne's revival, he adopted as his official title, "Charles, the most serene Augustus, crowned by God, great and pacific emperor, governing the Roman Empire."

Otto I, "the Great Emperor"

After Charlemagne's death, his empire was divided among his grandsons, and although the imperial title continued, the empire disintegrated and remained weak and divided until the time of Otto the Great.
According to Langer's Encyclopedia of World History, Otto's "coronation by the pope as Roman Emperor marked the revival of the Roman Empire" (p. 216). His Latin-inscribed seal read Otto Imperator Augustus—"Otto the Great Emperor."
The German newsmagazine Der Spiegel, in a 2007 special edition on history, made the following observation about the German emperor: "Otto called himself...ruler of the Roman Empire, even though it came to an end a few centuries earlier. Charlemagne had already carried such a title.
"A belief spread about by Christians was that the Roman Empire would last until the end of the world. The prophet Daniel from the Old Testament prophesied of four world empires; then the anti-Christ would come. According to the configuration of the time, the Roman Empire would be the fourth empire. According to this interpretation, Otto saved the people and as such highlighted the claim to be over all other rulers in Europe" (p. 28).
Although the medieval concept of prophetic events as noted here was somewhat muddled, it does show that the idea of the Roman Empire as a contemporary power, and one that would exist at the time of the end of this age, was a well-established concept.

Charles V, on whose empire the sun never set

Although Otto passed from the scene, his empire lasted for almost three centuries before being divided by rival factions.
From his father, Charles inherited the vast Habsburg possessions of Central Europe, Germany and Italy. From his mother, daughter of the famed Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, he inherited Spain and its American possessions. Ruling over an empire on which the sun never set—an empire even larger than ancient Rome's—he was the most powerful man in the world.
Determined to realize the age-old dream of a unified Europe, Charles V's reign was the pinnacle of the fourth prophesied revival of the Roman Empire. "One of the greatest of the kings of Spain and Holy Roman emperor, [Charles V] was perhaps the last emperor to attempt to realize the medieval idea of a unified empire embracing the entire Christian world" (The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition,Micropaedia,Vol. 2, "Charles V").
However, major challenges thwarted his vision. In the course of his reign he fought against France, the Ottoman Empire of Suleiman the Magnificent, Protestants, and even forces of the pope. He eventually abdicated in 1556, leaving his Spanish possessions to his son Philip II and his Central European holdings to his brother Ferdinand.

Napoleon, rival of Charlemagne and Alexander

One of history's most famous figures, Napoleon Bonaparte, was to lead the fifth prophesied attempt to resurrect the Roman Empire with the endorsement of the Roman church. As Will Durant observed, Napoleon "dreamt of rivaling Charlemagne and uniting Western Europe . . . then of following Constantine . . . to the capture of Constantinople . . . and proposed to rival Alexander by conquering India" (The Story of Civilization, Vol. 11: The Age of Napoleon, 1975, pp. 242-243). At the height of his power he ruled 70 million subjects across the European continent.
But military power wasn't enough to satisfy his ambitions. In 1799 Napoleon maneuvered himself into France's top political position. In 1804 he crowned himself emperor of France, and later that year was crowned Emperor Napoleon I by Pope Pius II at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Before long his military conquests led him to rule Europe from the Elbe River to the Atlantic Ocean, as well as over Spanish and French territories in the New World—the greater part of the Americas.
Looking to Rome and Charlemagne for inspiration, Napoleon determined to unify Europe under his reign. However, his great ambitions proved his undoing. Plans to invade Britain fell apart after his navy was defeated by Admiral Lord Nelson at Trafalgar in 1805. In 1812 his invasion of Russia proved disastrous, with the loss of more than half a million men. Forced to abdicate his throne, he was sent into exile in 1814.
With this, the fifth revival of the Roman Empire drew to a close. But this was not the end of imperialist attempts to unify Europe.

German and Italian dreams

Germany as we know it is a relatively modern creation. Before Napoleon, there were literally hundreds of small German states, each ruled by its own prince, duke or king. Austria and Prussia were the most dominant. In the 19th century Otto von Bismarck managed to unite most German territories under the Prussian Hohenzollern dynasty, with others allied with Austria.
German dreams of a greater empire inevitably led to more war. In 1914 the First World War broke out, a conflagration that took the lives of millions and transformed the face of Europe. But when it ended four years later, major problems remained. In the coming years two new strongmen would arise with new dreams to unite Europe and expand beyond—Benito Mussolini in Italy and Adolf Hitler in Germany. Both these men signed agreements with the Roman church that gave legitimacy to their fascist regimes.
Declaring the reappearance of the Roman Empire, Mussolini formed an alliance with Hitler, bringing about the Rome-Berlin Axis. Adolf Hitler proudly proclaimed Germany's Third Reich, envisioning a new German empire that would rival the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation established by Otto the Great. The sixth of the seven imperial revivals foretold in Revelation 17 was under way.
From 1939 until 1945 the Allied and Axis powers fought the Second World War, battling and bloodying each other across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Germany's dream of a Europe united under a new empire almost succeeded, and at a horrendous cost. As in World War I, millions perished and Europe was again left in ruins.

Back to the future

In the devastated aftermath of World War II, it seemed unimaginable that Europe could rise again. Its cities had been bombed and battered to rubble, its infrastructure had been shattered, its economy was in shambles and millions of its citizens were dead or maimed.
Yet Europe has risen. The 27-member European Union has grown to become the world's largest economy and its biggest trading power. The EU has its own president and foreign minister. It is quickly developing global political power to match its economic clout. Military power will surely follow its expanding economic and political might.
But it is not yet as it will be.
Returning to Revelation 17, we see that John "marveled with great amazement" at the vision he had seen of the woman and the beast (verse 6). An angel then explained to John that "the beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit..." When they see it, people "will marvel... when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is" (verse 8).

What does such unusual wording mean?

Having gone through this historical background, we can now understand how an empire could once exist, then disappear, then reappear in a somewhat different form. The fact that this beast, symbolic of an empire, "was, and is not, and yet is" tells us that the Roman Empire, which does not exist at this time as such, will be restored yet again in the near future.
It "was," meaning it existed in the past, it currently "is not," meaning it doesn't exist at this moment, and "yet is," for it remains an undercurrent in European politics, and "will ascend out of the bottomless pit"—meaning it is destined to rise yet again.
Revelation 17:10 prophesies that there would be seven kings or rulers who would lead resurrections of the Roman Empire in cooperation with the Roman church. History shows that this development has occurred six times in the past. A final revival, linked in prophecy to God's intervention in human affairs with Christ's return, lies ahead.
In 1957 six Western European nations—West Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium—came together to create the European Economic Community through the Treaty of Rome. These groundbreaking steps toward European unification were taken in the ancient capital city of the Roman Empire and home to one of the world's oldest and major religions.
Paul Henri Spaak, former secretary-general of NATO, later remarked on that signing in a BBC documentary: "We felt like Romans on that day... we were consciously recreating the Roman Empire once more."
Europe's long dream of unity retains its hold on European leaders. Although slow to come together, and certainly not yet in its final form, that union will emerge as a global superpower that will stun and shock the world.
Again, Revelation 17:12-13 tells us of an alliance of 10 "kings"—which today could refer to presidents, premiers or prime ministers—who "will give their power and authority to the beast" in a final union of nations. Little do they know how monstrously evil their creation will become, ultimately plunging the world into catastrophe.
The next verse clearly states the time setting for this prophecy: "These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them..." The Lamb, of course, is Jesus Christ. He will not return until this prophecy of 10 rulers who form an end-time superpower is fulfilled. Yet all indications are that His return must be soon—and the appearance of this empire will of course be even sooner.
As history shows, the Roman Empire has fallen, risen and fallen several times in the past. Be assured that it will rise once more, yet soon afterward will be destroyed and replaced by the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, which will never be destroyed!
This is what Bible prophecy reveals regarding the end time as it focuses on events in Europe. The foundation is laid, the structure is being built, and the time for the final revival of the Roman Empire draws ever closer.
Will you be ready to face these events that are destined to transform the world?  GN

