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Special Report On Cloning

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Here’s rather biblical article about cloning, but good to read:

CLONING WILL QUICKLY BECOME THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE COMING NEW WORLD ORDER!

Now that the cloning of animals is a new reality, cloning of humans is absolutely inevitable. Remember our earlier articles showing that this coming New World Order is Nazism behind a very clever mask? Can you imagine this technology in the hands of an Adolf Hitler? It WILL BE in the hands of Antichrist; when you understand the Biblical prophecy of his kingdom, you will understand the “Rest of the Story”!

The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what this New World Order really is, and how it is being gradually implemented, you will be able to see it progressing in your daily news!!

NEWS BRIEF: “Special Report On Cloning”, Charles Krauthammer, Time Magazine, March 10, 1997, Vol. 149, No. 10, Pages 60-61.

“One doesn’t expect Dr. Frankenstein to show up in wool sweater, baggy parka, soft British accent and the face of a bank clerk. But there, in all banal benignity he was: Dr. Ian Wilmut, the first man to create fully formed life from adult body parts since Mary Shelley’s mad scientist. The creator wore chinos. Wilmut may not look the part, but he plays it. He took a cell nucleus from a six-year-old ewe, fashioned from it a perfect twin — adding the nice Frankenstein touch of passing an electric charge through the composite cell to get it growing — and called it Dolly. Dolly, the clone, is an epochal — a cataclysmic — creature. Not because of the technology that produced it. Transferring nuclei has been done a hundred times. But because of the science. Dolly is living proof that an adult cell can revert to embryonic stage and produce a full new being. This was not supposed to happen.” [Page 60]

Public reaction to this news was at once shocking and revealing. According to a TV poll, released March 7, 51% of the adults surveyed thought that the technology should be destroyed, while only 10% were so crass as to say that they would pursue this technology to the human application if there was profit to be realized. Americans seem to sense, deep within their souls, that this cloning technology possessed such potential for evil that they were very, very troubled.

Indeed, the technique of cloning raises the specter of man re-creating humans with precisely the characteristics that the predominate culture at the time desires. When you couple this re-creation with the new, low view of man as simply an advanced animal, you have the specter of Eugenics being run by an Adolf Hitler!! This science promises political power to the man who can first successfully use it, and since we know that “absolute power corrupts absolutely”, we know there is no man with whom we can trust with this technology. Since we know that all men and women are inherently, desperately evil [Jeremiah 17:9], we know that an Adolf Hitler can arise at any time to take control of any technology the world has created.

Since the coming New World Order is Nazism to its core, we need to look very carefully at this cloning technology from this perspective. In future articles, we will touch on the areas that other authors will expound upon, i.e., the ethics involved, but we want to go immediately to the New World Order implications. These are the implications that are truly critical to understand, for they will drive all other implications.

We will discuss this most traumatic event from two (2) major tenets in this article and the next article, NEWS1062, will discuss the next step in the development of this story, i.e., changing people’s attitudes toward cloning using the technique of the Six-Step Attitudinal Change Plan.

The two major tenets in this article will be:

1) Biblical Doctrine

2) Biblical Prophecy about Antichrist’s kingdom

First, let us look at Cloning from a doctrinal Biblical perspective. I am not about to suggest that the Bible has anything to say specifically about Cloning; what I am about to share with you, however, may be almost as explosive! Most of the necessary changes in Western culture that have been needed to prepare the population for the appearance of Antichrist could not have occurred without the gradual moving away from Biblical Truth and knowledge. Today, most people are so Biblically illiterate that they would not recognize Satan if he grabbed them by the throat on a public street! And, believe me, Satan does have the peoples of the world by the throat, and no one will understand this fact, even when the death toll begins to mount!!

The first thing we must understand about this story of the cloning of the sheep is that Satan is in charge here. I am not saying that Dr. Wilmut, or any of his staff, are Satan worshippers, for I have no evidence to suggest that this might be the case. However, I do know that Satan is controlling events here, working through men who are not saved, to achieve his goals. The picture which portrays this reality is of a master marionette pulling on the strings, sometimes gently and sometimes roughly, to make the puppets [humans] perform as he wishes.

Let us examine the Biblical doctrine which teaches us that Satan is manipulating events on his planet, Earth.

Job 1:6-7, ” Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

Read carefully what Satan told God he was doing just before being “presenting himself” before God. Satan told God he was “going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it”! We all think of this Earth as a pretty big planet, and we certainly have some degree of difficulty in getting around in it. But, Satan looks upon the Earth as a very small planet, one that he gets around easily and with a cavalier attitude. Satan must view the Earth as we would view our garden plot. When the owner of a small garden plot wants to survey his handiwork, he “goes to and fro” in it, and walks “up and down in it”. The owner is in complete control of his tiny garden plot. This is the picture of Satan controlling this Earth.

Do not be deceived at this point: Satan is the Lord of this world. Jesus said of Satan, “Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.” [John 12:31] Jesus called Satan the “prince of this world”. Then, in Ephesians 2:2, Paul says, “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience …” Paul called Satan the “prince of the power of the air”. Thus, Satan is pictured here as controlling the Earth and the air around the Earth. Therfore, it is highly significant that Jesus Christ will return to the air of the Earth to call His believers home in the Rapture, because He will be invading Satan’s territory!! Is this what Jesus had in mind when He said, “Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.” {Matthew 12:29] Certainly, Jesus will bind Satan at the time of the Rapture and “spoil his house”!

Finally, we see Satan’s control of the world in Matthew 4:8-9, where he tempted Jesus Christ three times to sin. One of these temptations shows Satan’s knowledge that he controls this world, and Jesus’ tacit acceptance of this fact. “Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.” [Parallel passage in Luke 4:5]

Satan controls this Earth, during this time period, and most of the people in it. Most people are not active Satan worshippers, but they either worship false religions which Satan has created to draw men away from God’s Truth, or they subscribe to Satan’s values of lust, greed, hatred, love of self, and love of material things. Finally, Satan controls both the leaders of this world [Revelation 16:13-14] and the events of this world [although both types of “control” are, in turn, controlled by God’s prophecies [Revelation 17:17].

Satan can do anything he wants to do on this Earth, unless God specifically intervenes to stop him! Do not ever forget this doctrinal Biblical fact.

Satan is acting as the master marionette, pulling the necessary strings on the necessary people on Earth to achieve the Kingdom of Antichrist. Certainly, the Kingdom of Antichrist is greatly enhanced by the development of Cloning. We should not be surprised that this development comes at just the same time as many other indicators are flashing a warning that Antichrist may be very close to staging his appearance.

Cloning accomplishes the following objectives for Antichrist (This is not a master list, but one which readily comes to mind):

1) Satan has always wanted to be like God, and so he must come as close as he can to being a Creator of Life. In Isaiah 14:13-14, God describes Satan’s desire to be just like God. “For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God … I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” This is the attitude which led to Satan’s rebellion against God before God created the universe as we know it today, and it is the rebellious attitude Satan and his followers have today. The New World Order is nothing more, nor less, than the final exhibition of this rebellious spirit.

Certainly, Cloning gives the appearance of creating life. Even though these scientists did not “create” life out of no life, they did create a new type of “procreation”. At the bottom line, a new form of “procreation” was originated. But, scientists started with an alive cell. Still, most of the people can be convinced that man “created life”. Charles Krauthammer stated this very lie in his article, above. Therefore, wicked man will have yet another false reason to disbelieve in the God of the Bible, and His judgment.

2) Satan is setting the stage where people will be most enthralled by the powers and the abilities of Antichrist. Since many Bible commentators have long lamented the fact that people seem to be worshipping Modern Science rather than the God of the Bible, we should not be too surprised that Modern Science has elevated man almost to the point of being Creator. Remember, the Kingdom of Antichrist is simply the elevation of man to the pinnacle of worship. Antichrist will present himself as the ultimate man, with ultimate wisdom, and ultimate power. The religion of Antichrist will be the New Age religion, which is self-worship.

Consider these prophecies concerning the seemingly “supernatural” powers of the Antichrist during his reign on the Earth.

(a) Matthew 24:24, “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” In other words, the era of Antichrist shall be unprecedented deception!

