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A DIGEST OF SIGNIFICANT WORLD NEWS FROM THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET STAFF FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 17-23, 2011

Ten times the number
of people are dying than
the ofcial threshold
classifying famine.
Adolf Hitler would be
thrilled, and maybe a
little jealous, by what is
unfolding in Europe.
Chinas military
is developing
electromagnetic
pulse weapons.
President Barack Obama
is in favor of repealing the
Defense of Marriage Act.
The U.S. will eventually
opt for printing money as
a way to deal with their
debts, which will lead to a
collapse in their currency
and in their bond markets.
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early 30 years ago Herbert Armstrong prophesied
that a massive banking crisis could suddenly result
in triggering European nations to unite as a new
world power larger than either the Soviet Union or the U.S.
(emphasis added throughout).
On Thursday, that prophecy became reality.
To many observers, Thursdays eurozone meeting in
Brussels seemed like just another meeting. Europes lead-
ers, noted some economists, have once again kicked the can
down the road. These people have gotten bogged down in
the details. In reality, unlike previous summits, Europes
leaders on Thursday made several important long-term
decisions that catapult the Continent toward becoming a
european superstate.
[I]t is almost impossible to overestimate the importance
of the decision which European leaders seemed last night
to be reaching, wrote the Telegraphs chief political com-
mentator, Peter Oborne, in an article titled The euro crisis
will give Germany the empire its always dreamed of.
Even German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a lady not
prone to exaggeration or speaking in dramatic terms, an-
nounced Thursday that this is a historic day.
What we are doing now is an example for deeper inte-
grationhanding over and transferring more competenc-
es to EU institutions, Merkel said.
The deal announced Thursday extends a 109 billion
loan to Greece, and lowers the interest rate that Greece,
Ireland and Portugal have to pay on their loans. But the
most important conclusions are the changes to Europes
bailout mechanism.
Here is what Mr. Oborne wrote about Thursdays devel-
opmentsread it slowly and carefully: By authorizing a
huge expansion in the bailout fund that is propping up the
EUs peripheral members (largely in order to stop the con-
tagion spreading to Italy and Spain), the eurozone has taken
the decisive step to becoming a fiscal union.
On Thursday, we heard the death knell for sovereignty in
some European states, countries like Greece, Portugal and
any others that will in the future take their orders from a cen-
tralized fnancial authority. Oborne continued: So long as
the settlement is accepted by national parliaments, yesterday
will come to be seen as the witching hour after which Europe
will cease to be, except vestigially, a collection of nation states.
it will have one economic government, one currency, one for-
eign policy. This integration will be so complete that taxpayers
in the more prosperous countries will be expected to pay for
the welfare systems and pension plans of failing EU states.
The eurozone leaders decision turns the bailout mecha-
nism into a European Monetary Fund, and even the
prototype of a European treasury. The fund will now be
allowed to help out Spain and Italy without those nations
having to submit to a formal bailout. It will also be allowed
to buy government debt from banks and investors.
In essence, it subjugates southern europe to germany!
Their economic sovereignty has been obliterated; they
face a future as vassal states, their role reduced to the one
enjoyed by the European colonies of the 19th and early
20th centuries, wrote Oborne. They will provide cheap la-
bor, raw materials, agricultural produce and a ready market
for the manufactured goods and services provided by the
far more productive and effcient northern Europeans.
Do you believe what you are reading? This is the Euro-
pean superstate that Herbert Armstrong talked about, and
that your Bible prophesied!
After Thursdays meeting, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
wrote, Europes leaders have grasped the nettle. Faced
with a spiraling bond crisis in Italy and Spain and the
greatest threat to the EU project for 50 years, they have
ripped up their bailout strategy and taken a large stride
towards a liability union. Germany has dropped its
vehement opposition to debt sharing and crossed the line in
the sand towards fiscal federalism.
The Telegraphs Jeremy Warner wrote, The agreement
refers to a European Marshall Plan to restore competitive-
ness to Greece. This doesnt appear to mean money. Instead
it seems to refer to the provision of exceptional technical
assistance to help Greece implement its reforms. In other
words, someone else will be running greeces affairs. That
might be regarded as a positive development. Greece has,
after all, proved quite incapable of running them for itself.
democracy has nevertheless been suspended.
This deal is a major leap toward a superstate. But there
are still some hurdles that need to be overcome, the frst
of which is that the deal is probably illegal. A court case is
already underway in Germanys constitutional court to de-
termine if these bailouts break the law. By signing up to the
deal, Merkel violated a German Parliament resolution that
limits how far she could go in promising to help other na-
tions with their debts. Whatever happens, Germany is not
see SUPERSTATE page 10
europesGiantLeapTowardasuperstate
BY BRAD MACDONALD AND RICHARD PALMER
Middle east
npakistandrawsclosertoiran:Pakistani President Asif Ali
Zardari visited Iran for the second time in three weeks on July 16.
Zardari discussed strengthening cooperation with Tehran in energy,
trade and combating terrorism, holding two rounds of talks with both
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatol-
lah Ali Khamenei. Zardari told Ahmadinejad that
Iran is an important friend and player in the region
and a model of resistance and path to progress.
Khamenei returned the praise, calling Pakistan a
great nation with long and deep background of
struggle, and warning that the real enemy of Paki-
stan was the West and the U.S. on top of it. Subjects
that were discussed included the natural gas pipeline
that is currently being constructed between Iran and
Pakistan, and also a free-trade agreement and an
arrangement for the two nations to trade without the
use of U.S. dollars. Iran is drawing closer to nuclear-
armed Pakistan even as Islamabads relationship with
the United States is deteriorating.
npollshowsstrongsupportforeuinisrael:A recent poll in
Israel shows that Israelis are far more positive about Europe than is
generally imagined. The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev survey,
published July 11, shows strong and growing support for Israeli mem-
bership in the European Union. It indicates that 81 percent of Israelis
would like to join the EU, an increase of 12 percentage points since the
last survey in 2009. The results demonstrate that the Israeli public
views the European Union as a crucial player and that Israelis believe
in stronger cooperation and not in isolation, said Dr. Sharon Pardo,
who compiled the poll. Pardos survey also found that German Chan-
cellor Angela Merkel is the most popular European leader among Is-
raelis, and that 64 percent of Israelis would support the deployment of
nato troops in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel has never applied
to join the EU, and we dont expect it to do so. However, the results
of this survey reveal an Israeli mindset that is amenable to European
involvement in peace-keeping responsibilities in the region. The Bible
specifcally prophesies that when Israel sees the futility of the peace
process, it will seek help from Germany (Hosea 5:13). Biblical proph-
ecy also reveals, however, that Europe will prove to be a counterfeit
peacemaker.