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Importing Disease: How Third World Immigration Is Bringing Back TB to Britain

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The current tuberculosis screening system for immigrants into Britain does not work and is exposing the indigenous population to thousands of infected persons from Third World nations with 70 percent of all new cases attributable to immigrants.

This is the conclusion which can be drawn from an article in the latest edition of the British Medical Association’s respiratory health journal, Thorax.

Around 8,500 cases of active disease are diagnosed annually in the UK, [of which] more than 70 percent of which are in people born elsewhere,” the article,

Rethinking TB screening: politics, practicalities and the press, authored by specialists Dr John Moore-Gillon and Professors Peter Davies and Peter Ormero, said.

The authors also revealed that the state’s ‘Port of Arrival Scheme’ which has operated since 1971, has failed.

This scheme focuses on those wishing to stay in the UK for at least six months and arriving from countries with high rates of TB (classed as more than 40 cases per 100,000 of the population).

"Clearly, current methods of TB screening for new entrants...are not working," they continue, adding that the reason for the system’s failure is because there are no standard criteria for who is offered screening and there is often no way of checking whether the subjects actually turn up to a local clinic as instructed.

“Furthermore, a TB screen is triggered only by migration status, not by arrival from a high risk country,” the article continues.

“And the screen is geared towards picking up active infection, yet it is

estimated that a third of the global population has latent TB infection.

More incredibly, the screen is also designed to uncover respiratory TB, yet TB in other sites of the body, such as the spine, gut, kidneys and brain, accounts for almost half (44 percent) of cases in new arrivals.

The authors suggest that the “best option would be for recently arrived immigrants from high risk countries to be screened in community services,” though, they add, “such services are currently overstretched due to increased demand.”

The doctors finally pose the question if the “time has come for new arrivals to be granted a residency permit only on condition they register with a GP for a TB test, as is the case in the Netherlands and Norway.”

Figures for 2008 show that the largest number of new TB cases and deaths occurred in the south-east Asia region, while sub-Saharan Africa had a particularly high incidence rate. 

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Germany and the Euro: What Will Be the Ultimate Outcome?

A severe crisis often results in economic and political disaster, but it can also foster an opportunity for exercising much greater control, especially for an economically strong and dominant country like Germany. Does the Bible indicate where the current crisis (and others like it to follow) could eventually take Europe?

by John Ross Schroeder http://www.gnmagazine.org/

The euro, the shared currency of 16 nations in the European Union (EU), came into being some 11 years ago. But the economic and monetary union it represents has met with a dire situation, calling the currency's survival into question.
A former president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, recently declared: "When the euro was born, everyone knew that sooner or later a crisis would occur. It was inevitable that, for such a bold and unprecedented project, in some countries mistakes would be made and unforeseeable events occur" (Financial Times, May 21, 2010).
As with any chain, that of the euro is only as strong as its weakest link—which in this case turned out to be Greece.
Heavily in debt, it was in danger of default and being forced off the euro—which would lead to many investors losing confidence in other overextended eurozone countries and abandoning euro holdings. The EU and the International Monetary Fund decided to bail out Greece to maintain the eurozone and buoy up faith in the currency. And political integration has been pushed forward in order to impose stricter financial discipline on member states.
Mr. Prodi went on to say: "I was warning years ago that . . . extraordinary events could occur that would force joint co-ordination of fiscal policies. Then the Greek crisis arrived—serious in terms of the sins that caused it, but easily solvable considering the modest size of the country's economy."
Most European observers would probably take issue with his statement about an easy solution, as the situation remains precarious for Europe and the global economy. But his overall assessment about closer integration seems to be pretty much on target.

European political integration or eventual meltdown?

Daily Express columnist Leo McKinstry analyzes the current situation more bluntly: "The moment of truth has arrived for the European Union. The debt crisis has brought the single currency to the brink of meltdown. Leaders of the EU now face a stark choice.
"They can either allow the eurozone to fall apart through the withdrawal of hopelessly indebted member states such as Greece and Portugal, or ruthlessly press ahead with full economic and political unification, creating a new European nation that will impose fiscal discipline throughout its territory" (May 21, 2010, emphasis added throughout).
Hamish McRae, chief economics commentator for The Independent, offers his own assessment—embedded in the title of his recent article: "The euro should survive this crisis; but it won't get through the next one" (May 21, 2010).
A Stratfor Global Intelligence report stated: "The euro and the European Union will probably survive this crisis—although their mutual failure is not nearly as unthinkable as the Europeans would have thought even a few months ago—but this is not the only crisis Europe will experience" (May 25, 2010).
Romano Prodi, in his piece quoted above, expressed his own assessment: "We are therefore at a crossroads. The only alternative to greater co-ordination of economic policies is dissolution of the euro."

The German and British roles—and their mutual relationship

Berlin took a calculated risk by banning short selling of euro-area government sovereign credit-default swaps and 10 German financial stocks until March 2011. Whether boldly or foolishly, it made this decision unilaterally, without consulting France or any other member country of the eurozone. Though the action has invited immediate backfire, being generally condemned as ill-judged, this German government rarely acts without careful calculation.
One observer speculated about the possibility of "a smash-and-grab attack on the future of the eurozone that could transform the dynamic of the European Union" (Bill Jamieson, "Germany Pushes the Issue Too Far," The Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2010).
"'If we don't avert this danger, then the consequences for Europe are inevitable,' [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel said. 'Because if the euro is failing, then Europe is failing . . . This will all remain in place until other rules [other than those in Germany] are established on a European level'" (Andrew Thomas, "Germany's Merkel: Failure of Euro Means Failure of Europe," The Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2010). Clearly Berlin, as key paymaster for Greece and other weaker economies, expects the eurozone members to follow its leadership.
The Stratfor Global Intelligence report commented: "As we have seen during the current crisis, Germany is clearly the economic center of gravity in Europe, and this crisis has shown that the economic and political issues are very much one and the same. Unless Germany agrees, nothing can be done, and if Germany so wishes, something will be done" (May 25, 2010).
Partially through the efforts of dislodged Labour Party Prime Minister Gordon Brown (while he was still chancellor of the Exchequer), Britain has retained its pound sterling and so far avoided joining the eurozone. While on board a ferry crossing the Irish Sea from Britain to Ireland, I watched on TV the newly elected British Prime Minister David Cameron in a joint news conference with Angela Merkel, ostensibly in support of German efforts to stem the current crisis. Apparently they had a 90-minute meeting as well.
But the night before (May 20), as reported by The Guardian, Mr. Cameron had apparently confided to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, "I always had concerns about the euro on a fundamental level" (May 22, 2010). The same article states, "Cameron's footwork looked impeccable—until he used the V-word with Merkel."
During the news conference with Chancellor Merkel, Prime Minister Cameron "declared that the support of all 27 EU countries was needed to change the Lisbon Treaty to stiffen the rules for the single currency, something Merkel stressed might be necessary to revive the euro." Calling her attention to the "V-word," Cameron said: "The United Kingdom has a veto. Those are very important points to understand."