(b) 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, “Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.” Notice the words of strength in this passage. “All power and signs and lying wonders“. The forces of Antichrist will deceive the unsaved on the Earth because he exercises this deception with “all deceivableness of unrighteousness”. Then, we see that God sends a “strong delusion” on those of the Kingdom of Antichrist, who rejected the Truth of the Bible that they might be saved.

The context of this passage is the Kingdom of Antichrist and the struggle Satan is waging to get him revealed. Of course, Satan works through men to achieve his goals, so we should expect his battle to get Antichrist revealed would be waged through human followers. The New Age follows this scenario precisely. I believe that, when Antichrist is revealed, God will send a strong delusion upon all New Agers who are now doing everything in their power to “meditate” The Christ [Antichrist] into power. I do not believe this passage means that no one who heard the Gospel, but rejected it, will receive this “strong delusion” so they cannot be saved. The context is wrong for this interpretation.

But, the true meaning is powerful enough. Working through Antichrist, Satan will deceive the world mightily, with all power, lying wonders and signs, and “all deceivableness of unrighteousness”. What can this possibly mean? It means that people who have already rejected God and His Word and His Son, Jesus Christ, will be given more deception by Satan to further believe the lie. Most people believe in the theory of Evolution because they want to believe it. They want to believe that there is no Sovereign God Who will call them to judgment for their actions, thoughts, beliefs and motives. As God lamented over the Israel that was about to be destroyed in judgment, “… this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, ‘See not’; and to the prophets, ‘Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.’ ” [Isaiah 30:9-11] Can’t you hear the American people saying this today? “Stop preaching the Bible to us; speak to us smooth and comforting words [even though they are lies]. Tell us we are inherently good; tell us there is no such thing as sin, or a God. Cease holding Jesus Christ up before us”. Isn’t this what we are hearing today? The world hates us Fundamentalist, Bible-believing Christians with furious hatred, because we refuse to lie to them, refuse to speak smooth things to their ears. They do not realize it, but the sound in their ears is God’s approaching judgment.

Well, they will now have the argument of Cloning on their side, to argue that man can now “create” life, without a God!! These people will be further encouraged to disbelieve in God, in the Biblical Creation story, and in the Truth of God’s Gospel. I believe it likely that Cloning is setting the stage whereby Satan will be allowed to infuse his occultic, supernatural strength into the situation, possibly creating the scenario where people can actually believe that Antichrist is God. What does prophecy say? “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” [2 Thessalonians 2:4]. Antichrist might show himself to be God by “creating” life through cloning, or a derivative thereof!

Now, let us return to prophecies which describe Antichrist’s ability to deceive people by his supposed miracles and powers.

(c) Revelation 13:13-14a, “And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;” Satan will deceive the rebellious unsaved “by the means of those miracles which he had power to do”. In the context of this verse, the person deceiving the people by signs and wonders is that partner in crime with Antichrist, the False Prophet.

(d) Revelation 13:2b-4, “And the beast which I saw … the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?” The Antichrist will somehow miraculously recover from a fatal head wound. As a result, the peoples of the world will be totally blown away by his supernatural authority and power. They will fall down and worship him as God. Then, just a few verses later, we see the ultimate extension of this reverence for the Antichrist, as these deluded people take the “Mark of the Beast” as a symbol of their spiritual loyalty. I do not know if Cloning will play a part in this final deception, but my heart of hearts tells me that it will have some bearing on it. At the very least, we are being given a glimpse of the tremendous, unprecedented ability of man in these Last Days of Time.

“THE REST OF THE STORY”

This brings us to our final Biblical point. How is it that God could have allowed man to come into possession of this knowledge, and come into it at the very time in which the Antichrist is about to appear? Certainly, the majority of American people instinctively understand that Cloning gives unprecedented ability for unfathomable evil in the hands of a truly evil man. Why would God allow this to happen? To understand this principle, we need to turn to Bible prophecies that are very unique.

A unique phrase occurs only in the Book of Revelation, and once we understand this phrase, we will understand events like Cloning. This phrase occurs five (5) times in the Bible, all of them in Revelation, and four (4) of the five speak of the Kingdom of Antichrist. This phrase is, “and power was given“.

Let us review these Scriptures.

(a) — Rev 6:4 KJV — And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. [Political power]

(b) — Rev 6:8 KJV — And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. [Political and Economic Power]

(c) — Rev 13:5 KJV — And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. [Spiritual Power]

(d) — Rev 13:7 KJV — And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. [Political and Spiritual Power]

“Power was given” unto Antichrist, by God Himself, to accomplish all of God’s prophetic words, and to demonstrate, for eternity, that man left to himself is incredibly evil just as the Bible states. At the White Throne Judgment, Jesus does not want anyone to say to Him, “If you would have just let us alone, we could have created Utopia on Earth”. God is going to leave man alone for a maximum of 7 years, and will allow the results of those 7 years to stand for eternity as THE monument to man’s inherent evil.

When we look at Strong’s Dictionary definition of this word, “power” we complete our understanding. In the original Greek, this word, “power” was #1849, exousia,

ex-oo-see’-ah ; from G1832 (in the sense of ability); privilege, i.e. (subj.) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (obj.) mastery (magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence:–authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength.”

So, these Prophecies are saying that, at the Time of Antichrist, God will give him the “superhuman ability” to do many things that will enhance his kingdom and his absolute control over mankind.

Now, let us look at Strong’s Dictionary at the Greek meaning of the word, “given”. This word is #1325. didomi, did’-o-mee; a prol. form of a prim. verb (which is used as an altern. in most of the tenses); to give:–adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.”

Isn’t it revealing that God used the Greek word which denotes delivering with violence? Smiting with the hand or striking with the palm of the hand certainly denotes violence. Yet, we should not be too surprised, because the Kingdom of Antichrist is foretold to be full of violence and bloodshed and unprecedented warfare, and genocide.

Therefore, the basic meaning of this phrase, “power was given” literally means that God will allow Antichrist the “superhuman ability” to deliver his kingdom to the inhabitants of the Earth with the greatest of violence possible. This certainly fits the Kingdom of Antichrist as foretold in Scriptural prophecy. I submit to you that this issue of Cloning delivers “superhuman ability” to do the greatest amount of violence, genocide and Eugenic engineering that mankind has ever imagined!!

Let us speak very briefly of Eugenics, of which Cloning will the ultimate tool to accomplish. Eugenics is defined as “the study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding”. [The Tormont Webster’s Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary]. We have already mentioned, above, the tremendous tool Cloning would have been in Adolf Hitler’s hands. He could have scientifically created his “Super Race” of Germanic beings. And, once he started creating these Germanic Supermen, he could have created a number as large as he desired to create.

Of course, he first would have had to kill all the “undesirable” peoples to make room for his Germanic Supermen to live and to be comfortable! This is the crux of the matter: Eugenics always kills. Eugenics always kills those people who do not fit the description of the “perfect” human being that is under construction! In NEWS1058, “Death Marches On In The Netherlands”, we spoke at some length as to how societies first “devalue” those groups of people they later begin to kill. Hitler carried out an extensive campaign of devaluation of all the groups he later began to kill, like the Jews, the Gypsies, the handicapped, retarded, just to name some of them. Then, we discussed that American society, actually, Western society, has begun to also devalue certain groups within its midst, like the pre-born baby, the elderly, the terminally ill, and the Born Again Christian. We have already started to kill the pre-born and the elderly openly, and if Professor Wolfensberger is to believed, America has already began to secretly kill the terminally ill.

Cloning will accelerate this process of killing the devalued; in fact, Cloning will create other devalued groups. Why? Because it will prove very difficult to compete with the perfect beings that Cloning can supposedly provide. We will start to hear people saying, it is too bad that everyone cannot be as perfect as the clones we could turn out. Once this starts to be heard, it will probably not be too long before we actually start the killing.

As we finish this article, let us turn back to this Biblical perspective. As we mentioned earlier, Satan is in absolute control of the events leading up to the New World Order, because God has allowed him this temporary control. This is the Time of the End of the Age, where God is going to allow Antichrist to appear as prophesied. Therefore, those four (4) prophecies in Revelation 6, mentioned above, come to life. For the only time in history, God is going to allow Satan to accomplish things on Earth that are not only unprecedented, but things which God heretofore reserved to Himself. What do these Scriptures say?