negyptwantstocancelgasagreementwithisrael:Egypts
petrol minister is threatening to cancel his countrys gas supply agree-
ment with Israel, according to a report in the Egyptian media. The
Egyptian daily Youm7 reported on Wednesday that Abdallah Ghorab
will also demand a new price from Israel. According to the report,
Egypt is preparing to submit a request to the International Center for
the Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington, d.c., to end the
gas agreement. The company that exports gas from Egypt to Israel, East
Mediterranean Gas, intends to submit to the tribunal a claim for $8 bil-
lion in damages. A senior source close to the petrol minister hinted that
recent attacks on the pipeline in the Sinai would continue unless the
current agreement is ended. The pipeline has been attacked four times
since February, the most recent time being last week. Economic ties
between Egypt and Israel are eroding, Israeli Infrastructures Minis-
ter Uzi Landau said, warning that the result of the blasts will be a hike
by approximately 20 percent in the cost of electricity. Despite Israel
allowing Egypt to station troops in the Sinaiwhich the 1979 peace
treaty with Cairo prohibitsEgyptian forces have proven unableor
unwillingto prevent such attacks. Since the ouster of President Hosni
Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood has been behind increasing hostility
in Egypt toward Israel, including the gas agreement between the two.
ASIF ALI ZARDARI
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 23, 2011 2
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the horn of Africa needs
help, said Pope Benedict xvi
on Sunday. An internation-
al mobilization to assist
people will be required to
avert a true humanitarian
disaster, he said. Drought
and foods are ravaging
Ethiopia and Somalia, and
countless people are feeing, he warned.
The famine is certainly severe, ravaging
both Muslims in Somalia and Christians
in Ethiopia. But there is another reason the
pope is focused on this particular region.
The Horn of Africa is located at one of the
most strategic commercial gateways in the
world, especially for Europe. And it is increas-
ingly a battleground between competing
religions.
In Ethiopia, religious tension is growing,
and has surprised many. Ethiopia is pre-
dominantly Christian. Christians outnumber
Muslims two to one. Yet even here, they were
under attack earlier this year. Rioting Muslims
burned 69 churches in addition to Christian
homes and other buildings in a week-long
uprising in March. Now in a backlash, the gov-
ernment is cracking down on Islamists. More
than 570 Islamists have been rounded up and
sentenced to jail terms of up to 18 years. An
additional 107 are charged with terrorism for
their roles in attacking Christians.
Ethiopia is sending a message that radical
Islam will not be tolerated. However, as hap-
pened in Egypt, and more recently in Syria,
the government crackdown may actually
empower those being targeted. In Somalia
the clash of religions is evident in a different
formterrorist havens and via piracy.
Now with widespread drought and famine
ravaging the region, what effect do you think
that will have?
Just look what happened in Tunisia. It
didnt take long for that food crisis to topple a
regime. In times of dramatic upheaval, people
often look to the vocal radicals for solutions.
That is bad news for Ethiopia. Islamic funda-
mentalists stand to make huge gains. Could
the Ethiopian government be overthrown?
Displaced, hungry, angry people will
not be a good thing for the Western-backed
transitional government in Somalia either.
Without food and jobs, more young people
will see piracy as a way out.
On May 5, Gerald Flurry warned that Bible
prophecy shows that Islamists are going to
take over: An Islamic takeover of Ethiopia
is imminent, he said.
Keep watching the Horn.

ROBERT MORLEY | Columnist
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 23, 2011 3
YNET NEWS | July 21
GrowingThreatinGaza
S
even months passed since the outbreak of Arab world uprisings.
The wave is not over yet and it is still diffcult to estimate its im-
plications and how it will affect, in the long run, Israels strategic,
political and security situation.
The main, immediate benefciaries of what is known as the Arab
spring are Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. The riots in
Egypt and the removal of Mubarak and his associates from power
prompted two developments: First, the Muslim Brotherhood is no lon-
ger an underground movement and has become an important, infuen-
tial political element. The groups infuence prompted Egypts govern-
ment to completely halt construction of the underground metal obstacle
built with American assistance in a bid to block smuggling tunnels. The
Egyptian regime is making no effort to curb new tunnels and has virtu-
ally suspended its battle against smuggling from Rafah to the Strip.
Simultaneously, Egyptian security forces preoccupied with domestic
developments completely lost their hold on the Sinai Peninsula. Some
300,000 Bedouins belonging to four or fve large tribes are now the Si-
nais true rulers. These tribes main income is based on smuggling in gen-
eral, and on smuggling to Gaza in particular, and they quickly exploited
the security vacuum in the peninsula in the wake of the revolution.
As result of these developments, arms shipments to the Strip have
been surging in recent months: Everything that has been sent by the
Iranians and their emissaries in recent years and was hidden by the
Bedouinswho waited for an opportunity to pass it over to Hamas
under Egypts nosehas fowed freely into Gaza in the past fve months.
Meanwhile, new shipments arrived and were transferred to Hamas and
Islamic Jihad without delay or a need to hide them.
Consequently, terror groups in the Gaza Strip doubled their rocket
arsenals. Today, according to highly credible sources, these organiza-
tions possess some 10,000 rockets of all types, a similar number to the
Hezbollah arsenal in the Second Lebanon War.
While this is a disturbing fgure, the overwhelming majority of rock-
ets held by Hamas and its allies are short-range projectiles with rela-
tively small warheads. However, Gaza terror groups, and mostly Hamas
and Islamic Jihad, hold thousands of mid-range Grad rockets, and a
few heavy Fajr rockets that have a range of some 65 kilometers (roughly
40 miles) and can reach the outskirts of Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv.
This means that in the next major clash in the Strip, Hamas and
Islamic Jihad will be able to disrupt life not only in south-central Israel
more than before, but also disrupt the orderly operations of idf and Air
Force bases in the area.