Tensions between Britain and Brussels

The new British government's plans for Europe have been summed up in a white paper published in The Daily Telegraph. It says: "Britain should play a leading role in an enlarged European Union, but no further powers should be transferred to Brussels without a referendum . . . Britain will not join the euro in this Parliament and the possibility of a United Kingdom sovereignty bill stressing the 'ultimate authority' of Parliament will be explored" (May 21, 2010).
Well-known British author Frederick Forsyth, also a columnist for the Daily Express, starkly stated: "Once again Brussels has come up with a new decree aimed at afflicting more damage on our country. Like it or not London's Square Mile absolutely dominates the world of the hedge fund [an investment fund to protect against losing money] . . . The funds generate a huge amount of wealth and they are overwhelmingly based here.
"So Brussels has come up, impelled by the Franco-German alliance, with a series of measures to cripple them . . . It is just a ploy to hound them [the hedge funds] out of London where they contribute billions to the British economy." This particular piece was titled, "Humiliating Britain Is Still Top Item of Brussels Agenda" (May 21, 2010).
John Griffing asked the question in his article in The American Thinker: "How did independent nations with separate identities and divergent cultures allow themselves to be bullied into submission by a gaggle of European bureaucrats in Brussels?"
All human aspirations and failures aside, the ultimate answer appears to lie in the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. With all of its ups and downs, and whatever the eventual fate of the euro, the European Union has set up a complex infrastructure of bureaucratic government that could well be used by a future charismatic dictator reminiscent of Adolf Hitler. According to the biblical book of Revelation, many people will actually come to worship this man and the empire over which he will rule. Scripture calls both the man and the empire "the Beast."
Jesus Christ urged His followers, "Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man" (Luke 21:36). You need to be sure you're regularly reading The Good News to properly comprehend what we are told to watch! GN

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Dear Fellow Patriot,

A Message From BNP Chairman Nick Griffin MEP

I am personally writing to you today to draw your attention to a grave situation we find ourselves in at present. As you know, we have all worked extremely hard for many years to gain success. Some people think that now we've broken through into the political and media big time, our troubles are over. Not so! With success comes new challenges and obstacles, and the party is now suffering acute legal and financial pressure.

Precisely because we've shown we can win, we are being forced to fight for our very existence! The anti-British Equalities Minister is running a ruthless campaign of legal persecution to destroy our party. The spiteful and venomous move by the ConDem Home office to bar me from the Queen's Garden Party once again shows all too clearly that the liberal-left Establishment will stop at nothing in their desperation to halt our progress.

The impact of these attacks on our finances is severe. We have to buy in the services of expensive legal experts just to survive as a party. Our latest response to Trevor Phillips and the PC bullies is 27 pages of razor-sharp legal argument. If there is anything like justice, it will 'rip' apart their case in court. We cannot begin to produce such material by ourselves.

An expert - especially one who will have courage to risk all by helping us against our enemies - does not come cheap. This has been so urgent that some of the money we had allocated to pay other pressing bills had to be diverted to this most urgent fight.

In short, we are cash struck. We've made good progress with the money already raised and spent on infrastructure, equipment and campaigns over the last 3 years. But our successes have unleashed the furies of hell against us. Our existence is being challenged and it's costing us dear.

Be clear on this, if you don't give, we can't fight... and if we don't fight we will be shut down and killed off... THE END! If they win, the British people - and most especially our children - would be left voiceless and at the mercy of the PC fanatics and the Islamist extremists who hate all we hold dear. It's that brutal.

We are the last bastion of the rights of our indigenous white society. If they break us, our people will be left defenceless!

In the wake of the Establishment's Palace own goal, public sympathy for our party is at an all time high. We are ready to roll out the advances we've made centrally over the last 2 years to our regions and local branches. The future really does belong to us, but only if we can keep our forces in the field.

We can't take that for granted. Our current financial situation is certainly not good. On top of the legal attacks on us, we have fought massive European and General election campaigns back-to-back in under a year. And we've had the enormous cost of modernizing our central party machine.

I know how generous everybody has been over the last year, that's why I did not want to send you a simple appeal letter. I am writing to you like this to ask you personally to help your party out of these current difficulties. Our enemies' attacks on our very existence are placing an intolerable strain on us and I need you to help me guide the party through this difficult period. We need to raise £150,000 to keep the wolves at bay and to ensure our survival.

I know you love our country and your commitment to our cause is beyond reproach and that's why I am asking you in earnest to give as generously as you can right now to keep the party machine rolling on in defence of our constitution, our true nationalist principles and our right to exist.

Over the last year we have built a political powerbase that has astounded the Establishment and as you know, it has worked and will keep working! Through top-flight campaigning and administration while delivering the electoral breakthroughs, what we have achieved has sent out the signal that the British National Party is a real 'threat' to the status quo. That's why we are now under such serious attack.

Today we stand at the crossroads of history. Do we pull together and go on to launch a really effective challenge to win seats in next year's Welsh and Scottish parliamentary elections, or do we scale back our operation and go back to being a 'fringe party'? Only you and how you respond to this letter can decide the future direction and survival of our party.

By digging deeper than ever before you will be making a statement that you are with me on our journey to even greater success to winning in the big PR elections next year and then onto Westminster.

As I said on TV on the day I was barred from the Palace, we are David to the establishment's thuggish Goliath. But right now, were out of the slingshots we need to keep fighting - in blunt terms, hard cash! I will never let you down, you have my solemn word on this, and right now I really need your help to get us out of this dangerous situation. Remember, your donation is the weapon our enemies fear the most….Please use it.