“Power was given“! power was given !! power was given !! power was given “!!

Four times God says He is going to give unprecedented power to Antichrist. While Cloning is not mentioned as being one of those instances specifically mentioned, I believe it highly likely that the power over life and death is generally given to Antichrist in Revelation 6:4. Antichrist is given the “power” to kill.

But, God’s choice of words here is magnificent! “Power”, in the original Greek, can mean “superhuman ability” and “given” in the Greek can mean “smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand)”!! This is the key defining characteristic of the Kingdom of Antichrist. Antichrist is going to possess “superhuman ability” to rule the world for 7 years, and his rule will be characterized by unbelievable cruelty, literally a “smiting with the hand“.

This is the core meaning of this issue of Cloning. When Antichrist arises, he will use all technology available to him to wreak havoc upon the world. One of the issues near and dear to his heart is Eugenics. After he has “cleansed the Earth” — a key New Age phrase — he will begin to create his super race in the laboratory.

The End is truly here. Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.

If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Antichrist will not touch you spiritually. If you would like to become Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page now.

 

We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks to educate and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order — Kingdom of Antichrist — in their daily news.
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What can I do as a citizen of this world to help minimise the impact of climate change and world war 3?

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Sometimes when the World goes mad, you might ask, that “Hey I’m a good person, what I can do about this?” Here’s a little spiritual article of things you can do:

What can I do as a citizen of this world to help minimise the impact of climate change and world war 3?

For those of you who read the articles on Climate change and World war 3 and Armageddon and think to yourselves ‘now what?’, we have provided some practical information on what each of you can do to help the situation. The basic aim is to reduce the Raja and Tama in the environment and to increase the subtle basic Sattva component in society.

We have separated the plan of action into 4 quadrants:

What can I do? Plan of action for myself and to help others

Note: Each quadrant needs to include solutions at a physical, psychological and spiritual level. For the purposes of the physical solutions, such as efforts to reduce carbon emissions, we recommend visiting other websites such as climatecrisis.net. The below solutions are written mainly from a psychological and spiritual point of view.

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Quadrant 1: What can I do at a basic level?

  • First, please take the time to familiarise and understand the articles on Climate change, World war 3 and Armageddon and Good versus Evil. Also do study the related articles as it will give you a more well-rounded understanding of the issue.
  • Spiritual practice that is according to the six basic principles of spiritual practice is a sure way to increase the Sattva in oneself and also to gain a higher level of protection from God.
  • If you are not doing any spiritual practice, we have provided you with some simple spiritual practices to get you started on your spiritual journey. There is no better time to start than today. Each one of us starting spiritual practice that conforms to the six basic principles of spiritual practice helps the overall increase in the Sattva component and concomitant decrease in the Raja and Tama components.
  • If you are currently doing some spiritual practice, check if it conforms to the six basic principles of spiritual practice. Do ponder deeply over the six basic principles of spiritual practice. Though they may seem deceptively simple, it is in the application of these principles that most people stumble.
  • Spiritual practice has to be complemented with an open minded study of spirituality. The study has to be without cultural bias such as we study in a university or college. Only when we are clear about spiritual principles can we make decisions about how to guide and direct our spiritual practice. To facilitate a seeker’s spiritual understanding, we are conducting various lectures worldwide and have provided some of these lectures in our SSRF classroom.
  • If you have any questions please e-mail us by clicking on the ‘contact us‘ link.

Quadrant 2: What can I do at a basic level to help others?

No man is an island, and we are all a part of society.  No man can remain unscathed when the entire world is severely affected. Hence, it becomes imperative, that we take steps to positively influence the world because it consists of our loved ones, relatives, friends, associates, colleagues, etc.

  • Pass this article on to your friends, family, acquaintances and interested groups. Every one of us needs to know about the root cause of these events. What we do then is up to each one of us.
  • Once you learn, practice and understand a spiritual principle do tell others about it. Do not wait to be proficient yourself before you start sharing it with others. Remember, when you learn ‘A’ share ‘A’, do not wait until you go to ‘Z’.

Quadrant 3: What are the next steps at an individual level?

  • After we start spiritual practice, we need to progressively improve the quality and quantity of our spiritual practice. For example, if one is able to chant the Name of God for one hour a day, in the next month one can try and increase it to two hours.  In short, we need to become a seeker of God. We define the stage of seeker as one where:
  • One does spiritual practice with a definite goal of God-realisation.
  • Spiritual practice and spiritual growth take centre stage in our life even when going about our everyday life.
  • One does spiritual practice daily.
  • The spiritual practice conforms to the basic principles of spiritual practice.
  • One remains in regular contact with other seekers with the objective of being in the company of the Truth (satsang) and learning spiritual principles.
  • One aims to make definite spiritual progress regularly and is alert to stagnation in his or her spiritual practice.
  • One makes efforts to reduce personality defects and ego.
  • One conducts the ritual of Agnihotra to reduce pollution.

When one is at this stage, one can begin to contribute more effectively to increasing the Sattva component on Earth.

Quadrant 4: What are the next steps to help society?

  • Once we have gained the qualities of a seeker as described above, we become more efficient instruments to do God’s work.
  • Helping spread spiritual awareness that is of a universal nature in society, is the fastest way to earn the grace of the Teaching Principle of God i.e. the Guru.

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What is the difference between prayer with expectations and without expectations?

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Something more about prayers and what is the difference in them:

What is the difference between prayer with expectations and without expectations?

There are two types of prayer depending on the intention behind the prayer.

1. Prayer with worldly expectation

This is the commonest variety of prayer. This type of prayer is said with the expectation of fulfilment of some worldly requirement. The prayer may or may not be accompanied by any other spiritual practice.

Some of the prayers with worldly expectation would include prayers about:

  • Gross material requirements like job, partner, child, etc.
  • Subtle material requirement like recovery from illness, happiness, etc.

 

Prayers that are said with expectation of some worldly benefit are generally said by people in the initial stages of their spiritual journey. Even those whose prayers about some worldly benefit are regularly answered, are generally in the initial stages of their spiritual journey. The reason is because people in later stages of spiritual growth make prayers only for their spiritual growth as explained in the next section.

When we pray for the worldly benefit of ourselves or others, the prayer may get answered but we end up using our spiritual energy gained through spiritual practice. This spiritual energy could be either from this birth or an earlier birth.

People who continue praying lifelong with worldly expectations use prayer as a tool to obtain a little something from God rather than striving to increase spiritual practice to attain the all encompassing continual grace of God. The important disadvantage of this type of prayer is that one tends to remain trapped in worldly desires and needs instead of transcending to surrender to God’s will and being able to rely on Him to provide as per our requirement (and not as per our wish).

2. Prayer without worldly expectation (for spiritual growth)

This type of prayer is said by the seekers of God who are serious about their spiritual journey. In such prayers also there is a pleading to God, but it is not about worldly expectations. The expectation is about being able to do better spiritual practice to achieve spiritual progress. Seekers may also pray for removal of obstacles in their spiritual practice, reduction of their ego, etc.

 

Seekers who pray without worldly expectations have the double benefit of being graced with spiritual progress as well as their material need being taken care of as per the requirement. Here as the person who is praying surrenders much more than the person who prays with worldly expectations, he is able to access much more grace of God. Also the surrender contributes to dissolution of mind, intellect and ego. Both these factors result in rapid spiritual progress.^ Top

3. Comparison between the two types of prayer

Prayer with worldly expectation

Prayer without worldly
expectation (for spiritual growth)
  • Prayer may get answered if a person’s destiny does not deem it otherwise.
  • Always gets answered depending on the intensity of the prayer and person’s spiritual level.
  • Spiritual energy is used up.
  • Spiritual energy is not used up.
  • Spiritual progress does not occur.
  • Spiritual progress occurs and worldly requirements too are taken care of as per God’s wish.

