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WE WHO LIVE IN THIS LAND SO BLESSED WITH LIBERTY AND PROSPERITY are much too likely to take for granted these conditions, giving no thought to the reasons why they exist. We have inherited them, without doing anything on our part to create them or even preserve them, so we place far too low a value on them. We do not. think about how our ancestors won them at the cost of their blood: we have even allowed sinister forces to bar out of our schools most of the teachings which, would tell our children how these things came to be — because it would “discriminate” against the Asiatics and Afri­cans who never had (or wanted) such institutions, and it would build up in the children a patriotism which would make it harder to brainwash them into the kind of robots who will make good slaves of a world government.

The great ideals upon which our nation was built are no accident: neither are they just the work of men who created them out of nothing. They are our heritage from our remote past, from ancient ances­tors who’ were taught-them by the word of God. They are but a part of a far greater plan of racial and national life drawn up for us by our God, and set forth in the Bible. Liberty and prosperity are not causes: they are results: and you cannot long have either one, unless you keep the righteousness which is the only cause capable of producing them. Whenever we have forgotten this, we have soon lost our blessings.

THE 25TH CHAPTER OF GENESIS TELLS US THAT JACOB AND ESAU were twin brothers, sons of Isaac, and in line to inherit the wonderful blessings God had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and their descendants; also that Esau was the first-born, and therefore entitled to the Birthright of a double measure of blessings. Yet God told the prophet Malachi, “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau.” (Malachi 1:2-3) The Birthright was lost by Esau, and inherited by Jacob, o97 ancestor, whose name God Himself changed from Jacob to ISRAEL (meaning “ruling with God”) and to whom God confirmed all of His promises and prophecies.

In all the world’s history, no-one was ever offered such marvellous blessings as were in this Birthright. To lose it was a most terrible loss; yet Esau and his descendants lost it. We now have it: yet we are today in great danger of losing it the same way Esau lost it. Genesis 25:34 tells us that ESAU DESPISED HIS BIRTHRIGHT — and therefore lost It. Today, our politicians and our churches are in an evil contest to see which can teach our people to despise our Birthright the most. If we do not swiftly repent of this, we, too, can lose our Birthright.

What are we talking about? What is this Birthright? It is all the blessings promised by God. But every coin has two sides; and every bles­sing has the corresponding duty on our part to do the thing which God has said: they are both promises and commands.

IN THE BIBLE, GOD REPEATEDLY WARNS US AGAINST ANY MIXING OF RACES —-and especially against intermarriage and mongrelisation. Some of this has been overlooked because of imperfect translations out of the Hebrew and Greek languages in which the Bible was written. Let us examine some of these passages, carefully noting the exact meaning of the words used in the original tongues.

From the very beginning, the commandment not to permit mongrelisation is strongly emphasized. For example: EXODUS 33:16 “So shall we he separated, and all of Thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.” LEVITICUS 20:24 “I am the Lord thy God, which have separated you from other people.”

JOSHUA 23:12-13 “.. if ye do in any wise go back and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them and they unto you: know for a certainty that they shall he snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you. ”

DEUTERONOMY 7:3 “NEITHER SHALT THOU MAKE MARRIAGES WITH THEM: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.”

MOST OF THE PROPHECIES IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL were written in obscure language, so that the full meaning of the event would not become clear until the time for fulfilment was near. One of these which has puzzled all scholars until recently is in the 12th. chapter of Daniel. It expressly deals with the time of the very end: so Its application to our day shows us where we are in history. It reads thus: ” And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a. time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that- shall be found written In the book.

“But thou, 0 Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the Time of the End: many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased. Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, ‘How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?’ And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and swore by Him that liveth for ever, that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.”

IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT MANY PREACHERS, in their ignorance, teach so many false doctrines. One such false doctrine is the statement that Yahshua was not of pure Israelite blood; they say one of His ancestors was Ruth, a Moabitess. From the use of this term they believe that she was racially, not just geographically, a Moabite, in this they are greatly mistaken.