Yours sincerely,

Nick Griffin, MEP
Leader, British National Party

Opposing 'Eurabia' - The Time for ACTION is now! A Message From Nick Griffin MEP

Opposing 'Eurabia' - The Time for ACTION is now! David Cameron and his slick PR machine convinced large numbers of desperate British folk during the recent election that he would bring genuine 'change' to our country. The Cameron honeymoon period has already ended and his true, treacherous intentions are revealed for all to see. Practically every single Conservative election pledge, including their 'daft' immigration promises, have been ditched with breathtaking speed and openness.  The BNP's frank statement that Lib-Lab-Con election pledges  are totally fraudulent has been proved fundamentally correct. But nothing could demonstrate any better that the old Conservative Party and its support for traditional British values is totally dead than the sickening sight of David Cameron this week visiting Turkey  and promising to promote and support the entry of Turkey into the European Union. Firstly, Turkey is not a European country,  but a nation of the Middle East, with traditions, culture and a way of life  that is completely alien to traditional Europe. Secondly, Turkey is an Islamic country with a population of around 80 million.  Every country of the European Union is Christian with a Christian heritage that is completely at odds with Islam. If Turkey is granted entry into the European Union, that would mean that 80 million Muslim low-wage Turks would be able to move freely across Europe.  Even the most sensible observers admit this would trigger a tidal wave  of Muslim immigration into Europe totally changing the face of our continent Making this nightmare scenario even more terrifying is the fact that Turkey  has just relaxed immigration controls on its eastern borders touching its Middle Eastern neighbours. This means that the untold countless Islamic millions of the Middle East only have to cross the lax border into Turkey and they immediately are entitled to travel to Britain, claim asylum and work within the EU. The entry of Turkey into the EU would be nothing less than a total catastrophe for Britain and for Christian Europe,  and is the first stepping stone on the path to creating the liberal-left dream of 'Eurabia', the fusion of Europe and the Middle East. This is why the British National Party is leading the British resistance to the European Union,  to the mass immigration displacing our people from our own homeland,  and to the evil plan to bring Turkey - a gigantic Muslim country - into the EU,  leading to a disastrous new wave of migration into our Continent. The time for talking is over - now is the time for action! Is that the future you want for your children?  Will you regret it when it is too late and you wished you would have joined the British Resistance when you had the chance? The British National Party is Britain's fastest growing political party, with dozens of councillors,  a seat on the Greater London Assembly and two seats in the European Parliament. The clock is ticking, our country is dying, and our beautiful innocent children are depending on us to save their future. Here are the different membership options: METHOD #1: Join the British Resistance The BNP is the only hope for our country, for our children and grand-children.  There are thousands of people receiving this e-bulletin that are not members yet. Why not join the British Resistance to political correctness, multiculturalism and the enforced colonisation of our country. Membership costs only £30: METHOD #2: Become a Life Member Life members are that small elite of British patriots that sign-up  to the Cause of British Nationalism for life, not just for one year. Life membership  comes with various other attractive benefits: METHOD #3: Become a Gold Member Gold members stand out from the crowd due to the unique gold membership badge that all Gold members wear with pride.  Gold membership costs just £60 and shows that little bit of extra commitment to the Cause of British survival: METHOD #4: Upgrade your membership For the thousands of existing BNP members out there why not upgrade your membership to Gold or even Life? Upgrading your membership shows your commitment  to our Cause and provides real and substantial benefits to you and the Party: Thank you in advance for your loyalty and support. Yours sincerely, Nick Griffin, MEP Leader, British National Party

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New Report Confirms that NHS Waiting Lists Have Risen After EU Rules Implement

BNP News

Predictions that patient waiting lists would rise dramatically if European Union rules on working hours were implemented have proven to be completely accurate in a new study issued by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS).

The EU rules, which were implemented last August, have seen thousands of patients waiting up to 18 weeks longer than usual for surgery, the report said.

“The increase is predictable,” John Black, RCS president was quoted as saying. “If you have the same number of patients, no more doctors and ask them to work less then it is inevitable that the time available for elective procedures will reduce and waiting lists grow.”

He pointed out that the rule was so ridiculous that “most European countries had bypassed the legislation by either not monitoring compliance or, as in Germany and Holland, finding ways around the directive.”

The report found that 80 percent of consultant surgeons and two thirds of surgical trainees said “patient care had deteriorated since the directive was implemented.”

A 2009 RCS report said that there were not enough surgeons to fill rotas if they worked only 48 hours a week and that 90 percent of trainee doctors were exceeding their timetabled hours on a weekly basis.

That survey also revealed that 55 percent of surgeons reported being pressured to falsely declare their actual hours worked and that 68 percent felt that their training and skills had deteriorated as a result of shift-working patterns introduced to meet the working time regulations.

At least 71 percent felt the reduction in overall hours had not led to any improvement in their work-life balance.

In March 2009, think-tank Open Europe issued a study on the EU’s working time directive called titled Time’s UP! The case against the EU’s 48 hour working week.

“In the middle of a full-blown recession, we estimate that the Working Time Directive as it currently applies in the UK is already costing the economy between £3.5 billion and £3.9 billion every year,” the report said.

Open Europe goes on to quote a NHS nurse in London as saying that the “important practice of ensuring patients see the same nurse could be threatened by a maximum 48 hour week. ‘It is common sense that there will be nurse shortages once all the nurses have worked their maximum permitted number of hours.’”

Their report continued: “In 2000, the UK Government gave way in a similar stage of the negotiations, that time on a proposal which limited working hours for junior doctors — the effect of which was tantamount to losing between 4,300 and 9,900 junior doctors, according to the British Medical Association.
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Con-Dems Council House Secure Tenancy Plan What Will it Mean In Reality

Author, Horwich Nationalists

It was with some alarm that I heard today that the Con-Dem Axis of Evil were today announcing that they intended to change the Secure Tenancy agreements of millions of British Low income families!

I could not help thinking when it was mentioned that they will look at British Tenants circumstances and how they change over time. Twinned with the rise in the Population of the UK, through Immigration and the growth of the Ethnic population of the UK.

That many indigenous British people especially the Elderly will now be forced from their homes , were they raised their children and put a lifetime of effort and money into the properties the rent on behalf of the councils, in order that Immigrant and asylum seeking clans can have their properties! who,s rent will be paid for the oppressed British Worker once again.
So in effect not only will we be made homeless but we will be expected to pay for it to!
Alarmist you may think but by the past standards of the Marxist elite that now dominate the halls of Westminster, anything is possible that is to detriment of the true British People!

If you are reading this and thinking my goodness what can I do about it, WELL their is something that you can do join the British National party now, to have a SECURE HOME, A SECURE NATION, AND MORE THAN ANYTHING A SECURE FUTURE FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN  click this link to join NOW! https://www.bnp.org.uk/membership.html 

An article on the Christian view of what is happening to the western world through the policy of mass 3rd world Immigration, once again convinces me , that we are not just up against the forces of Marx and Multi Nationals, But! are facing the REAL! Forces of Darkness.

before you scoff and say well whatever religious Nutter!

just read on! And you will see that our battle is not just for the NATION, BUT FOR IT,S SOULS ALSO! 

From the Good News magazine 

Suddenly, immigration is becoming a bigger issue throughout the Western world. Governments around the globe are very concerned about potential problems that massive immigration may bring.

Immigration: How a Foreign Invasion Is Reshaping the West

In the last 50 years, millions of people from the Third World have moved into the Western democracies. Many have contributed to the welfare of these nations, but others lack work skills, proper education and democratic convictions. What will it mean if and when these ever-growing minorities begin to constitute the majority in several key countries?

by Melvin Rhodes

The American state of Arizona, which borders Mexico, recently passed a law authorizing police to inquire of people they've stopped for other legitimate reasons if they are in the United States legally, should there be sufficient reason to suspect otherwise, and to ask for proof of their legal status in such case. Illegal immigrants have contributed to mounting crime, increasing health and educational costs and other problems in the state.
Most of Arizona's citizens support the law, though some organizations outside the state have announced boycotts, which could cost it a great deal. Even the federal government is considering filing lawsuits to prevent the law from being implemented.