4. How prayers change as a seeker grows spiritually

Aspect of life

With expectation

Without expectation
(for spiritual growth)
  • Job
 Lord, I have just finished the interview, please let me get the job. I really really need it! Lord, I have just finished the interview and I leave the outcome at Your feet. Please grace me with the strength to accept the outcome as per Your wish.
  • Finding a partner
 Lord, I love this person. Please make that person love me equally if not more. Lord, You know best whether this person is meant for me. I also know that whether I find a partner or not in this lifetime is as per my destiny. But please protect my spiritual practice either which way.
  • Illness
 Lord, I cannot take this illness please cure me. Lord, please give me the strength to bear this illness so that it does not distract me from my spiritual practice.
  • Illness of one’s child
 Lord, please save my child. I will do anything. If you save my child I will donate half of my next salary to an orphanage. Lord, my child is seriously ill. We have done all we can – I know You love him much more than I do – I surrender him at Your feet.
  • Painful part of one’s life
 Lord, this is the most painful part of my life. Please save me from it. Lord, please give me the strength to bear the pain and let me learn what I need to learn at a spiritual level. Please let my spiritual practice continue without getting obstructed.
  • Happy part of one’s life
 Generally absent Lord, please let me remember You continuously in my happiness and that You only have graced me with it. May I yearn for You the same as when I am unhappy.
  • Spiritual practice
 Generally absent Lord my gratitude to You for giving me another day to do spiritual practice. Please let me serve You as per Your wish and grace me with the capacity to improve my spiritual practice.

5. In summary

In summary, the following is a rule of thumb that one can keep in mind when making a prayer:

  • If the prayer is about enhancing the five senses, mind and intellect it is a prayer with worldly expectation
  • If the prayer is about making efforts to experience the Soul (i.e. the God within us) it is a prayer without worldly expectation.

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War and the Near-Death Experience

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By Kevin WilliamsWar exists everywhere in nature. The world is a literal combat zone where survival of the fittest is law. Viruses invade our bodies and antibodies kill them. We are constantly at war against insects that destroy our crops and invade our homes. Because we, as humans, are at the top of the food chain, we slaughter all kinds of plants and animals for food and clothes. Law enforcement is fighting a war against crime and drugs. The federal government declared war on poverty and illiteracy. At times, our country declares war against other countries which threaten our national interests. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural catastrophes unmercifully kills multitudes of people and destroys billions of dollars worth of property. Some day in the future, the world will in danger of being destroyed by a killer asteroid or comet. Ultimately, the whole universe might end the same way it began – with a violent explosion of unimaginable destruction. 
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 11. The Meek Will Inherit the Earth?
2. God’s Big Bomb 12. Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
3. The War for the Survival of the Fittest 13. The Perfect Love of Adolf Hitler
4. Natural Born Killers 14. The Perfect Teacher Adolf Hitler
5. The Planet of the Apes 15. The Perfect Lessons From Adolf Hitler
6. Holy War? Smart Bombs? Friendly Fire? Military Intelligence? 16. Apocalypse Now
7. The War Against Death 17. The Enemy Within
8. Learning From War 18. War Is Hell
9. The Armies of Heaven 19. Farewell To Arms
10. No Pain. No Gain.
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1. Introduction
In New York City, terrorists flew airplanes into the Twin Towers and killed thousands of innocent people in the name of religion. What should our response be to this? Should we love the terrorists and pray for them in the hope that more of them don’t do it again? Or should we kill them all to prevent them from ever killing our children? In the light of the NDE and unconditional love, should we kill our enemies or should we love them? This is not an easy question for us to answer. Fortunately, we can find some answers by analyzing history, nature, and science in light of the NDE.
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2. God’s Big Bomb
An incredibly violent act by God resulted in the creation of the universe and all the acts of violence that followed. An infinitely massive explosion unleashed by God led to unimaginable chaos, destruction and fireballs of incredible proportions. After eons of time, the chaos began to subside and harmony began – the heavenly bodies were born.
Multi-colored icon.   “I saw that the Big Bang is only one of an infinite number of Big Bangs creating Universes endlessly and simultaneously. The only images that even come close in human terms would be those created by supercomputers using fractal geometry equations.” (Mellen-Thomas Benedict)
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3. The War for the Survival of the Fittest
From the very beginning, the survival of the fittest became the struggle for life through domination, submission, killing, and being killed. The evolution of all living things came about through war and aggression. The fight or flight mechanism within animals and humans is a critical component of evolution. Animals and humans kill plants and animals for survival. This is not a moral decision, but a matter of life and death.
Multi-colored icon.   A way became available for souls to enter the Earth and experience it as part of their evolutionary / reincarnation cycle. Of the physical forms already existing on Earth, a species of anthropoid ape most nearly approached the necessary pattern. Souls descended on these apes – hovering above and about them rather than inhabiting them – and influenced them to move toward a different goal from the simple one they had been pursuing. They came down out of the trees, built fires, made tools, lived in communities, and began to communicate with each other. Eventually they lost their animal look, shed bodily hair, and took on refinements of manner and habit. The evolution of the human body occurred partly through the soul’s influence on the endocrine glands until the ape-man was a three-dimensional objectification of the soul that hovered above it. Then the soul fully descended into the body and Earth had a new inhabitant: the homo sapien. (Edgar Cayce)
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4. Natural Born Killers
Evolution and reincarnation put humans at the top of the food chain of command. Humans succeeded in conquering the animal kingdom and ruling the planet through violence and killing. Science is beginning to understand how humans are genetically natural born killers. Medical researchers have discovered that people born with dysfunctional frontal cortexes of the brain are highly prone to be serial killers. In our courts of law, criminal defense attorneys have used the criminal defense of “my brain made me kill.” FBI profilers know young, white men are more prone to be serial killers. The Greek philosopher Plato, in his acount of the near-death experience of a soldier named Er, wrote how Er observed the reincarnation process where souls must decide their destiny or “fate” before incarnating:
Multi-colored icon.   “One of these fates casts before the crowd to be reincarnated a number of earthly destinies from which they may choose to be, for example, a tyrant, an animal, an artist, or, as Odysseus carefully chose, an ordinary citizen who minds his own business.” (Plato)
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5. The Planet of the Apes
The history of humanity is the history of warfare. Modern civilization is the product of a tremendous number of devastating wars and man’s inhumanity to man. History teaches us how humanity learns little from history. However, some people are learning from history by traveling back into time during their NDEs to experience the entire history of the world. Perhaps the reason near-death experiencers journey through history is to teach us the lessons of history.
Multi-colored icon.   “I went back and lived in the minds of Jesus and his disciples. I heard their conversations, experienced eating, passing wine, smells, tastes – yet I had no body. I was pure consciousness. If I didn’t understand what was happening, an explanation would come. But no teacher spoke. I explored the Roman Empire, Babylon, the times of Noah and Abraham. Any era you can name, I went there.” (Rev. George Rodonaia)
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6. Holy War? Smart Bombs? Friendly Fire? Military Intelligence?
In modern times, humans became capable of completely destroying the world and everyone in it with weapons of mass destruction. Experiencers reveal that war not only exists in the physical realm, but in the spirit realm as well. The inner nature of man that is responsible for committing atrocities against others becomes manifested in spirit realms.
Multi-colored icon.   “I had always thought of hell, when I thought of it at all, as a fiery place somewhere beneath the Earth where evil people like Hitler would burn forever. But what if one level of hell existed right here on the surface – unseen and unsuspected by the living people occupying the same space.” (Dr. George Ritchie)
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7. The War Against Death
Today, doctors are beginning to win the war against death. Modern medical technology can now be used by doctors to literally bring people back from death.
Multi-colored icon.   During her NDE, Laura experienced a heated battle between the doctors who were trying to save her and the angels who were trying to bring her over to spirit. During the struggle, an angel finally said, “They’re stronger than we are,” and she was sucked back into her body. (Laura)
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8. Learning From War
While it is true that love is always the best teacher, even war can result in divine revelations for the learning and soul growth of humanity in general. Near-death insights reveal that our greatest mistakes can be our greatest teachers.
Multi-colored icon.   The oldest near-death account ever recorded in western civilization was the result of war. Plato described the NDE of a soldier who was killed in battle and who came back to life on his funeral pyre. Er was told that he must be a messenger to humanity to tell them of the other world. (Plato)Multi-colored icon.   Lynn saw soldiers who died during the Vietnam War hiding in the near-death tunnel. They were afraid to come into the light or who were disoriented about where they were. Lynn was told that there was no need to worry about them because a guide would eventually help them along. (Lynn)