Moreover, from the beginning of the year, the Bedouins transferred
into Gaza three times (!) the quantity of industrial explosives compared
to the quantity handed over throughout 2010. The shipments included
advanced explosives that would enable Gaza groups to produce more
dangerous, destructive bombs than in the past.
europe
nimftoeu:Youneedmoreintegration:To put the crisis be-
hind, we need more Europe, not less. And we need it now, wrote the di-
rector of the International Monetary Funds European department, An-
tonio Borges, on July 19. If todays policymakers want to successfully
stay the course, they will have to press ahead with structural changes
and deeper economic integration, he wrote. Financial offcials across
Europe are making similar statements. David Bloom, head of currency
europeBegs
Germany:please
rescueus!
adolf hitler would be
thrilled, and maybe a little
jealous, by what is unfold-
ing in Europe.
Hed be thrilled because
his belief that Germany was
destined to lead a united
Europe is currently being realized. But hed
have a touch of envy too, if he saw how effort-
lessly the nations of Europe are lining up at
Germanys feet. For Hitler, the ease with which
Germany is now steadily, even reluctantly, sub-
jugating Europe was something he could only
dream about.
In the last two weeks, an anguished cry has
gone out across Europe for more fnancial inte-
grationand soon! David Bloom, the currency
chief for hsbc, warned this week that Europe
was heading towards fiscal union or break-up.
The International Monetary Fund (imf) stated
this week that in order for Europe to overcome
the crisis we need more europe, not less. and
we need it now.
Either the eurozone moves toward a differ-
ent equilibriumgreater economic, fiscal and
political integration or it will end up with
disorderly defaults, banking crises, and eventu-
ally a break-up of the monetary union, Nouriel
Roubini warned on Monday. But theres a catch.
Further fnancial and political organization
must be endorsed and led by Europes largest, f-
nancially healthiest nation: germany. At the mo-
ment, the market is worried about Germanys
long-term commitment to the euro project, said
Bloom. But if we see unreserved and absolute
backing from the political establishment of Ger-
many, that will be a soothing balm. If Europe
is to prevent the disintegration of the eurozone
and the European Union, said Ambrose Evans-
Pritchard, then Germany must cross the Rubi-
con to fscal and political union.
Europes future, the Telegraphs Jeremy
Warner wrote earlier this week, rests with
Germany. The ultimate decision on whether
to save the euro lies not with Europe as a
whole, but with its economic powerhousethe
industrial heartlands of germany, he wrote
(emphasis added).
the survival of europe as a united entity now
depends solely on germany!
Pretty remarkable. Here we are, 65 years
after World War ii, facing a scenario in which
Europes leaders specifcallybut even global
investors and the international community
are inviting, pleading, demanding that Germany
lead the way in the creation of a european fis-
cal union.

BRAD MACDONALD | Columnist
at hsbc, said: We are heading towards fscal union or break-up. Talk
is no longer enough as the fre threatens to leap over the frebreak into
Spain and Italy. Socit Gnrales Suki Mann wrote to clients: Euro-
zone politicians dontor dont want tounderstand that the eurozone
as we know it is on the precipice. Greece appears beyond repair, Italy
is on the brink, and the chances are that the euro might be no more
very soon. Gary Jenkins, head of fxed income research at Evolution
Securities, warned: We are approaching the endgame for this part
of the European sovereign crises: The number of cans that now need
kicking down the road would challenge the left foot of Lionel Messi. The
chances are that the EU will only take the step of fscal union or com-
mon bond issuance at one minute to midnight on a weekend when it is
clear that the system is close to collapse. Jenkins hit the nail on the
head. Ultimately, the European Union and Germany are committed to
further integration. But it will take a crisis to swing voters behind them.
Dramatic steps are needed, and leaders dont take dramatic steps until
they reach dramatic times. But as the Trumpet has been saying for some
time now, when it gets to one minute to midnight, expect Europe to act.
neveryonebutBritainwantsamilitaryHQ:The European
Union should build a permanent headquarters to command and
control future EU civilian and military campaigns, proposed the EUs
high representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Catherine Ashton, on July 18. She was quickly slapped down by Brit-
ish Foreign Minister William Hague. I have made very clear that the
United Kingdom will not agree to a permanent operational HQ. We will
not agree to it now and we will not agree to it in the future. That is a red
line, he said. A high-ranking diplomat quoted by the Sunday Times
said the UK is the only nation really opposed to the idea. Britain is now
virtually alone in its rejection of the idea, he said. Because of opposi-
tion from the UK even the word headquarters cannot be mentioned, so
we need to resort to convoluted euphemisms, but in the end we expect
the British to show some fexibility (July 17). This news illustrates two
major trends the Trumpet is watching in Europe right now: the growth
of the EU toward a superstate, and the marginalization of Britain.
nGermanyandrussiameettoimproveties:Angela Merkel and
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev co-chaired talks on July 18 to 19
between the two governments in Hanover, Germany, where the two na-
tions signed agreements to improve trade ties. Merkel promised to relax
visa restrictions for Russians visiting Germany. Russia offered Ger-
many a partnership to develop Russias reserves of rare earth minerals,
metals that are vital in many modern devices. Of course were ready to
enter into new relations with our friend, including on rare earths, said
Medvedev. German and Russian state banks said they would look into
creating a fund to help small businesses. Russia also offered to supply
Germany with more gas as Germany phases out nuclear power, though
Merkel did not accept the offer. The relationship between Germany and
Russia is important as Germany breaks away from Americas orbit and
pursues its own foreign policy.
NEW YORK TIMES | July 20
europeTakesBiggerrole
inmideastpeacepush
I
t is a truism of Middle East peacemaking that the United States is
the pivotal playerthe most credible broker between the Israelis
and the Palestinians. But with talks at a standstill, the Obama ad-
ministration now fnds itself on the sidelines, and Europe is emerging
as the key diplomatic actor.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 23, 2011 4
Thenewpower
alliance:russia,
Germanyandfrance
moscow is fush with cash from energy sales,
and arms producers in France, Italy and Ger-
many are happy to take large chunks of it. They
are busily selling Russia advanced weapons,
sensitive dual-use systems and military sup-
plies. All this indicates unprecedented Russian
openness about (and need to) buy advanced
weapons systems. Moreover, Moscow-based
experts say privately that the Kremlin hopes
the arms deals help revive the Russian-French-
German axis that began to emerge in 2003 in
opposition to the U.S.-Iraq war.