Immigration reshaping Western countries

A car bomb placed in New York City's Times Square on May 1, 2010, was the 11th attempted terrorist act in the city of New York since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The bomb—which, thankfully, failed to go off as planned—raised some deeply troubling questions about even legal immigration.
How could a young Pakistani immigrant who lived the American dream possibly want to kill hundreds of his fellow citizens? The United States and other Western democracies, still coming to terms with radical Islam, are finding it hard to fathom. It just doesn't fit into the multicultural ideal!
France, Belgium, Italy and other European countries are passing laws to block Islamic women from wearing full veils in public. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is insisting the country's large Turkish population should assimilate, while the Turkish prime minister insists they should have their own separate schools to protect their Islamic identity.
Meanwhile, a Danish cartoonist whose cartoon depicting the prophet Muhammad led to riots in a number of countries was threatened by an ax-wielding intruder, and a Swedish cartoonist was physically attacked by protesters shouting "Allah is great!" as he gave a lecture on free speech. Muslims insist that freedom of speech, long cherished in the West, has its limits.
In Britain, the issue of immigration may have cost Prime Minister Gordon Brown the recent election. When a 65-year-old supporter of his own party approached him during the campaign and expressed concern about all the immigrants from Eastern Europe flowing into her neighborhood, Mr. Brown was overheard in his car describing her as a "bigoted woman."  Leaders clearly don't like the sensitive issue of immigration being brought up.
But it's not going to go away.

Majorities becoming minorities in their own land

People are feeling increasingly threatened by the changing demographics in their own nations. The ethnic composition of Western countries is rapidly altering due to massive immigration in the last few decades. The United States alone took in 10 million more immigrants in the seven years following Sept. 11, 2001—many of them from countries rife with radical Islamists. To many citizens, this just doesn't make sense.
An increasing number of Americans are aware that these demographic changes will lead to a majority nonwhite population in their own lifetimes. How they handle this will determine the country's future. As Time magazine put it: "How the current majority reacts to its incipient minority status is the most crucial socio-demographic issue facing the country" (Gregory Rodriguez, "The White Anxiety Crisis," March 22, 2010, international edition).
In an amazing break from tradition, many Western nations changed their immigration policies after World War II and welcomed millions of people from the Third World. Even the United States, often deemed a cultural "melting pot," had an immigration policy prior to 1965 that favored maintaining the racial status quo.
The late Senator Edward Kennedy's 1965 immigration bill deliberately changed earlier policy, welcoming a big influx of immigrants from the world's poorer nations. At the time, Americans were assured it would not alter the ethnic mix and social fabric of their nation.
Now it's evident this assurance was false. One could easily make the argument that the election of America's first African-American president would not have happened without the reality of changing demographics.

Immigration leading to unrest

The issue of immigration was briefly discussed on NBC's Chris Matthews Show on May 9, 2010.
During the program, John Heilemann of New York magazine observed: "We're going through one of these once-in-a-century transformations that cuts across a lot of different things—cultural change, there's big demographic change, there's big economic change, and technological change, and it makes people really nervous. It's been going on for about 15 years in America—the sense of anxiety, the sense we've lost control of our lives."
Also on the show was Cynthia Tucker, a columnist with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, who offered this perspective: "I've always thought that this great melting pot or salad, however you want to describe this diverse nation, works as long as the economy is good, as long as the pie is growing and every American believes he or she has an opportunity to get a piece of that pie, we're all pretty happy." 
However, now that the economy is not doing so well, the United States could be in for a more stressful time when it comes to assimilating the various ethnic groups that now live in the country.
The same applies elsewhere, of course. Some of the eurozone countries are on the brink of financial collapse due to decades of overspending. Severe government spending cuts are inevitable. The nations have already seen unemployment rise. Without jobs, many are already blaming immigrants for their situation.
In the latest election in Britain, the anti-immigrant British National Party almost tripled the share of the vote it received in the 2005 election. In fact, anti-immigrant parties are seeing growing support in a number of European countries.
The perceived threat applies on several different levels.

Security a growing concern

Besides feeling that their way of life is threatened, both culturally and economically, people are also becoming more concerned about security as radical terror movements increasingly recruit homegrown terrorists. Commenting on the recent attempted bombing in Times Square, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies professor Fouad Ajami wrote the following in the May 10, 2010, Wall Street Journal:
"'A Muslim has no nationality except his belief,' the intellectual godfather of the Islamists, Egyptian Sayyid Qutb, wrote decades ago. Qutb's 'children' are everywhere now; they carry the nationalities of foreign lands and plot against them. The Pakistani-born Faisal Shahzad [who set up the car bomb] is a devotee of Sayyid Qutb's doctrine, and Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, was another.
"Qutb was executed by the secular dictatorship of [Egyptian President] Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1966. But his thoughts and legacy endure. Globalization, the shaking up of continents, the ease of travel, and the doors for immigration flung wide open by Western liberal societies have given Qutb's worldview greater power and relevance. What can we make of a young man like Shahzad working for [the cosmetics company] Elizabeth Arden, receiving that all-American degree, the MBA, jogging in the evening in Bridgeport, then plotting mass mayhem in Times Square?
"The Islamists are now within the gates. They fled the fires and the failures of the Islamic world but brought the ruin with them. They mock national borders and identities. A parliamentary report issued by Britain's House of Commons on the London Underground bombings of July 7, 2005, lays bare this menace and the challenge it poses to a system of open borders and modern citizenship.
"The four men who pulled off those brutal attacks, the report noted, 'were apparently well integrated into British society.' Three of them were second-generation Britons born in West Yorkshire. The oldest, a 30-year-old father of a 14-month-old infant, 'appeared to others as a role model to young people.' One of the four, 22 years of age, was a boy of some privilege; he owned a red Mercedes given to him by his father and was given to fashionable hairstyles and designer clothing...Two of the four, rather like Faisal Shahzad, had spent time in Pakistan before they pulled off their deed.
"A year after the London terror, hitherto tranquil Canada had its own encounter with the new Islamism. A ring of radical Islamists were charged with plotting to attack targets in southern Ontario with fertilizer bombs. A school-bus driver was one of the leaders of these would-be jihadists.
"A report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service unintentionally echoed the British House of Commons findings. 'These individuals are part of Western society, and their "Canadianness" makes detection more difficult. Increasingly, we are learning of more and more extremists that are homegrown. The implications of this shift are profound'" ("Islam's Nowhere Men: Millions Like Faisal Shahzad Are Unsettled by a Modern World They Can Neither Master nor Reject," emphasis added).