 

Multi-colored icon.   Ned Dougherty once lived an unspiritual and hedonistic life. While trying to murder his business partner, Ned had a heart attack and a NDE. He saw the light of God and felt God’s embrace and love – a love greater than any love he had ever known. Spiritual beings began cheering him and conveying their loving encouragement and support. They cheered: “You are doing wonderfully. We are here to support you. Continue to do good work, and we will help you. You are part of us, and we are part of you. We stand ready to come to your aid when you need us, and you will. Call us. Beckon us. We will flock to you when the time comes!” Ned was confused by all the attention because there wasn’t anything wonderful about the way he had conducted his life. He thought, “How can I be doing wonderfully? I almost killed someone tonight. Could I be justified in what I tried to do?” Ned’s deceased friend appears and says, “You were spiritually rescued from a negative event that was taking place in your life.” (Ned Dougherty)

 

Multi-colored icon.   After a man’s son was murdered, it angered him so much that he decided to kill the person responsible. One day, the spirit of his son appeared to him and said, “No hatred, no anger, Dad,” and he repeated it, “No hatred, no anger.” This amazing spiritual experience changed his heart so much that he no longer felt the anger and hatred. He even began to feel sorry for the man who murdered his son because he will have to live every waking minute of his life knowing that he is a murderer. (Bill Guggenheim)

 

Multi-colored icon.   During the Apostle Paul’s NDE, he witnessed the judgment and punishment of a soul who murdered three people. Paul saw angels whipping the murderer. The soul wonders what sin he has committed. The “gatekeeper” brings forth three of his murder victims. The soul was then cast down to the world to be reincarnated. (Apocalypse of Paul)

 

Multi-colored icon.   A woman consulted Edgar Cayce on a critical health matter. She was about to undergo a very risky surgery and she wanted to know whether or not to have it done. Cayce induced himself into having a NDE using hypnosis in order to read the woman’s life record in heaven. Afterward, he advised the woman to have the surgery because it would be a success. He explained that the surgeons who were to perform the surgery were once Inquisitors in a past life who tortured and killed her because of her religious beliefs. By going ahead with the surgery, she would be allowing the surgeons to pay a karmic debt they owed her. Because of this advice, the woman underwent the surgery. It was successful just as Cayce foretold. (Edgar Cayce)
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9. The Armies of Heaven
Some near-death accounts describe the unseen spiritual warfare occurring all around us and the warring angels involved. These angels are often described as extensions of God’s desire to bring peace to the world.
Multi-colored icon.   “God is in the process of recruiting an army in which God will shake the world. Working through his soldiers, God will produce great miracles that will shake the established hierarchy of organized religion.” (Rev. Howard Pittman)Multi-colored icon.   “The archangels Michael and Gabriel are two gigantic, magnificent and mighty beings dressed in brilliant garb. Michael’s role is to choose souls to be soldiers for God. Gabriel teaches souls the ways of the soldier for God.” (Lou Famoso)

 

Multi-colored icon.   According to the archangel Michael, God’s army of angels is visiting us with a life force of energy, a spiritual energy radiated by the Creator to all humankind. (Ned Dougherty)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “I was told that the war between darkness and light upon the Earth has grown so intense that if we are not continually seeking light, the darkness will consume us and we will be lost. I was not told when it would happen, but I understood that the Earth is being prepared for the second coming of Christ.” (Angie Fenimore)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Souls preparing themselves for birth are like battle-hardened veterans girding themselves for combat.” (Dr. Michael Newton)

 

Multi-colored icon.   During her NDE, Kerry Kirk witnessed a battle between a Being of Light and a force of darkness during which the dark force was defeated. (Kerry Kirk)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Everything in the spirit realm is controlled by the all-pervading vibration of God. This divine vibration controls all thoughts by destroying negative thoughts and allowing only good thoughts of love and happiness.” (Arthur Yensen)
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10. No Pain. No Gain.
Near-death accounts reveal that God’s love for us is not a passive love that would sit by and watch humans destroy the world and everyone in it. The evidence suggests that although God does not want people to kill each other, God permits it for the purpose of instruction. Such evidence suggests that God’s love is a tough love.
Multi-colored icon.   “God does not wish to see us suffer. Our adversities are of our own creation. Just as a parent punishes a child in order to correct it, so the laws of God prove immovable when we try to resist them. The more we struggle to resist, the more hopelessly do we entangle ourselves at the mental or physical or material or emotional level, and sometimes on all four levels simultaneously.” (Edgar Cayce)Multi-colored icon.   “God’s overriding desire is to purify the darkness of our souls, irrespective of the suffering it puts us through to achieve that end. If we learn to accept our situations in life, instead of fighting it, then our suffering is greatly minimized.” (Daniel Rosenblit)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “All the suffering in our lives is actually for our own good. Out of the most tragic of circumstances springs human growth.” (Angie Fenimore)

 

Multi-colored icon.   Howard Storm was given the following insights from beings of light after his life review when he was fearful of returning to Earth life and afraid he would make mistakes again:
“Mistakes are an acceptable part of being human. We are here to make all the mistakes we want because it is through our mistakes that we learn. As long as we try to do what we know to be right, we will be on the right path. If we make a mistake, we should fully recognize it as a mistake, then put it behind us and simply try not to make the same mistake again. The important thing is to try our best, keep our standards of goodness and truth, and not compromise them to win people’s approval. God loves us just the way we are, mistakes and all. When we make a mistake, we should ask for forgiveness. After that, it would be an insult if we don’t accept that we are forgiven. We shouldn’t continue going around with a sense of guilt, and we should try not to repeat our mistakes. We should learn from our mistakes. God wants us to do what we want to do. That means making choices – and there isn’t necessarily any right choice. There are a spectrum of possibilities, and we should make the best choice from those possibilities. If we do that, we will receive help from the Other Side.” (Rev. Howard Storm)
Multi-colored icon.   “Our suffering is not a cross from God for us to bear. It is a challenge to help us grow and stay compassionate.” (Lynn)Multi-colored icon.   “Life is supposed to be hard. We can’t skip over the hard parts. We must earn what we receive.” (Angie Fenimore)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “An acceptance of suffering as a needed lesson can bring instantaneous healing.” (Edgar Cayce)
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11. The Meek Will Inherit the Earth?
Jesus said the meek will inherit the Earth. The question arises concerning the identity of the meek and the identity of the strong? Are the so-called strong actually weak? Are the so-called weak actually strong? Near-death insights reveal how people who appear to be very physically weak are often very spiritually strong and how these people chose to assume their physical weaknesses before they were born for the purpose of advancing the spiritual growth of themselves and others.
Multi-colored icon.   “There are many divine rewards from struggling and overcoming a handicap from birth.” (Mary Ellen)Multi-colored icon.   “The mentally retarded are special people who know much more than they are able to express. They are actually more spiritually advanced and come to Earth to teach the rest of us.” (Sandra Rogers)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Life is a cycle leading humanity toward perfection. Most people have this secret revealed to them when they die, but handicapped children often know this and endure their problems without complaining because they know that their burdens will pass. Some of these children have even been given the challenge of teaching the rest of us how to love.” (Dr. Frank Oski)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Hardships are necessary for the growth of our soul.” (Sandra Rogers)

 

Multi-colored icon.   Some people have a NDE because of losing a battle against a fatal disease. During their NDE, a Being of Light miraculously destroys the disease in their body. They are then returned to their body and returned to life. This suggests that God does destroy diseases in NDEs – possibly as a testimony of the supremacy of the spirit over the body. (Anecdotal evidence of NDE healings)

 

Multi-colored icon.   A firefighter lost a battle against a fire he was fighting. During his NDE, he was told that if he chose to return, he would miraculously not suffer the ill affects from the fire. He was told that this will happen so that: “God’s power over the elements would be made manifest.” (Jake)

 