Recent military sales include a record-
breaking deal signed on June 17 between
France and Russia. Moscow bought two French
Mistral-class assault ships/helicopter carri-
ers worth more than $1.4 billion, and it has
options for purchasing two more. This is the
largest deal between a nato country and Russia
since the alliances inception and the largest
defense sale from a Western power to Russia
since the World War ii-era land lease.
On the same day, Germanys leading
producer of military technology, Reinmetall,
signed a $398 million contract with Russia to
develop a combat training center for Russian
ground forces.
This brings back memories of the post-
Rapallo 1920s and early 1930s secret coopera-
tion between the ussrs Red Army and the Wei-
mar Germanys Reichswehr, which allowed the
latter to develop and test weapons in Russia,
forbidden under the Treaty of Versailles.
France, Germany and Russia were quick
to glorify these deals as watershed moments,
signaling an unprecedented level of cooperation.
As much as Western European politicians and
manufacturers may celebrate this dtente, nato
allies should not rush to abandon trans-Atlantic
ties for the newfound Russian arms market.
Certainly the newest alliance members and
Russias closest neighbors arent happy. Many
Eastern European countries were forced into
the Cold War-era Warsaw Pact. Once freed,
they sought nato membership as a means of
protection from Russia. Historic memories are
painful, and these nations have a lot of them .
The United States has remained remark-
ably quiet on this issue, but outgoing Defense
Secretary Robert Gates and others in the Pen-
tagon have tacitly objected to these and other
deals. Nevertheless, the Obama administra-
tion decided against going to bat against such
arms sales. At this point, Washington and its
key nato allies can ill afford another spat that
may compromise its near-term operations, like
those in Afghanistan and in Libya.

NATIONAL INTEREST | July 21
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and the Palestinian
president, Mahmoud Abbas, have crisscrossed the Continent in recent
weeks, trying to woo leaders who are weighing whether to support a
Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations in September. Nei-
ther man has visited Washington since the spring.
That may suit the administration just fne. The White House, sev-
eral offcials said, has deliberately kept a low profle since President
Obamas speech on the Middle East in May, in which he tried unsuc-
cessfully to break the stalemate by proposing a starting point for nego-
tiating the contours of a Palestinian state.
Europes rising role stems not only from American fatigue with a
seemingly intractable problem, but also from the peculiar dynamics
of the Palestinian campaign at the United Nations. With more than
100 countries, most in the developing world, expected to support
Palestinian recognitionand the United States almost certain to op-
pose itBritain, France and Germany are viewed as infuential swing
votes.
Rarely has Europe been so courted when it comes to Middle East
diplomacy, said David Makovsky, a senior fellow at the Washington
Institute for Near East Policy. Europe is the prize this summer.
For the Europeans, who have also taken a lead role in the nato mili-
tary campaign in Libya, the chance to play Middle East power broker is
gratifying. But it comes with a risk, said Martin S. Indyk, director of for-
eign policy at the Brookings Institution and a former American ambas-
sador to Israel. The action in the United Nations is a bigger problem for
them than for us, he said. It has the potential of splitting the EU, with
some siding with us and Israel and some siding with the Palestinians.
A rift is the last thing the European Union needs, at a time when the
bloc is being strained by the debt crisis in Greece.
asia
npakistanlookstochinaforprotection: Anti-Americanism in
Pakistan has risen to extraordinary levels in recent months, prompting
calls for Islamabad to draw closer to Beijing. Estrangement between the
U.S. and Pakistan has intensifed in the wake of the Raymond Davies
episode in March, the U.S.s killing of Osama bin Laden in May, Hillary
Clintons subsequent trip to Pakistan, Washingtons calls for military
action in North Waziristan, and the ongoing U.S. drone attacks on
terrorists in Pakistan. Pakistans bitterness toward the U.S. is evident
in the headlines of every signifcant Pakistani newspaper of note. The
nations highest circulation newspaper, the Jang, said Clintons manner
during her visit seemed more like dictation than reconciliation. The
Nation advised Islamabad to get away from this trap. After the U.S.
announced on July 10 its plan to withhold $800 million in military aid
from Pakistan, the countrys daily Nawa-i-Waqt said Islamabad should
consider this opportunity as a blessing; do away with U.S. slavery and
start a journey towards self-reliance. The paper also said Pakistan
can fnd alternative means of aid, and called for a closer relationship
with Beijing. On July 16, the Pakistan Observer said, The exponential
expansion in [Pakistan-China] relations during the present regime
refects a marked departure from our perennial propensity to look up to
the West, particularly the U.S., for our security and economic prog-
ress. The paper also said that warmer ties between China and Pakistan
will contribute immensely to warding off the lurking dangers. Expect
Islamabad to heed these calls to sever its relationship with the U.S. and
work toward closer ties with China.
nmoscowdeclaresnewerainspaceexploration: On Thurs-
day, Russia declared that it is now the era of the Soyuz, after the U.S.
space shuttle Atlantis completed its fnal fight, leaving Russias Soyuz
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 23, 2011 5
Themysterious
TrinityDoctrine
most have falsely assumed
that God is composed
of three personages: the
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
But the word trinity is no-
where mentioned in Gods
Word. And the few Bible
passages that appear to
support some kind of three-
in-one concept have either been translated
incorrectly or grossly misunderstood.
1 John 5:7-8 says: For there are three
that bear record [in heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three
are one. And there are three that bear wit-
ness in earth], the spirit, and the water, and
the blood: and these three agree in one. The
bracketed words, however, were added by
editors of the Latin Vulgate translation of the
Bible and do not appear in any of the older
Greek manuscripts of the New Testament.
In Luke 1:35 we fnd a simple and
straightforward defnition of the Holy
Spirit. It is the power of the HighestGod
the Father! Jesus Christ was begotten of the
Father through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The pronouns he and him used in
John 14 and 16 are often considered an-
other proof that the Holy Spirit is a third
person in the godhead.
But in the Greek language, just like in
many other languages, every noun, includ-
ing inanimate objects, has a gendereither
masculine, feminine or neuter. The Greek
word translated Comforter in these pas-
sages has a masculine gender, which is one
reason why translators used the pronoun
he, where the best English translation
would have been it.
One other passage commonly cited is
Matthew 28:19, which says, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy [Spirit]. But without
question, the Father and Son are identi-
fed as two separate beings throughout the
Scriptures. The same cannot be said about
the Holy Spirit.