The territory of the Moabites was originally east and northeast of the Dead Sea. It extended from the Arnon River on the south to the Jabbok River on the north. Then their territory went from the Dead Sea and the Jordan River on the west, across the plains and foothills, into the mountains to the east. From the name of the people who lived there, it was called Moab. It kept that name for many centuries after all the Moabites were gone from it.

When the Israelites entered the Promised Land, after their 40 years wandering during the exodus, the land of Moab was the first land they conquered. Yahweh had commanded Israel to totally exterminate the occupants of the lands they were to settle, in Moab they did so.

At this time, about 1450 B.C. Sihon, king of the Amorites, had conquered and occupied the kingdom of Moab and was its ruler when the Israelites came in. In Numbers 21:25,29 we read, “For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. Woe unto thee Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon, king of the Amorites.”

FOR A LONG TIME, THE CHURCHES HAVE BEEN PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION — and forgetting, or even denying, that there is anything else in the Bible. But it is time for you who are interested in this message to consider fully a more important Gospel — the Gospel of Redemption — for this one affects you. Without at least salvation, a person has nothing, for he would have no life beyond this present one. On the other hand, just what does he get by salvation? In the Old Testament, four Hebrew words have been translated “salvation” — and the root meaning of all four is simply “safety”, deliverance from danger or destruction; in the New Testament, two Greek words are also translated salvation” — and these also have the same root meaning.

That is, by salvation, one gains life, he is delivered from death; but there is nothing stated to indicate on what level or standard that life will be: that question must be settled by something more than just “being saved”; and undoubtedly, the matter of rewards for a meritorious life enters into it.

AS WE APPROACH THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATEST DAY IN ALL HISTORY, the day of Yahshua’s resurrection, it would be well for us to give some thought and study to just what it is that we celebrate with such faith and joy. What is the foundation upon which our faith is built? What is the meaning of the tremendous events of that last week in Yahshua’s earthly life? What was accomplished thereby? For the answers, we must look to both the Old and New Testaments, for they are the parts of one book and each proves the authenticity of the other.

We know the Old Testament is truly the inspired word of Yahweh, because its greatest prophecies were fulfilled in the New Testament. We know the New Testament is also the inspired word of Yahweh. Its great events were those, which had been prophesied in the Old Testament.

Remembering this, let us review the scriptures dealing with Yahshua’s ministry and see just what He accomplished. I need not review the fall of Adam, causing the loss of our original position in Yahweh’s plan. This made necessary a Redeemer for Yahweh’s children, eventually to be known as Israel, this is familiar to all Christians. The Redeemer is one of the principle themes of the Bible. Most of it in the Old Testament is not generally understood because so much of it is stated in the form of symbols and ritual.

PROFESSOR ANDRE PARROT, THE WORLD FAMOUS FRENCH ARCHAEOLOGIST HAS SAID, “How can we understand the Bible unless we see it in its proper chronological, historical and geographical settings?” Archaeology not only confirms but also illuminates the historical situations out of which the Old Testament and the gospels grew. I think you will be interested in seeing how modern they were centuries before the Christian era, and how fitting the title, “Nothing New Under the Sun”.

It was Solomon who said in Ecclesiastes 1:9, “Whatever has been is that which will be; And whatsoever has been done is that which will be done. And there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, Lo, this is new? It was already in existence in the ages which were before us.”

Abraham was born in Ur of the Chaldees and lived there until he was about 50 years old. Then with his father Terah, his wife Sarah and his nephew Lot, they moved to Haran and remained there until Terah died. Yahweh said to Abram in Genesis 12:1-4, “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee; And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great: — And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.”

Because we believe the United States is one of the great nations promised to Abraham’s seed, this becomes our history. Just at the time the higher critics had about convinced everybody that Abraham was just a legendary figure, the archaeologists began proving the Bible to be true. Thousands of our books have become worthless and ancient history had to be rewritten.