Multi-colored icon.   Sarah was beaten to death by an intruder in her home which resulted in a NDE. In heaven, she was told by her guardian that she was brought to heaven to rest and gain the courage and energy to go on and finish her mission. (Sarah Powell)
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12. Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
The NDE evidence suggests that free will is one of God’s greatest gifts given to humanity. This means we are free to war and kill each other at will. Although God’s gift has lead us to war and murder, free will is the only vehicle which permits us to truly love God and others. A robot with no free will can only do what it is programmed to do and has no choice to do otherwise. It is clear that God does not want robots to love. Perhaps divine love is something that cannot programmed and can only be attained through trial and error. Perhaps this explains all the injustices that exist in the world.
Multi-colored icon.   “War exists in the world because humans come here and make free choices to learn and evolve. Unfortunately, this creates a mess and war is a part of that mess. But the same free choice principle is instrumental in cleaning it up.” (David Oakford)Multi-colored icon.   “All the misery that happens in this world is our fault. God gave us the tools to live by including free will. It is our free will that is responsible for war and hatred.” (Carter Mills)Multi-colored icon.   “Some scientific discoveries were divine gifts that humanity perverted to use for war.” (Rev. Howard Storm)

Multi-colored icon.   “Humanity’s general inability to believe that life is everlasting is responsible for millions of people being killed by war. Human life has been held very cheaply. But humans are progressing up the spiral of evolution to a place where we know that there is no problem, no pain, no ill, no disharmony in the entire universe that will eventually not be made into harmony.” (Margaret Tweddell)
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13. The Perfect Love of Adolf Hitler
It’s hard to comprehend how one man can have such a horrible influence on the world. Adolf Hitler was responsible for unleashing a global war that was never before known in history. We think of Hitler as the personification of evil and we believe he is now somewhere burning in hell for eternity. We believe we are incapable of doing the things that he did. It horrifies us that any human being could do these things. We practically deny his humanity in order to demonize him. But this is one of the things that makes Hitler so horrifying – he was human. And the question concerning the Holocaust is not, “Where was God?” but “Where was man?”Try to imagine what Hitler’s life review must have been like. In the light of complete understanding, he would suddenly realize his true nature as perfect love. He would then become every victim of his atrocities and feel all their pain. He would see perfectly how all his thoughts and actions had an impact on the entire universe. Although he made such monumental mistakes, he probably learned monumental lessons from his life review. One might even wonder if Hitler learned more from a life review than anyone else. We can only speculate how horrible the negative aspect of his life review must have been. It may even be too unbearable for one man to take.
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14. The Perfect Teacher Adolf Hitler
From big mistakes come big lessons. It is clear that Hitler made very big mistakes which led to big lessons not only for himself, but for humanity. It should be clear to us that God permitted Hitler to make these mistakes for the purpose of instructing humanity. Near-death accounts reveal that God loves everyone unconditionally and this includes Hitler. So, we too must love everyone unconditionally, including Hitler. We know that God’s infinite mercy extends to him and someday Hitler will join the choir in heaven just like the rest of us.
Multi-colored icon.   “I’m sure that I asked the question that had been plaguing me since childhood about the sufferings of my (Jewish) people. I do remember this: There was a reason for everything that happened, no matter how awful it appeared in the physical realm. And within myself, as I was given the answer, my own awakening mind now responded in the same manner: ‘Of course,’ I would think, ‘I already know that. How could I ever have forgotten!'” (Beverly Brodsky)Multi-colored icon.   “Everyone goes to the same place. This includes Billy Graham, Hitler, and Jeffery Dahmer.” (Mac Wright)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Mistakes are an acceptable part of being human. We are to make all the mistakes we want. It is how we learn.” (Rev. Howard Storm)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “There really is no sin as it is known in the world. The only thing that has any meaning in the spirit world is what we think. The very core of our being is perfect love and light.” (Jayne Smith)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “There is no evil in any human soul. It is the lack of love that distorts people. We are designed by God to self-correct, just like the rest of the universe. No one is lost because everyone is already saved.” (Mellen-Thomas Benedict)
From these NDE insights, we should conclude that Hitler was not an evil man because evil does not exist – only ignorance exists. Hitler was very spiritually ignorant. He was so spiritually ignorant that we might even consider him spiritually retarded. It is even possible that this spiritual retardation was the result of a dysfunctional frontal cortex of the brain. Who is to say? Thinking of Hitler as a mentally handicapped person (who but by the grace of God goes us) makes it a little easier to love him unconditionally. How can we hate retarded people? It is much easier to sympathize with them.
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15. The Perfect Lessons From Adolf Hitler
If we assume that Hitler was strong enough to enter into the Light after his death, and that he was able to endure the tremendous negative aspect of his life review and not flee into darkness because of it, then he would have seen the tremendous positive influence he had on the world. The positive influence resulting from his atrocities are positive lessons God gives to humanity for the purpose of instruction and perfection. One positive influence, as a possible example, is that never before in history have so many people cried out to God because of one man’s atrocities.During his life, Hitler was probably unaware of how his “demonic” influence upon the world would ultimately have the positive effect of bringing the world together toward a new level of spiritual awareness. Atrocities such as those of Hitler, teach us in a fierce manner, how such atrocities must never be allowed to happen again. For over the last fifty plus years, a war on such a massive scale as World War II has not happened again. This worldwide awareness of higher spiritual realities due to the utter horror that profound spiritual ignorance can bring, helped unite the world through the creation of the United Nations.
Multi-colored icon.   “Hitler was the catalyst that led to the development of the atom bomb, another factor that brought a new level of spiritual awareness to humanity. We now have the ability to destroy the planet many times over and everyone in it. This helped bring humanity together to prevent this from happening. The full extent of the horror of war is now realized. One act of aggression can now result in the complete oblivion of Earth. Ironically, the atom bomb is actually contributing to the deterrence of complete oblivion.” (Mellen-Thomas Benedict)Multi-colored icon.   “Hitler gave humanity a yardstick for which to measure the extent of the need for people to change for the better. The spiritual darkness that Hitler unleashed into the world greatly increased the need for spiritual light. Unbridled bigotry, hatred, and spiritual ignorance on such a massive scale are greater threats to the world than ever known before. Spiritual ignorance now has the power to bring humanity to the very brink of extinction.” (Kevin Williams)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “The legacy of Hitler demonstrates the folly of appeasing murderous dictators. It is too costly to allow them to threaten the world with impunity. Their murderous intent must be nipped in the bud early on before it takes a devastating world war to stop it. As stated earlier, God does not desire war but God will allow it to happen for the purpose of instruction leading to perfection.” (Kevin Williams)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Hitler’s attempt to rule the world ultimately led to a shift in the balance of the world’s power. Colonialism dissolved all around the world and people began to be free to govern themselves. America became the Arsenal of Democracy to counter the threat of political oppression that breeds dictators such as Hitler. The legacy of Hitler and World War II is ultimately resulting in the victory of democracy all over the world.” (Kevin Williams)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “The NDE principle of how our greatest mistakes become our greatest lessons can certainly be applied to Hitler. Hitler and Nazism was such a colossal mistake that it resulted in a colossal lesson. A similar situation on the other side of the spectrum can be made concerning Jesus. The colossal mistake of executing Jesus led to an even greater good – the proliferation of his teachings.” (Kevin Williams)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Humanity is designed to self-correct itself.” (Mellen-Thomas Benedict)
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16. Apocalypse Now
Near-death experiencers are given glimpses of the future. They see the future as it would exist if current trends continue. Near-death accounts reveal that the Earth as a single organism for which we are all a part. We are the Earth’s human awareness. Our wars and transgressions not only cause us to suffer but causes the Earth to suffer as well.
Multi-colored icon.   “The Earth has terrible wounds on her body. She is gasping for breath and calling out to God and to her children to stop the killing and hatefulness. The world is dying and praying for all of us to help her to heal and regenerate.” (Dr. Liz Dale)Multi-colored icon.   “Humans have fallen away from living in balance with nature. Great damage will be inflicted on the Earth before this harmonic balance is finally restored.” (David Oakford)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Humans are out of harmony with the world and all its creatures, including our own brothers and sisters, with whom we are constantly at war.” (Norman Paulsen)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Humanity is in the final moments before Jesus returns. The Earth is being prepared for this event. The war between the forces of light and the forces of darkness are growing so intense on Earth that humanity is in danger of being consumed by the forces of darkness.” (Angie Fenimore)
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17. The Enemy Within
Near-death accounts reveal how everyone has within them a divine nature and an animal nature which wars against each other. At a higher divine level of consciousness (spirit), everyone is connected and there is no separation between things. This “Universal Consciousness” connecting us all is what people refer to as “God.” But our lower animal nature tends to believe in a delusion that somehow we are separate from other people and God and that we are not connected. This creates a spiritual struggle within us between our lower nature and our higher nature.
Multi-colored icon.   The Biblical “war in heaven” between God and “the devil” is a symbolic religious description of this real spiritual struggle within all humans between our lower animal nature and our higher spirit nature. Our higher self – our spirit – is one with (or “a part of” but also “is”) the “Universal Consciousness” which people think of as “God.” The lower self is symbolized as “the beast within” which Jesus taught to put to death by “taking up our cross” and following him in practicing unconditional love through self-sacrifice, self-deprecation, and self-denial in devotion to others. By “crucifying the flesh,” we allow our higher selves to manifest itself more and our lower unevolved animal nature to recede. The nature of the beast within humanity is manifested as self-gratification, self-indulgence, self-centeredness, selfishness, self-consciousness, self-importance, self-righteousness, self-delusion, self-condemnation, self, self, SELF (the “ego,” the “false god,” “Satan”) This spiritual condition of a “conscious self” deluding itself into thinking it is separate from the “Conscious Whole” is what the Bible symbolically refers to as the “fall” of spirit in man at the “Garden of Eden” – or the “fall” of one third of the “angels” from heaven (both Biblical analogies refer to the same spiritual event). (Edgar Cayce)Multi-colored icon.   This struggle between our animal nature and our divine nature ultimately created a gulf in our consciousness which must be overcome. Self is the greatest enemy you will ever have to face. This desire for self constantly wars against our higher self – the Whole. The collective human desire for self and materialism (symbolically described in the Bible as “Babylon”) is the source of every war and atrocity committed by human beings. Only the painful processes of “crucifying self” and the “purification” of the Earth will restore everything to its original glory. For humans to fully evolve from their animal nature and overcome self, it is not enough to merely believe in these things or know about them. It must be experienced and put into practice. The higher self – the spirit – must be brought into conscious awareness. (Edgar Cayce)