Far from proving that God is a trin-
ity, this verse actually proves that God is
a growing Family! The Holy Spiritas the
power that emanates from Godis the
begetting agent that brings us into the God
Family.
By twisting and perverting Gods truth,
Satan actually uses the trinity doctrine to
slam the door shut on the truth about the
ever-expanding God Family. In actual fact,
it is by the power of the Highest that God
opens up His Family plan to all of mankind!

STEPHEN FLURRY | Columnist
rocket as the only means of ferrying astronauts to the International
Space Station. From today, the era of the Soyuz has started in manned
space fight, the era of reliability, the Russian space agency Roscosmos
said. The agency cited reliability and cost effciency as the reasons
why the Soyuz was still operating after U.S. shuttles have been retired,
and also criticized foreign media descriptions of the Soyuz as an old
space craft, saying the design is being updated constantly. As the U.S.
succumbs to its moral and fnancial diseases, it will fall behind other
nations in more and more areas.
TELEGRAPH | July 21
northKoreamayBemore
DangerousThanever
E
ven though its long economic slide and inferiority in conventional
weapons technology make an invasion of South Korea less cred-
ible than in the past, Pyongyang canand doesinfict harm in
many other ways.
Not only has it developed nearly the full array of weapons of mass
destruction, it has been willing to sell them and its missiles and con-
ventional arms to any would-be buyer. Pyongyang assisted nuclear
weapons programs in Libya and Syria, and may seek to do the same
with Iran and Myanmar, although the evidence is unclear to date about
any nuclear transfers to the latter two.
Meanwhile North Korea has engaged in diverse forms of state-spon-
sored crime including the kidnapping of foreign nationals, traffcking
in narcotics and many other forms of contraband, and the counterfeit-
ing of foreign currency. It is a moot point whether the Kim regime
is more of a menace to its own subjects or the wider world. Its pro-
vocative behavior increases the risk that eventually somebody, will be
goaded to retaliate.
The dynastic succession now beginning to unfold in Pyongyang
and the uncertainties this entails exacerbate the potential for confict.
Ailing leader Kim Jong-ils third son, Kim Jong-un, will face severe
disadvantages because of his lack of experience, his fragile power base,
the political constraints on economic reform and the militarys role in
politics. This could make North Korea an even more dangerous nation,
more inclined to engage in further military provocations, to cling to its
weapons of mass destruction and to offer them for sale.
One possibility is an internal challenge, although any further provo-
cation against South Korea risks provoking strong military retaliation,
which could trigger further events or spiral out of control.
Another possible outcome is that North Korea may become a de facto
satellite of China. If it is a matter of regime survival the Kims are in no
position to resist Chinese patronage. There is no need and no chance
that China would in any way formally annex or occupy the dprk. But a
client state is another matter.
WASHINGTON TIMES, BILL GERTZ | July 22
chinaBuildingweapons
C
hinas military is developing electromagnetic pulse weapons that
Beijing plans to use against U.S. aircraft carriers in any future
confict over Taiwan, according to an intelligence report made
public on Thursday.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 23, 2011 6
Latinamerica
Tauntsu.s.
onDebtwoes
after three decades spent battling their own
debt crises and getting constantly lectured
about them by Uncle Sam, many Latin Ameri-
cans are watching the countdown to a possible
default in Washington with a mix of schaden-
freude and fear of what a collapse might mean
for them.
For everybody from presidents on down to
street vendors, seeing U.S. politicians argue
over where to make painful budget cuts has
also been a reminder that those days are over
in Latin America. For now, at least, as most of
the region enjoys an era of economic prosperity
and comparatively tiny defcits.
In Washington Congress must approve an
increase in the $14.3 trillion U.S. debt ceiling
by August 2 or the government will run out of
money to pay its bills.
When did the American dream become
a nightmare? gloated Argentinas President
Cristina Fernandez, whose own country de-
faulted on about $100 billion in debt a decade
ago. In a speech at the Buenos Aires Stock Ex-
change on Monday, she contended that Argen-
tina had prospered since then by focusing on
exports and controlling fnancial speculation
a lesson that Washington has yet to learn, she
said. The Americans thought that money just
reproduces by itself, and only in the fnancial
sector, without having to produce any goods or
services, Fernandez said.
Memories are still fresh of the self-righteous
tone that U.S. offcials sometimes seemed to
take when the shoe was on the other foot. One
infamous example: As Argentina spiraled into
crisis in 2001, then-U.S. Treasury Secretary
Paul ONeill mocked the country for its debt
struggles and said: They like it that way. No-
body forced them to be what they are.
Brazil, the regions economic powerhouse,
which just a decade ago had to come to Wash-
ington to ask the International Monetary Fund
for a bailout, is now the United States fourth-
biggest sovereign creditorholding about $211
billion in U.S. Treasury securities, according to
U.S. data from May.
Even if President Barack Obama and the U.S.
Congress manage a last-minute deal to avert a
default, as most expect, the role reversal has
left many rubbing their eyes in disbelief.
If youre a survivor of the crises of the 80s
and 90s, (this crisis) is unthinkable, wrote
Miriam Leitao, one of Brazils leading colum-
nists, noting that Obama must now confront
the kind of issues that would have seemed like
lunacy to us back in the days when they had a
monopoly on power.
REUTERS | JULY 20
Portions of a National Ground Intelligence Center study on the lethal
effects of electromagnetic pulse (emp) and high-powered microwave
(hpm) weapons revealed that the arms are part of Chinas so-called as-
sassins mace arsenalweapons that allow a technologically inferior
China to defeat U.S. military forces. emp weapons mimic the gamma-ray
pulse caused by a nuclear blast that knocks out all electronics, includ-
ing computers and automobiles, over wide areas. The phenomenon
was discovered in 1962 after an aboveground nuclear test in the Pacifc
disabled electronics in Hawaii.
africa/latin aMerica
nnomoneyforelections:Zimbabwes electoral commission will
not be able to conduct the countrys elections this year unless it gets a
cash injection from the government, a state-owned weekly newspaper
reported Sunday. The party of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
called last week for general elections this year to end the countrys
two-year-old coalition government. Mugabe, one of Africas most ruth-
less dictators, had his power weakened as a result of the 2008 election.
His rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, won that vote, but Mugabe refused to
cede power. After African regional leaders refused to recognize the
legitimacy of a runoff, Mugabe agreed to form a unity government with
Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara. Under the
power-sharing agreement, Zimbabwe is supposed to have a new consti-
tution before the next general election. Though little progress has been
made on this new constitution, Mugabes Zanu PF party still wants to
hold elections in a bid to oust Tsvangirai. Where the money for such an
election will come from, no one has said. Whereas Zimbabwe was once
one of the most prosperous countries in Africa, it now does not even
have the money to patch together a sham election. Mugabes policies of
terrorism, race-based privileges and violent land seizures have de-
stroyed what once was a blessed country.
nGuatemalacallsfornaTo-styleregionalforce:Guatemalas
President lvaro Colom has called for the creation of a regional nato-
style military force to contain the threat posed by the violent and
well-armed drug cartels spreading across Central America. In a recent
interview with the Financial Times, Colom said that while regional
governments have learned what sovereignty means, the drug traffckers
have not. Latin Americas drug cartels travel across borders almost at
will, while the regions national armies and police force regulars cannot
cross international boundaries without the permission of the respective
parliaments of each nation involved. What good is it if the forces of one
country are pursuing drug traffckers who cross a river but then have
to stop to avoid an international incident? ask Colom. Why not have a
type of Central American nato? Expect the leaders of Latin America to
continue pushing for economic and military integration.
TELEGRAPH | July 20
unDeclaresfirst
famineinafrica
C
onditions in the country, hit frst by war and then by drought,
are so severe in some places what was an emergency has now
tipped into a catastrophe, the un will say.
In parts of one of the two regions to be offcially certifed, 10 times
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 23, 2011 7
ThankYou,
Governorfallin
a huge swath of the U.S.
from Texas to Canada is
sweltering in summer heat
10 to 15 degrees above aver-
age. Meanwhile, drought is
withering nearly a third of
the countryan enormous
stretch from Arizona to the
southern Atlantic states.
Here in Oklahoma, were at the nexus
of these two phenomena. Every day this
month except one has been in the triple
digits, and three quarters of the state is in
severe drought.
From in the midst of this blast furnace,
the state governor did a simple, sensible
thing: She asked people to pray for rain. I
encourage Oklahomans of all faiths to join
me this Sunday in offering their prayers
for rain, Gov. Mary Fallin said in a news
release last week.
This straightforward, commonsense
statement aroused the derision of the God
haters. In television interviews, in blogs,
in comments on news stories, they vented.
They scorned the governor for failing to
recognize proof of global warming. They
mocked her as if she considers prayer a sub-
stitute for policy. Oklahomans expressed
embarrassment; outsiders saw proof of the
states backwardness.
What an ugly reminder of the hardness of
the human heart. Were in a scorching dry
spell. To me, the glib irreverence in some of
the comments is like a small foreshadowing
of how God prophesies men will respond
to the plagues of the Day of the Lord. And
men were scorched with great heat, Rev-
elation says, and blasphemed the name of
God, which hath power over these plagues,
and they repented not to give him glory.
God does have power over the heat. He
does control the spigot on the rainfall. Read
His awesome promise: If I shut up heaven
that there be no rain If my people, which
are called by my name, shall humble them-
selves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn
from their wicked ways; then will I hear
from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and
will heal their land (2 Chronicles 7:13-14).
Theres a formula there! Prayer is a big
part of it. Notice there is more to it, though,
if we are really to get results: humbling
ourselves, seeking Gods face, turning from
our wicked ways.
Judging by the withering public response
from the heart of Americas Bible belt to
last weeks call for just one part of that
formula, Im not holding my breath.

JOEL HILLIKER | Columnist
the number of people are dying than the offcial threshold classify-
ing famine. Tens of thousands are believed to have already died in the
south of the country.
The UN declaration will be the frst in a series of food crises in the
Horn of Africa, and the frst time the term famine has offcially been
used since almost a million Ethiopians starved to death in 1984.
But Washington, the worlds biggest donor to Somalia until 2009, is
now barred from funding food appeals if its money risks materially
benefting terrorists. The new rules, from the U.S. Treasurys Offce of
Foreign Assets Control, came into force after reports that al-Shabaab,
Somalias al-Qaeda-linked insurgents, were taxing food convoys, steal-
ing supplies and threatening agencies workers.
The scale of the outstanding need, [means] that even something
very creative that has not happened before, like Live Aid will not be
enough, said a senior adviser to one British charity. It is only govern-
ment level responses, from across all of the international community,
that will have an impact now, he said.
anglo-aMerica
nuKtocutarmy,again:The British regular Army will be cut to
its smallest size in over a century after 2015, British Defense Secre-
tary Liam Fox announced July 18, saying the Army will lay off 10,000
soldiers. This is on top of the 7,000 troops that the Strategic Defense
and Security Review has announced will be cut, meaning the Army
will shrink from 101,000 to 84,000 by 2020. The Treasury has prom-
ised that in return, it will give the armed forces more money to spend
on equipment after 2013. The government will also channel more mon-
ey to the reserve forces, making them better equipped and better paid.
They will also be expected to fght more often. This defnitely amounts
to a major capability cut for the Army, the Financial Times quoted a
senior Whitehall source as saying. Matt Cavanagh wrote in the Specta-
tor, Liam Fox will use the reserves review to put a brave strategic face
on the Army cuts [b]ut the fact remains that once again it is money,
rather than strategy, which is really driving the decisions. Reserves are
far cheaper than regulars, and neither ministers nor offcials have been
able to fnd another way of making the sums add up. These cuts will
leave Britain with less international infuence and more reliant on its
European allies.
nnoqualifedjobapplicants:The U.S. Department of Commerce
recently reported that career openings in science, technology, engi-
neering and math are on the rise in the United States. The problem is
that there are not enough qualifed American applicants to fll them.
Andrew Liveris, chief executive offcer of Midland-based Dow Chemi-
cal Co., recently told cbs News that his company is having a hard time
fnding qualifed engineers. We have 1 million science, technology,
engineering and math jobs available in this country right now and only
200,000 graduates qualifed to fll them, Liveris said. Thats scary.
To counter this shortage, he said, Im opening up R&D labs in China,
in Brazil, in eastern Europe in India, to get those jobs. It might seem
strange to think that a country with an unemployment rate hovering
close to 10 percent should have a shortage of qualifed job applicants.