Prophecy warned of consequences for national sins

The modern descendants of the ancient Israelites include many of the nations that make up today's Western world. In Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28, God promised tremendous physical blessings if they would obey Him, but He also warned them of the dire consequences of disobedience. The promised blessings for obedience are awe-inspiring; the assurances of punishment for sins are deeply troubling.
These chapters make for sobering reading when we consider trends in recent years. In Deuteronomy 32, verse 25 warns of "terror within"—a prophecy clearly being fulfilled now, with an even greater increase in the problem likely still to come.
The apostle Paul spoke of how God created "from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings" (Acts 17:26).
Of course, this passage does not mean that correctly controlled immigration is inherently wrong, seeing that when the Israelites left Egypt the door was opened for a certain number of non-Israelites to dwell among them. However, they had to leave their culture behind and abide by the same laws God gave the Israelites. We are now learning the negative consequences of the multicultural society that has been propagated for the last 50 years.
Mixing cultures, and especially religions, can be volatile! We should have known that before the change in immigration laws just by looking at history and at other societies where mixing religions has led to serious tension and conflict.
The people of Europe feel particularly threatened. With higher population densities than the United States and closer proximity to the volatile Middle East, many West European nations have significantly high Muslim populations. Add to this Europe's low birthrate in contrast to the high Islamic birthrate, and the potential for violent conflict only increases.
And as we've seen, it's not just security that is threatened. Economics also play a major role. God Himself warned of serious consequences for the native peoples as a result of immigration: "The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail" (Deuteronomy 28:43-44).
In other words, the strangers—those of foreign cultures and religions—will end up on top, in control and in time possibly dictating a way of life foreign to the indigenous population.
This is, of course, exactly what happened when European settlers started arriving in North America, Australia and elsewhere—they ended up on top and in control, displacing the native populations. Now, two or three centuries later, they are the ones losing control to newer arrivals.
Immigration trends and birthrates show that sometime in this century the peoples who currently dominate most of the Western nations will be minorities in their own lands. Whatever you may think of the ethnic mix, the reality is that significant change is underway, and it's threatening no less than the future of Western civilization. GN
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Related Resource

The United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy
Where does the United States of America appear in Bible prophecy? Does Bible prophecy neglect to mention major nations such as the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom? In fact, many prophecies do mention these nations.
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Rochdale Asian Gang force English Girl, 14, to be prostitute in Greater Manchester

Tuesday, 3 August 2010

From Bolton Patriot

Girl, 14, forced to be prostitute in Greater Manchester

A 14-year-old was forced into prostitution and sexually abused by a series of men after going missing from her home in Greater Manchester.

Nine men were convicted in connection with the abuse, which took place in February and March 2008.

The girl, described as vulnerable, was "used as a commodity" for sexual activity with the men, police said.

Supt Paul Savill, of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), said she had been through an "absolutely horrifying ordeal".

Police said the girl, who first went missing on 16 February 2008, had been abused by a number of different men "as she went from one vulnerable situation to another".

In each case the men identified her vulnerability to take advantage of her.

In a statement issued following the convictions, the girl said: "These people exploit young girls, introduce them to prostitution, feed them drugs and alcohol and tell them they love them.

'Changed my life'

"I know this because it has happened to me and it has changed my life enormously.

"I just hope that people will be more aware of this now and will be able to prevent this from happening to other vulnerable young girls."

Continue reading the main story
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Supt Paul Savill

Greater Manchester Police
Over a series of separate hearings and trials, Manchester Crown Court heard how the girl was first picked up in Rochdale town centre by Asad Hassan.

He took her to a nightclub where she was plied with drink and taken to a flat along with two other men, Basharat Mohammed and Mohammed Atif, who all later sexually exploited her.

A few days later she travelled to Manchester where she met another man, Aftab Khan, who also plied her with alcohol and drugs before ordering her to work as a prostitute.

Over the next 10 days she was forced to have sex with a number of men for money, before flagging down a couple in the street and begging them for help.

Supt Savill said the level of abuse the girl had suffered was "almost beyond belief".

"She has been treated like a commodity: beaten, threatened and sexually exploited.

"These men took advantage of her vulnerability with no regard for her wellbeing.

"I commend this young girl for her bravery in supporting this case. Even after her ordeal she was able to revisit the sites where she was abused and testify against her abusers in court."

'Nightmare experience'

The girl's parents added: "We are very proud of our daughter for her courage in assisting Greater Manchester Police with the prosecution of these abusers who caused her such terrible harm.

"No family should have to endure a nightmare experience like the one we have been through.

"We support our daughter in hoping that these successful prosecutions will send a message that will help protect other children."

Nine men convicted at Manchester Crown Court in connection with the abuse were:

Aftab Khan, 31, of Tarporley Avenue, Fallowfield pleaded guilty to one count of controlling a child prostitute and one count of sexual activity with a child. He was sentenced to nine years in prison. This was later reduced to seven years on appeal
Abid Khaliq, 30, of Shrewsbury Street, Stretford was sentenced to eight months in prison after admitting perverting the course of justice
Noorzai Ahmed, 29, of Royce Court, Hulme was sentenced to four years in prison after he was found guilty of paying for the sexual services of a child
Mohammed Anwar Safi, 29, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 31 months in prison after admitting paying for the sexual services of a child
Mohammed Khan, 26, of Royce Court, Hulme was sentenced to four years in prison after he was found guilty of facilitating child prostitution
Najibullah Safi, 33, of Reabrook Avenue, West Gorton was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to sexual activity with a child
Asad Yousaf Hassa, 28, of Rivington Street, Rochdale was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting two counts of sexual activity with a child
Mohammed Basharat, 28, of Prospect Street, Rochdale was sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child under 16
Mohammed Atif, 29, of Rivington Street, Rochdale was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to sexual activity with a child

President’s “English Are Anti-Semitic” Remarks in Context Concerning Future Demographics

Israeli President’s “English Are Anti-Semitic” Remarks in Context

BNP Newsroom

Israeli president Shimon Peres’s remark that the “English are “anti-Semitic” is highly insulting but is valuable because it starkly reveals the irreconcilable dichotomy of Lib-Lab-Con foreign and domestic policies.

Mr Peres’s comment is not shocking in itself — as Israelis tend to automatically dismiss any criticism of Israel as “anti-Semitism,” which it is not — but his follow-up remark, that the increasing number of Muslim voters in Britain will inevitably have an effect on British politics, is extremely accurate.

Mr Peres, who was awarded an honorary knighthood by the Queen in 2008, said that England's attitude towards Jews was Israel's "next big problem.”

"There are several million Muslim voters, and for many members of parliament, that's the difference between getting elected and not getting elected," he said.

There can be no doubt that the steady swamping of Britain through Third World immigration and Islamification will indeed change the face of this country and its foreign policy forever.

An Islamified Britain and Europe will be disastrous for Israel as the Jewish state’s support base in Europe (and ultimately America) will vanish and be replaced by Third World-dominated regimes which will be highly hostile to Zionism.

Over the long term, this will lead to the cutting off of the massive foreign aid handouts to Israel from the United States of America, upon which the Zionist state depends for its survival.

In that sense, Mr Peres’s remarks are spot on. The Islamification of Britain and the West will be Israel’s “next problem.”

However, Mr Peres’s further comments that “England was deeply pro-Arab ... and anti-Israeli" and “always worked against us [Israel]” are staggeringly incorrect and deeply insulting.

On the contrary, the continuing Middle Eastern wars into which Britain is always dragged are driven primarily by a British subservience to American foreign policy.

American foreign policy was exposed as being completely dominated by the right-wing Zionist lobby in America (which is a coalition of Likud-supporting Zionists and fundamentalist Christian organisations) in the 2007 New York Times bestseller book The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Walt, Professor of International Relations at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

As a result, the dichotomy of Lib-Lab-Con policies has emerged: on the one hand, a pro-Israeli foreign policy (ungratefully dismissed by Mr Peres) combined with a domestic policy of encouraging Muslim immigration from nations with whom Israel is in conflict.

