From: b645zaw@utarlg.uta.edu (General Jubilation)
Subject: Re: ** The Birth of NEW-ISRAEL ** 
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Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 05:57:00 GMT

In article <1992Dec30.110333.2305@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>, 
f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes...

>In article <29DEC199212460728@utarlg.uta.edu>, 
>b645zaw@utarlg.uta.edu (General Jubilation T.) writes:

>> So let's bury the ghost of America. And turn to welcome the birth of the 
>> nation of NEW-ISRAEL in our land. A nation chosen by GOD and saved by GOD.
>> Not because there is any mystical entity which can be called "a nation,"
>> but because we each more than any other people, enjoy a personal relation-
>> ship with Our Creator -- One-to-One. Amen.

>Thank you, Stephen, for saying what needed to be said.  

You're very welcome Joe, but I only echoed the leadings of the Spirit.
I trust other communications "in the same spirit" are being made all
across our nation, and throughout the world. No doubt you're hearing
similar assertions now.

>Our economic problems are indeed so great that the only way out is the 
>way you suggest.

Which is primarily each person putting their love with GOD first, (and
not in the least, as a way of gaining perspective).

>Such a solution is not without historical precedent if we recall the 
>problems of the 1860's and the spiritual renewal that brought healing
>to our land. 

Martin Luther King would no doubt agree, and I very much do.

It's a wonder to me that any nation could survive the insanity of civil
war and its causes, and go on to grow and prosper for the general good
of all. Though I acknowledge the impact of the abundant material
resources of the country in facilitating renewal, and the direct and
simple efficacy of capitalistic economics; both ignore a motive to go 
on improving. Food and shelter once achieved are not strong motivators,
both lead more to sloth than lust. The power lust of a handful by the
turn of the century was also mostly overcome. 

Faith remains the strongest motive for individual and communal uplift.
Inspired faith by my reckoning, otherwise we seem to have a problem 
with going too far, or not doing enough. Faith moderates our overshoots
radical and reactionary.

The quote you provided by H.G. Wells is interesting in what it points 
to....

>With respect to our present leadership, we might recall the words of the
>English novelist and historian H. G. Wells who once noted:
>	
>	The true strength of rulers and empires lies not in armies
>	or emotions, but in the belief of men that they are
>	inflexibly open and truthful and legal.  As soon as a
>	government departs from that standard, it ceases to be
>	anything more than "the gang in possession" and its days
>	are numbered.

For governors and governments to be thought of as truthful and legal,
they must be =personal= (ie approachable and empathetic) and =inspired=
(without which there is no grounds for truth). No government or
participants who rely on force are any better than the "Warlords of
Somalia" or of the X-Soviet Union. No Government which relies on technique,
automatisms, or uniformity is in any sense personal, and will fall from
abuse within -- such seems to be our nation's lot now, (as was the
British Commonwealth). 

Primarily it seems that the vigor and well-being of a nation relies on
the good faith of the people. When the people's faith is lost, the 
nation falls, either by revolution or collapse.

>I cannot help but feel that the US has become a hollowed out economic
>shell in which anything now goes.  

Anyone who has participated in US government, or been "served" by it,
must know this. For myself, I spent 11 years in the military, and
several more with government contractors. Public academia is *no* 
better. And anyone who wants to can examine the public record to see
just how corrupt the system has become. There is only a very thin veil
between "feeling" and fact, easily penetrated by those seeking to know 
the truth. 

The last election made me crazy for awhile. By the end I had come to
be directly aware of much of the abuse and manipulation of the public.
As a researcher, having so many of the names, dates, figures, trends and
incidents in my mind, and how each was being portrayed and twisted...
taken altogether I felt the precense of Satan himself spread across our
nations politics. Those who dwell in it all the time, must be completely
cold, if not mad. It's taken a good deal of time for me to heal, mentally 
emotionally, and spiritually. 

More than that, it's taken complete reliance on God directly, and personal 
encounters with others; family, friends, neighbors, and people who need a 
hand, to regain the precense of GOD, and grace and well-being.

For anyone still hurting, I strongly suggest you give it all up to GOD.

>For the last several decades we seem to have greatly departed from the
>Constitutional ideals inspired by faith in God and belief in the
>inalienable rights of man to one more akin to that expressed by
>Leonard Lewin in his truer than life novel "Report from Iron Mountain":
> 
>	The organizing principle of any society is for war.  The
>	basic authority of a modern state over its people resides
>	in its war powers.
> 
>The choice is ours.
>
>-Joe Gaut

50 years of warfare. Hot wars, cold wars, economic wars, and propaganda.
And the old US has become organized to fight these. It can't continue.
The people burn out. Families fall apart when jobs, commuting, consump-
tion, and passive entertainments crowd out time for being together. 
Without that time for spiritual renewal, the junk, errors, pollution,
and corruption make life a pit. Whether it's debt pollution, media
errors, corrupt entertainment, or junk politics -- there must be time
to turn away from the rush and grind -- to renew.

If you believe in institutions, then you must recognize that none
can go on full bore without some downtime. Our institutions reflect
biological needs -- because we are the biology in them. Sometimes
its necessary to step back from the hubbub to see what's really going
on. Or just to simply clear out the cobwebs and clutter. Or just simply
to heal. 

Our nation needs spiritual healing now. "Change for changes sake" only
makes more of a mess. Spend time with GOD, and the rest will come.

Thank you too Joe, for sharing The Spirit.

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   |  Stephen     "Welcome 1993"
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