When you consider the state of Americas education system, however,
all becomes clear. According to a report published last year by the
Presidents Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, less than
one third of Americas eighth graders are considered profcient in math
and science. America has lost its competitive advantage when it comes
to technical know-how. As God prophesied long ago in Isaiah 3, the
cunning artifcer has been removed from the modern-day nations of
Israel.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 23, 2011 8
obamaBacksrepeal
ofso-calledDefense
ofmarriageact
president barack Obama is in favor of repeal-
ing the Defense of Marriage Act (doma), his
press secretary announced at a briefng with
reporters on Tuesday. I can tell you that the
president has long called for a legislative re-
peal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act,
which continues to have a real impact on the
lives of real people, our families, friends and
neighbors, spokesman Jay Carney said.
This legislation would uphold the principle
that the federal government should not deny
gay and lesbian couples the same rights and
legal protections as straight couples, Carney
said.
The Defense of Marriage was signed into
law by President Bill Clinton in 1996, and it
says, in general, that for any federal purposes
marriage means only a legal union between
one man and one woman as husband and
wife. It also says that no state is required to
recognize same-sex marriages performed in a
different state.
Supporters of homosexual behavior, in-
cluding same-sex marriage, responded posi-
tively to Obamas endorsement of Feinsteins
bill, which would repeal doma and also ensure
that same-sex married couples are entitled
to receive benefts under federal law, such as
medical leave and survivors benefts.
Feinsteins legislation would repeal doma
and amend Sec. 7, Title 1, usc, to read as fol-
lows: For the purposes of any Federal law in
which marital status is a factor, an individual
shall be considered married if that individ-
uals marriage is valid in the State where the
marriage was entered into or, in the case of a
marriage entered into outside any State, if the
marriage is valid in the place where entered
into and the marriage could have been en-
tered into in a State.
We are delighted that today, on the eve of
a historic Senate Judiciary Committee hear-
ing, President Obama endorsed the Respect
for Marriage Act, Rick Jacobs, gay activist
who arranged a press conference on the legis-
lation at the National Press Club on Tuesday
where Feinstein spoke. It is rare that a White
House endorses a bill that has yet to pass frst
in either the Senate or the House.
President Obamas decision to do so un-
derscores the urgency with which the Defense
of Marriage Act must be repealed, Jacobs
said in an e-mail sent to reporters. His sup-
port makes clear to all Americans that the
Defense of Marriage Act has no place in our
society.

CNS NEWS | July 19
nGovernmentwilldefaultonitsdebt:Republican presidential
candidate from Texas Rep. Ron Paul predicted on Tuesday that the U.S.
government would default on its debt. When a country is indebted to
the degree that were indebted, the country always defaults, the 2012 gop
presidential candidate said on the House foor. We will default because
the debt is unsustainable. Representative Paul clarifed his statements
by saying that default would come in the form of signifcant infation and
a further erosion of the dollar. If we dont understand this, this default
will not be because we dont send out the checks, he said. We will
send out the checks. It will be defaulted on because people will get their
money back, or they will get their Social Security checks, and it wont buy
anything. On his website, Paul noted the dollars depreciation of nearly
50 percent against gold since 2008; he took issue with the governments
claims that infation is 2 percent or less over the past few years, saying
alternative data compiled by economists show a 9 percent infation rate
if calculated more traditionally. America is facing a tough situation. But
instead of dealing with the underlying causes, it has chosen to try and
cheat the market by printing its way out of its economic problems.
nGraveriskofinternalsabotage:Sabotage by an insider at a
major utility facility, including a chemical or oil refnery, could pro-
vide al Qaeda or other terrorist networks with their best opportunity
to infict massive damage on America, according to a new intelligence
report issued Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security. Titled
Insider Threat to Utilities, this report warns that violent extremists
have already obtained insider positions and some have even attempted
to solicit utility-sector employees for damaging physical attacks or
cyberattacks. Materials recovered after the Navy seal operation that
killed Osama bin Laden in May reveal that bin Laden sought to repeat
the carnage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on or around its 10-year
anniversary. According to former White House counterterrorism advi-
sor Richard Clarke, There are a lot of very sensitive facilities where
someone can get a job on the inside, get access to a control room, fip
a switch, which causes an electric power grid to short circuit, causes a
pipeline to explode. Bible prophecy shows that terrorism, riots, crime
and violence will become major scourges on the American people be-
cause of their lawlessness.
REUTERS | July 21
atlantisHasLanded
T
he space shuttle Atlantis glided home through a clear moonlit sky
on Thursday to complete a 13-day cargo run to the International
Space Station and a 30-year odyssey for nasas shuttle program.
Ferguson eased Atlantis onto the runway at 5:57 a.m. edt, ending a
5.2 million-mile (8.4 million-kilometer) journey and closing a key chap-
ter in human space fight history.
Mission complete, Houston, Ferguson radioed to Mission Con-
trol. Astronaut Barry Wilmore from Mission Control answered back,
Well take this opportunity to congratulate you Atlantis, as well as the
thousands of passionate individuals across this great space-faring na-
tion who truly empowered this incredible spacecraft, which for three
decades has inspired millions around the globe.
Atlantis return from the 135th shuttle mission capped a 30-year
program that made spacefight appear routine .
Russia will take on the job of fying crews to the station, at a cost
of more than $50 million per person. The primary goal of Atlantiss
fight was to deliver a years worth of supplies to the station in case
nasas newly hired cargo suppliers, Space Exploration Technologies and
Orbital Sciences Corp, encounter delays preparing their new vehicles
for fight.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 23, 2011 9
secondcollapse
comingsoon
ray dalio manages $100 billion. For some
people that is a lot of money. Last year, his
frm Bridgewater Associates trounced the
markethis take-home pay was more than
$2 billion.
His biggest successes have come over the
past four years. As one of the few people
loudly warning about the looming eco-
nomic crisis in 2008, he was one of the even
smaller minority who successfully navigated
and capitalized on it. This gives him creden-
tials not possessed by even Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner, or a host of other experts
who now claim to be fxing an economy with
the very same things that broke it in the frst
place (namely excessive debt and leverage).
And now Dalio is warning that America
and the world is heading back down again.