 

Multi-colored icon.   It is not enough to merely focus on the cross of Jesus and the divinity within him. Jesus taught people to “take up their own crosses” and follow his example and way. A person whose higher self has overcome his lower self will then become spiritually “awakened” and a spiritual “resurrection” will take place. The person will then begin to manifest the human-divine unity that Jesus, Buddha, and other avatars did. Once our spirit “comes alive” in our conscious mind through the spiritual practice of unconditional love for others, we become liberated from the cycle of evolution and rebirth. This process of spiritual awakening within an individual and within humanity at large is described in the Book of Revelation in dream symbols – the language of the soul. The liberation of humanity is when the “devil” (the delusion of separation and self-will) is then “cast into the abyss” (self-will is suppressed from consciousness by the divine will). The result will be “heaven on Earth” (divine awareness within humanity). So, in conclusion, this describes in a nutshell the entire story of human evolution. It is the story of the struggle of the human spirit in overcoming the animal flesh. It is the Bible story, from Genesis to Revelation, concerning the fall and rise of the human spirit. It is paradise lost and paradise found again. The rest of the Bible is mostly commentary. (Edgar Cayce)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “The struggle between our higher and lower selves grows until finally the destructive elements are completely overcome.” (Betty Bethards)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Humans are educated at a higher level by spirit beings who bring us into heaven. We grow and increase, and grow and increase, and shed the concerns, desires, and base animal stuff that we have been fighting much of our life. Earthly appetites melt away. It is no longer a struggle to fight them. We become who we truly are, which is part of the divine.” (Rev. Howard Storm)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “God’s love looks at all of us throughout the eyes of eternity. God’s overriding desire is to purify the darkness of our souls, irrespective of the suffering God has to put us through to achieve that end. However, it will greatly minimize our suffering if we learn to accept instead of fighting against our situation in life. (Daniel Rosenblit)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Jesus knew he had to die on the cross to fulfill his mission. His mission was to demonstrate to humanity how to practice unconditional love through self-sacrifice in devotion to others and by overcoming self so that our divine nature can be manifested.” (Edgar Cayce)
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18. War Is Hell
Since war is so prevalent in this world, it should be no surprise that there exists a spirit realm where the human desire to kill can be fully expressed. At death, a person’s inner nature is expressed outwardly in the spirit realm. People take their inner hellish natures with them after death. The result is what people refer to as “hell“.
Multi-colored icon.   “Hell is a great battlefield where thoughts are not private and where hordes of angry souls are locked in fights to the death where no death is possible. They are locked into destructive habits of mind, emotion, hatred, lust, addictions, and thought-patterns which cannot be satisfied. Angry souls have been observed arguing over some religious point and trying to kill those who do not agree with them.” (Dr. George Ritchie)Multi-colored icon.   “Hell is a psychological condition which represents the hellish inner thoughts and desires within some souls. Here they become uninhibited and their hellish condition is fully manifested. No demons are there to inflict punishment. Each soul acts out their own anger and hatred by warring and tormenting others.” (Emanuel Swedenborg)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Hell is a state where a wild orgy of frenzied taunting, screaming and fighting occurs. These souls are completely ignorant of any higher spiritual realities. They are a mob driven by unbridled cruelty and passions.” (Rev. Howard Storm)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Murderers in hell do not see a devil. Instead they see visions of their own face distorted by hatred, greed, anger, and other defeating emotions. Souls such as these will stay in torment for a long, long time, until they believe themselves to be totally lost. At this point, they may at last cry out to God to rescue them. This wail of despair is heard by God and they are rescued. They are then given opportunities to make amends through the process of reincarnation.” (Ruth Montgomery)
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19. Farewell To Arms
Although the world has a long history of war and murder, near-death accounts reveal that someday all war will end and heaven will be established on Earth. This will happen when humanity learns its lessons, renounces war, and changes for the better.
Multi-colored icon.   “There will be no nuclear war in the world because God loves the world.” (Rev. Howard Storm)Multi-colored icon.   “If humanity changes for the better, a horrible world war will be averted.” (Dannion Brinkley)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Out of all the wars that humans tried to create, God allowed only a few, to bring people to their senses and to stop them.” (Rev. Howard Storm)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “If people turn more to spirituality and less to materiality, these wars will not happen.” (Ned Dougherty)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “God is going to rescind some of humanity’s free will in favor of more divine control over human events in order to bring peace and harmony to the world.” (Rev. Howard Storm)

 

Multi-colored icon.   “Man will prey on man until man will pray for man.” (Lou Famoso)

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Scientific Evidence for Answered Prayer and the Existence of God

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This one I have tested many timea and have made a conclusion, that yes you can help someone or yourself with a prayer. I don’t have any science fact about it, but almost everything I have prayed for have been fulfilled somehow, not exactly but almost. And I think it’s the God’s way to turn prayers to reality. Here is somekind of study about it:

Scientific Evidence for Answered Prayer and the Existence of God

What scientific evidence do we have that God exists? Most skeptics would say “none.” A crucial doctrine of Christianity is that God listens to and answers prayers. So why not test this doctrine scientifically, using a double-blind, clinical trial? This is the exact premise that groups of medical doctors used in double-blind “drug” studies of the efficacy of Christian prayer on healing. Papers are available online.