Thus Britain finds itself offering sanctuary to massive numbers of Pakistani nationals while that country does not even recognise Israel’s existence and is sworn to destroy it.

Mr Peres’s remarks therefore need to be seen in context: he is correct in pointing out that demographic change here will influence British foreign policy against Israel, but he is most certainly wrong in asserting that current UK foreign policy is “anti-Semitic.” If anything, it is the very opposite.

The British National Party advocates complete neutrality in matters of foreign policy and demands the right to protect our nation from internal Islamic colonisation.

Only in this way can Britain be preserved from the disaster to which our nation is inevitably headed should it continue down the road mapped out by the Lib-Lab-Con liars.

Recommended reading: The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy by John J Mearsheimer and Stephen M Walt. The book describes the lobby as a "loose coalition of individuals and organizations who actively work to steer U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction." The book "focuses primarily on the lobby's influence on U.S. foreign policy and its negative effect on American interests." The authors also argue that "the lobby's impact has been unintentionally harmful to Israel as well."

The authors argue that although "the boundaries of the Israel lobby cannot be identified precisely," it "has a core consisting of organizations whose declared purpose is to encourage the U.S. government and the American public to provide material aid to Israel and to support its government's policies, as well as influential individuals for whom these goals are also a top priority." 

They note that "not every American with a favourable attitude to Israel is part of the lobby," and that although "the bulk of the lobby is comprised of Jewish Americans," there are many American Jews who are not part of the lobby, and the lobby also includes Christian Zionists. They also claim a drift of important groups in "the lobby" to the right, and overlap with the neoconservatives.

This book is important in helping to understand why Britain is involved in conflicts in the Middle East. P/B 496 pages. Click here to order online.

Reflection on Reverend West's Pal Talk Service

Time To Reflect after Reverend West's Pal Talk Service

Author: John Salvage |  

The Reverend West

This Author was very happy to have found another avenue for the leaders, both politically, and spiritual, of this political party to give us a wider voice, by requesting their presence in the GA Pal Talk room. Had it not been for former Councillor Russell Green, it may have just been a fleeting glance, a swift look in now and again, and nothing more.  However, once on board, it seemed only natural that it be used to engage us all, any time GA and the other hosts allowed, and create a virtual meeting place.

With the latest guest, Reverend West, something stirred within all of us I think, and that is this simple, but forgotten fact: We have a solid Christian past that was steeped in genuine love of our nation, and that God had made such nations with intent and purpose. Reverend West's talk, and short sermon and prayer, allowed us an opportunity to reflect on his words. 

Also, realising what we have already lost, and will continue to lose if we do not pull ourselves together, both as a nation and party soon, it is prudent to offer another wise man's words, to hammer home this basic philosophy of protecting our traditions, architecture, and total way of life.

Ruskin said:

''The greatest glory of a building, is not in its stones, or in its Gold. It's glory is in its age, and in that deep sense of voicefulness of stern watching, of mysterious sympathy, nay, even approval or condemnation which we feel in walls that have long been washed by the passing waves of humanity.
It is in the lasting witness against men, the decline and birth of dynasties and the changing face of earth, and connects forgotten ages with each other. It is the golden stain of time that we are to look for the red light, and colour for the preciousness of its architecture. Not until the building has assumed this character, til it has been entrusted by the deeds and fame of men, till its walls have witnessed suffering, and its pillars rise out of the shadow of death that, its existence is more lasting than natural objects. It can be gifted to posses the very language of life.''

If the above quote has bored you, or you read it out of a kind of sympathy and duty to this Author, and found it unmoving, then the very reason for our potential demise is even more imminent. It is the very fabric of both our ancient Celtic (Keltoi) ancestry, and the architecture, languages and Socio-Cultural meaning of our Christian past that Ruskin was trying to convey. Our children know nothing of the Welsh, Irish, Scots, English (W.I.S.E) tradition of poem and verse. Our last generation of now grown up men and women, are now so limited in Intellectual opportunity that the above quote, would fill them with a face-wide yawn, and unable to read past The greatest glory of a building.


At the the end of the pointless and insane Second World War, and well into the Nineteen Sixties and beyond, a vicious and hateful era of government sponsored vandalism, ran riot up and down the country. Councils were given every encouragement to reform and modernise our towns, cities, and rural inheritance. Both architecture, and social engineering destroyed the fabric of our nation.

Let us please, seriously reflect on what we still have. And that people like our current Chairman, Reverend Robert West, and a whole host of activists and support networks, including without doubt, The Green Arrow and Friends, are well and truly protected, and continue to be loyally invested in.

The very word Reform, used by our enemies from Governments to Institutions, and from Law to recent anti Nick Griffin groups, should spell out an evil link to common sense folk. Reforming anything means changing, bending, and ultimately destroying, our very existence.

Thank God for Reverend West, for if he, a man of Christian philosophy can boldy and bravely support Nationalism, then we have a future for sure.

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Yorkshire BNP Area Council Outlines Party Growth Plans

Yorkshire BNP Regional Council Outlines Growth Plans

BNP Newsroom

The British National Party in Yorkshire completed a positive regional council meeting which dealt with expansion plans, a review of election results, the proposed leadership contents and the work of MEP Andrew Brons, regional organiser Chris Beverley reports.

 “All BNP officials and councillors from the Yorkshire and the Humber region were invited to the meeting where a number of important issues were discussed in a free and open manner,” Mr Beverley, who also works as personal assistant to Mr Brons, said.

“It was made clear to everyone that no subject was taboo or ‘out of bounds’ and if people had concerns then it was important that they were raised at this meeting.

“On the subject of the expected leadership election, which will take place assuming the necessary signatures are successfully gathered by a challenger, those in attendance were reminded that they were perfectly entitled to campaign for one or other or indeed none of the candidates involved as long as this was done in a respectful way,” Mr Beverley said.

“People should refrain from personal attacks on their fellow nationalists, even if they happen to disagree with them over certain issues. Civilised and sensible discussion regarding the future direction of the party is to be welcomed and encouraged, whilst personal attacks and the circulation of damaging and groundless allegations which lead to fall-outs and divisions within our party can cause long term harm and only go to aid our enemies, should therefore be avoided at all cost.”

A full and frank debrief relating to the recent general and local election campaigns followed.

“Local organisers were congratulated on their Herculean effort that resulted in 47 out of our 54 constituencies being fought and paid for by our local units. Were other regions to have fought the same percentage of seats then almost 90 percent of the UK’s constituencies would have included BNP candidates,” Mr Beverley said.

“They were also congratulated on fielding so many local candidates across the region, and it was noted that of the only two surviving BNP councillors who were defending their seats this year, one of them was from our region in the form of Cllr Paul Cromie, who was re-elected to represent the Queensbury ward of Bradford Council.

“A number of problems were discussed such as issues surrounding the handling of the centrally produced local and general election leaflets, and steps were identified that could be taken in future to avoid such problems affecting this region.

“It was also pointed out that despite the overall feeling that we did not perform as well in the elections as some people had hoped, our average vote across Yorkshire and the Humber in the general election was 4.4%, which compares very well with the 2.8% of the Establishment safety-valve of UKIP.

