Miscellaneous

by Pastor Mark Downey

Scripture Reading:  Isaiah 66:8

The united States began when God’s punishment upon Israel expired, if you believe the prophecy of 2520 years, otherwise known as ‘the seven times punishment,’ which began in 745BC with the Assyrian captivity and ended in 1776; July 4th to be exact.  Even more specific and interesting, we can calculate the captivity of Manasseh, which is America, going into captivity in 732BC and coming out of that captivity 2520 years later in the year 1789, the ratification of the Constitution.  All of the tribes of Israel went into captivity at different times and all came out of their respective captivities at different times that coincide with the founding of the European nations and their Constitutions.   Do we ignore these numbers or do we do the math and surmise that God is telling us something?  According to conspiracy theorists, were they all subverted by a jewish-Masonic conspiracy or was it just us?  The 1948 IsraeLIE does not compute.  What White Christian Americans have to accept is that God meant for there to be a nation born in a day.  When God gave Israel the religious test at Sinai, He warned them that if they rejected the Law, they would be judged.  Was it just a coincidence that the Declaration of Independence was signed the same year that divine judgment would no longer travail upon His people?  America began in a profound way in the eyes of God and He established His Word through prophecy i.e. a nation born in a day. 

The uncanny parallel between America and ancient Israel was so obvious that virtually every Christian minister in colonial America expounded upon it in sermons and writings.  They clearly held the widespread belief that this new nation was the ‘stone kingdom’ of Daniel with a destiny to finish the work that the Reformation began and ultimately smash the feet of the Babylonian image, which was political Europe and Papal Rome, both based on dictatorial religious tests.  Freedom was hailed as never before as a beacon of light separated from darkness, whether political or religious.  If we are to fulfill our divine destiny in the advancement of the Kingdom of God, we must not forsake the blessings our founding fathers fought for nor misplace the chronology of sins that spoiled their furthering of God’s will.

by Pastor Mark Downey

Scripture Reading: Exodus 19:3-8

When Moses received the test question from God, the people answered in the affirmative.  This was a religious test even though the words religion and religious are misnomers.  A misnomer is something that is named in error.  One of the first things I learned in Christian Identity is that Christianity is not a religion; it’s a way of life.  Religions are man-made.  Christianity is made by God.  The word religion comes from the Latin ‘religio’ and means ‘to bind anew.’  This word seems originally to have signified an oath or vow to the gods, or an obligation, which was held to be very sacred during the Roman Empire.  However, 200 years ago in America, religion was often synonymous with Christianity for all intents and purposes.  It was the test itself that was the principle of controversy in more recent times.

The 1828 Webster’s Dictionary goes so far to say, “Religion, in its most comprehensive sense, includes a belief in the being and perfections of God, in the revelation of his will to man, in man's obligation to obey his commands, in a state of reward and punishment, and in man's accountableness to God; and also true godliness or piety of life, with the practice of all moral duties. It therefore comprehends theology, as a system of doctrines or principles, as well as practical piety; for the practice of moral duties without a belief in a divine lawgiver, and without reference to his will or commands, is not religion.”  The modern Merriam-Webster puts a much blander rendition of defining religion: “the service and worship of God or the supernatural; commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance.”  From these two historical perspectives of religion, we can assert that there are two distinct categories i.e. Christianity in contrast to a million other gods.

A continuation of the Sept 14, 2012 discussion "Is the Constitution Christian?’.  Part 2 Aired on March 2, 2013, and is a lively refutation of the disinformation about our founding fathers by Bill Finck and Pastors Mark Downey and Ken Lent.  This discussion covers Article 6, Haym Salomon, Treaty of Tripoli, Freemasonry and Thomas Paine

Christogenea Internet Radio

Pastor Mark Downey interviews Pastor Ken Lent on William Finck's Christogenea Internet radio talk show on Friday 9/14/2012. Discussed are the claims by some anti-Constitution factions that the founding fathers were immoral deists undermining the Christian roots of early America.

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