As John Cassidy reports in the New Yorker,
the coming downturn will be a long one
maybe, as Dalio warned in 2008, genera-
tional: This spring, [Dalio] told me that
economic growth in the United States and
Europe was set to slow again. This was
partly because some emergency policy
measures, such as the Obama administra-
tions stimulus package, would soon come
to an end; partly because of the chronic
indebtedness that continues to weigh on
these regions; and partly because China
and other developing countries would be
forced to take drastic policy actions to bring
down infation. Now that the slowdown
appears to have arrived, Dalio thinks it will
be prolonged. We are still in a deleveraging
period, he said. We will be in a deleverag-
ing period for 10 years or more.
Dalio believes that some heavily indebt-
ed countries, including the United States,
will eventually opt for printing money as
a way to deal with their debts, which will
lead to a collapse in their currency and in
their bond markets. There hasnt been a
case in history where they havent eventu-
ally printed money and devalued their cur-
rency, he said. Other developed countries,
particularly those tied to the euro and thus
to the European Central Bank, dont have
the option of printing money and are des-
tined to undergo classic depressions, Dalio
said (emphasis added).
Dalios assessment is alarmingly plau-
sible. But when is this all going to hit? I
think late 2012 or early 2013 is going to be
another very diffcult period, he said.
The world is heading toward another
Lehman moment. Epoch-changing events
are in motionespecially in Europe.

THETRUMPET.COM | July 20
going to abandon the idea of European unifcation. Why? It is because
ultimately these developments will beneft Germany?
Back to Oborne: While these nations relapse into pre-modern eco-
nomic systems, Germany is busy turning into one of the most dynamic
and productive economies in the world. Despite the grumbling, for the
Germans, the bailouts are worth every penny, because they guarantee a
cheap outlet for their manufactured goods. Yesterdays witching hour of
the European Union means that Germany has come very close to real-
izing bismarcks dream of an economic empire stretching from central
europe to the eastern mediterranean.
Europe will unify, and it will be on german terms!
The deal also has to be approved by the parliaments of all 27 EU mem-
ber statesincluding Britains, which could raise some severe objections.
Many experts also believe the measures put forward yesterday
simply arent enough to fx Europes problem. Some worry that even
with proposed sacrifces by private investorswhich could be classifed
as Europes frst sovereign default since World War iiGreece will still
need more help in the future. Europe hasnt published all the details of
the changes to the bailout fund. Will Europe be giving it more money?
Will it be big enough to ensure Italy and Spain dont get into trouble?
The drama is defnitely not over. Europe just took a giant leap toward
becoming a German-led superstate, but expect this crisis to force Ger-
many and Europe to take more radical steps toward unifcation.
Mr. Armstrong told us years in advance where Europe will soon arrive.
He forecast a sort of soon-coming United States of Europea union of
10 nations to rise up out of or following the Common Market of today.
In addition, he foretold of a second outcome that we can closely
watch in light of this development: Britain, he said, will not be in that
empire soon to come.
This, too, is happening before our eyes. As Europe comes together,
several important British politicians, including Prime Minister David
Cameron and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, are saying
that Britain should end its longstanding opposition to a two-speed Eu-
ropewhere a core group of nations accelerate their integrationand
instead use this opportunity to negotiate more independence.
So, this fnancial crisis is not only driving further European unifca-
tion, it also appears to be causing Britain to look for a way out. Two of
Herbert Armstrongs most prominent prophecies are being fulflled in
the same moment!
This prophecy is one that Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry has
also highlighted. Watch closely. Germany will use this crisis to force
Europe to unite more tightly, he wrote at the start of this year. In
the process, some eurozone countries will be forced out of the union.
There are still more turbulent times ahead for the euro. But as Mr.
Flurry wrote, Every country that leaves the EU puts us one step closer
to seeing the German-led 10-nation European superstate!
we are witnessing one of the most significant moments ever in the
history of europe, Mr. Flurry said.
He wrote that in January. How could he make such a prediction? You
need to answer that question.
Mr. Flurry continued: When this government is fully empowered,
the Bible reveals it will plunge this world into great tribulation, a time
more terrifying and violent than this world has ever experienced. But,
he concluded, Matthew 24 also reveals that at the end of the great
tribulation, Jesus Christ returns to Earth! As we watch the rise of this
Catholic-inspired, German-led beast, we must never forget: The emer-
gence of this institution is a sign that the most joyous event in history is
about to take place!
Above all, this is the most important lesson to take from these
events: After Thursday, the world is now a giant step closer to the re-
turn of Jesus Christ!
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY July 23, 2011 10
SUPERSTATE from page 1 oklahomaYoure
Kidding!
the opening of Ambassador
Auditorium in 1974 lifted
Pasadena into world class
as a cultural center. The au-
ditorium became famed for
both its beauty and the clar-
ity of its acoustics. It gained
international fame. The city
thrived, as did California.
Something similar has occurred in the
city of Edmond, Oklahoma.
In September 2010, the pcg dedicated the
capstone structure on its North Edmond
campus, the elegantly beautiful Armstrong
Auditorium. As each month goes by, more
and more people are drawn to view this
fne structure. Its concert series is rapidly
becoming a feature on the Oklahoma social
calendar, its fame spreading with each and
every concert performed.
In the meantime, not only the city of
Edmond, not just Oklahoma City, but the
whole state of Oklahoma is shining brightly
with a reputation of being recession proof
amid the increasing pain that is being
brought upon the United States through its
current economic crisis.
Is there a lesson to be drawn here?
There certainly is, though most are
blinded to it.
God blesses His work. Those blessings
soon beneft the whole community sur-
rounding the location where He places
His name and from which He chooses to
administer His work.
Place is important to God. It always has
been. He makes that evident by showering
His blessings on the location of His choice
as He moves the earthly headquarters of
His work to suit the times we are living
through in any given generation.
Today that place is Edmond, Oklahoma.
There is a very direct link between the
blessings currently fowing in the state
of Oklahoma amid national recession in
America and the work of God emanating
from the city of Edmond. Though few in-
deed will see this connection or even admit
to it if they do, it is undeniable to those who
truly understand God and His ways.
God chose to transfer those blessings to
the place where His lampstand moved.
The blessings that God placed on Pasade-
na and California during Mr. Armstrongs
ministry He simply transferred to the loca-
tion which He chose from which to continue
His work after the Laodicean administra-
tion rejected His commissionEdmond
and the state of Oklahoma.

RON FRASER | Columnist