“It was also pointed out that the other small parties all did worse than we did in Yorkshire with, for example, the joke ‘English Democrats Party’, a party who got their Mayor elected in Doncaster in 2009 and hoped to win some local seats, failing to win a thing.

“Andrew Brons MEP and I updated those present on the work of Andrew in the European Parliament and the work carried out through his constituency office in Leeds. We outlined the fantastic response we have seen to Andrew’s constituency newsletters, which have been delivered by activists and also by the Royal Mail to homes across the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency by the hundreds of thousand, and what was being done to keep in touch with those who contact us.

“A number of other exciting plans were discussed which have the potential to hugely increase the profile of our MEP and the good work he is doing throughout the region, which would inevitably have a knock-on effect on the popularity of our party as a whole. We will report more on these plans in due course as they begin to be realised,” he continued.

“I reported on a number of new appointments and the setting up of new units, which includes plans for a group to cover the Richmondshire local authority area. Once this group has been set up, this region will for the first time ever have an organisational presence in every local authority, which is a situation I have been working hard to bring about since becoming regional organiser last year.

“All in all the meeting was a very positive one which went to show that Yorkshire’s officials continue to work together in a positive manner to build our organisation and further our electoral progress in this region.”

Chris Beverley’s blog can be found here.

EU Freedom of Movement Rules Cause Romanian Gypsy Crime Wave in Britain

EU’s Freedom of Movement Rules Caused Romanian Gypsy “Crime Wave” in Britain

BNP News

Romanian police were asked by the British authorities to investigate a series of criminal gangs “almost immediately” after Romania’s ascension to the European Union caused a Gypsy “crime wave” in Britain, it has emerged.

News of the massive scale of the Gypsy crime wave became known after a daily newspaper carried a report of a Romanian gypsy gang which had smuggled more than 200 children into Britain to beg, steal and commit petty crimes.

The EU’s “freedom of movement” rules, introduced by the John Major government, allow all EU nationals complete freedom of movement across member state countries.

The Romanian Gypsies — who should not be confused with genuine Romanians who are law-abiding Europeans — are part of an Indian-origin tribe of people who penetrated Eastern Europe in the mists of time.

Romanian nationals have been allowed to settle in Britain since 1 January 2007.

In the first six months of that year, police figures revealed that “Romanian nationals” were responsible for a staggering 1,080 offences.

During the same period in 2006, only 135 such crimes were recorded.

Incredibly, Romanian authorities reported that crime in their country had dropped as the Gypsies exported their activities to Britain.

Stan Bitlan, head of the police force in Ialomita County, Romania, was quoted as saying that there “is a connection between what is happening here and the UK. What they are doing in the UK appears here in Romania in the form of luxury cars and houses.”

The mayor of the town of Tandarei, which was the focus of the most recent Romanain police crackdown, said in 2007 that there had been a drop in crime in his city.

A leaked Home Office memo in 2007 also revealed that an estimated 45,000 potential criminals from Romania and Bulgaria, which also joined the EU at the same time, had entered Britain.

In the latest incident, 26 Gypsies were arrested in Tandarei in connection with the child gangs.

The arrested men face charges of trafficking children, money laundering, membership of an organised crime group and possession of illegal firearms.

According to reports, the children were kept under the control of a gang member in Britain and were used to “earn” money by begging, washing windscreens, pick pocketing and shoplifting.

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National Lottery Fund Blacks-Only Schools

National Lottery Funds Apartheid Blacks-Only Schools

BNP Newsroom

The National Lottery funds an organisation which is actively involved in co-ordinating Apartheid-style blacks-only schools in Britain, a BNP News investigation has revealed.

The National Association of Black Supplementary Schools (NABSS), which has been set up specifically to support schools from which whites are excluded, boasts of the lottery grant funding on its main website.

In addition, the NABSS will this coming week be holding a conference in Tottenham, North London, on the topic of “National Black Supplementary School Week” which will be a jamboree of speakers who will blame whites for their community’s academic failures.

According to a press release issued by the NABSS, the conference will deal “head on with statistics about the underachievement of black children by challenging terms such as ‘disproportional representation,’ ‘institutional racism,’ ‘failing,’ ‘stereotyping’" and other terms synonymous with young people of African descent.”

There will also be a “series of workshops and events that will specifically look at issues pertaining to education of black children, and black supplementary schools and the role of black parents,” the NABSS statement continued.

The lottery-funding of the blacks-only organisation and schools takes on an even sinister meaning when the “resources” listed on the NABSS website are investigated.

Amongst the resources available is a video which attempts to explain why black children prefer playing with white dolls as opposed to those of their own colour.

The video (of course) blames white people for this phenomen, and quotes radical black American Muslim Malcom X’s speech where he declared that white people had taught black people to hate themselves.

“Who taught you to hate the texture of your hair?” the video shows Mr X saying. “Who taught you to hate the colour of your skin, to such extent that you bleach to get like the white man?

“Who taught you to hate the shape of your nose, and the shape of your lips? Who taught you to hate yourself, from the top of your head to the soles of your feet?

“Who taught you to hate your own kind—who taught you to hate the race that you belong to, so much so that you don’t wanna be around each other?

“No, before you come around asking Mr. Muhammed does he teach hate, you should ask yourself: who taught you to hate being what God gave you?”

The fact that the NABSS even uses Malcolm X as a role model is equally bizarre. He was born as born Malcolm Little and after his conversion to Islam he called himself El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.

Malcolm X was sentenced to prison in 1946 for a series of violent crimes in Boston and New York and converted to Islam while in prison.

After his release, he changed his surname to “X” because, as he said in his autobiography, "[F]or me, my 'X' replaced the white slavemaster name of 'Little' which some blue-eyed devil named Little had imposed upon my paternal forebears."

He then became leader of the militant black supremacist Nation of Islam organisation which taught that black people were the original people of the world and that “white people were a race of devils.”

* It is about time that someone tested the liberal mindset at the Lottery funds distribution centre and applied for money to set up ‘whites-only’ schools.

The wails of “racism” would come even quicker than the funding for blacks-only schools.

As readers of this website know, there is one law for white British people and another for everyone else. The Lottery funding of the NABSS proves this once again.

postscript from Horwich Nationalists, just do'nt sit back and let this kind of thing continue, join the British National Party by clicking this link BNP Membership application 

 

Welsh Police Refuse to Reveal Details of Illegal Immigration Scam

Powys Police Refuse to Reveal Details of Illegal Immigration Scam

BNP Newsroom

The South Wales British National Party team of super activists have produced yet another powerful video which has revealed Powys police collusion in covering up an illegal immigration swindle because it would “harm commercial interests.”

The video, produced by Roger Phillips and his team of the “colonisation of Wembley” YouTube fame, was made after Freedom of Information (FoI) Act inquiries following a series of UK Border Agency raids on a Muslim-owned takeaway.

The raids took place after the restaurant in question had been caught at least twice employing illegal immigrants as waiters.

The FoI request provoked a response from Powys police in which they refused to supply any details because it would “hurt the commercial interests” of the shop owner.

Mr Phillips also reveals how the business owner has since allegedly fled the country although the takeaway is still run by his family.