A Report on the Papers:

  1. “Positive Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer in a Coronary Care Unit Population”2
  2. “A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Effects of Remote, Intercessory Prayer on Outcomes in Patients Admitted to the Coronary Care Unit”3
  3. Effects of remote, retroactive intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients with bloodstream infection: randomised controlled trial.4

1. “Positive Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer in a Coronary Care Unit Population”

Methods

Cardiac patients from the San Francisco General Medical Center were randomly divided (using a computer-generated list) into two groups. The names of the patients in the “test” group were given to a group of Christians, who prayed for them while they were in the hospital. The intercessory prayer team members were chosen on the following basis:

  1. Born again Christians on the basis of John 3:35
  2. Led an active Christian life on the basis of
    1. daily devotional prayer
    2. fellowship in a local Christian church

The “placebo” group received no prayer. Neither the “test” nor the “placebo” group of patients knew if they were receiving prayer. Likewise, the hospital staff, doctors, or nurses were “blinded” since they did not know which patient belonged to which group.

Results

Statistics were acquired from the prayer and placebo groups both before and after prayer, until the patients were discharged from the hospital. There were no statistical differences between the placebo and the prayer groups before prayer was initiated. The results demonstrated that patients who were prayed for suffered “less congestive heart failure, required less diuretic and antibiotic therapy, had fewer episodes of pneumonia, had fewer cardiac arrests, and were less frequently intubated and ventilated.” Statistics demonstrated the the prayer group had a statistically significantly lower severity score based upon the hospital course after entry (p < 0.01). Multivariate analysis of all the parameters measured demonstrated that the outcomes of the two groups were even more statistically significant (p < 0.0001). In science, the standard level of significance is when a “p value” is less than 0.05. A value of 0.01 means that the likelihood the result is because of chance is one in 100. A p value of 0.0001 indicates that in only one study out of 10,000 is the result likely to be due to chance. Table 2 from the study is reproduced below. The remarkable thing which one notices is that nearly every parameter measured is affected by prayer, although individually many categories do not reach the level of statistical significance due to sample size. However, multivariate analysis, which compares all parameters together produces a level of significance seldom reached in any scientific study (p < 0.0001). The author points out that the method used in this study does not produce the maximum effect of prayer, since the study could not control for the effect of outside prayer (i.e., it is likely many of the placebo group were prayed for by persons outside of the study). It is likely that a study which used only atheists (who had no Christian family or friends) would produce an even more dramatic result. However, since atheists make up only 1-2% of the population, it would be difficult to obtain a large enough sample size.

TABLE 2. Results of Intercessory Prayer
Study Variable Intercessory
Prayer		 Control
Group		 P
Days in CCU after entry 2.0 � 2.5 2.4 � 4.1 NS
Days in hospital after entry 7.6 � 8.9 7.6 � 8.7 NS
Number of discharge medications 3.7 � 2.2 4.0 � 2.4 NS
New Problems, Diagnoses, and
Therapeutic Events After Entry		 % (No.) % (No.) P
Antiarrhythmics 9(17) 13 (27) NS
Coronary angiography 9 (17) 11 (21) NS
VT/VF 7 (14) 9 (17) NS
Readmissions to CCU 7 (14) 7 (14) NS
Mortality 7 (13) 9 (17) NS
Congestive heart failure 4 (8) 10 (20) <0.01
Inotropic agents 4 (8) 8 (16) NS
Vasodilators 4 (8) 6 (12) NS
Supraventricular tachyarrhythmia 4 (8) 8 (15) NS
Arterial pressure monitoring 4 (7) 8 (15) NS
Central pressure monitoring 3 (6) 7 (15) NS
Diuretics 3 (5) 8 (15) <0.01
Major surgery before discharge 3 (5) 7 (14) NS
Temporary pacemaker 2 (4) 1 (1) NS
Sepsis 2 (4) 4 (7) NS
Cardiopulmonary arrest 2 (3) 7 (14) <0.01
Third-degree heart block 2 (3) 1 (2) NS
Pneumonia 2 (3) 7 (13) <0.01
Hypotension (systolic <90 torr) 2 (3) 4 (7) NS
Extension of infarction 2 (3) 3 (6) NS
Antibiotics 2 (3) 9 (17) <0.01
Permanent pacemaker 2 (3) 1 (1) NS
Gastrointestinal bleeding 1 (1) 2 (3) NS
Intubation/ventilation 0 (0) 6 (12) <0.01

NS = P > .05; VT/VF = ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation

2. “A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Effects of Remote, Intercessory Prayer on Outcomes in Patients Admitted to the Coronary Care Unit”

Methods

Cardiac patients from the CCU at the Mid America Heart Institute (MAHI), Kansas City, Mo, were randomly chosen and assigned to control or prayer groups. In this study, patients were not told about the prayer study and doctors did not know which patients were assigned to which groups. According to the paper, “The intercessors represented a variety of Christian traditions, with 35% listing their affiliations as nondenominational, 27% as Episcopalian, and the remainder as other Protestant groups or Roman Catholic. Unlike the Byrd study, the intercessors of the MAHI study were given no details about the medical conditions of the patients, but were only given their first name.

Results

The main table of results, reproduced from the study appears as Table 3 below. Because of the small sample size of each individual component, only one of the individual components reached statistical significance. However, the overall effect was statistically significant, with a P value of 0.04, meaning that the result was likely to occur by chance in only 1 out of 25 times the experiment was repeated.

Table 3. Effects of Intercessory Prayer on Individual Components of the Mid America Heart Institute–Cardiac Care Unit (MAHI-CCU) Score*
No. (%) of Patients
MAHI-CCU Score Component Usual Care Group
(n = 524)		 Prayer Group
(n = 466)		 P
Antianginal agents 59 (11.3) 47 (10.1) .62
Antibiotics 82 (15.6) 77 (16.5) .77
Unstable angina 4 (0.8) 1 (0.2) .38
Arterial monitor 42 (8.0) 32 (6.9) .57
Catheterization 180 (34.4) 162 (34.8) .94
Antiarrhythmics 56 (10.7) 50 (10.7) .94
Inotropes 76 (14.5) 69 (14.8) .96
Vasodilation 78 (14.9) 59 (12.7) .36
Diuretics 112 (21.4) 97 (20.8) .89
Pneumonia 10 (1.9) 12 (2.6) .62
Atrial fibrillation 17 (3.2) 12 (2.6) .66
Supraventricular tachycardia 6 (1.1) 2 (0.4) .29
Hypotension 7 (1.3) 8 (1.7) .82
Anemia/transfusion 66 (12.6) 50 (10.7) .42
Temporary pacer 16 (3.0) 13 (2.8) .95
Third-degree heart block 1 (0.2) 2 (0.4) .60
Readmit to cardiac care unit 22 (4.2) 25 (5.4) .48
Swan-Ganz catheter 172 (32.8) 123 (26.4) .03
Implanted cardiac defibrillator 6 (1.1) 10 (2.1) .32
Electrophysiology study 15 (2.9) 10 (2.1) .61
Radiofrequency ablation 8 (1.5) 2 (0.4) .11
Extension of infarct 2 (0.4) 0 (0.0) .50
Gastrointestinal bleed 12 (2.3) 5 (1.1) .22
Interventional coronary procedure 155 (29.6) 121 (26.0) .21
PTCA alone 69 (13.2) 62 (13.3) .95
PTCA with stent and/or rotablator 86 (16.4) 59 (12.7) .10
Permanent pacer 21 (4.0) 12 (2.6) .28
Congestive heart failure 17 (3.2) 19 (4.1) .60
Ventricular fibrillation/tachycardia 12 (2.3) 10 (2.1) .95
Intra-aortic balloon pump 20 (3.8) 12 (2.6) .36
Major surgery 76 (14.5) 51 (10.9) .11
Sepsis 7 (1.3) 7 (1.5) .96
Intubation/ventilation 27 (5.2) 26 (5.6) .88
Cardiac arrest 6 (1.1) 5 (1.1) .84
Death 46 (8.8) 42 (9.0) .99
* PTCA indicates percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

3. Effects of remote, retroactive intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients with bloodstream infection: randomised controlled trial.

This study involved 3393 patient subjects whose bloodstream infection was detected at the hospital from the years 1990�1996. Remote, retroactive intercessory prayer was said for the well being and full recovery of the intervention group. Results were measured through mortality in hospital, length of stay in hospital, and duration of fever. Mortality was reduced in the intervention group (28.1%) compared to the control group (30.2%) although the difference did not reach statistical significance. However, length of stay in the hospital and duration of fever were significantly shorter in the intervention group than in the control group (P = 0.01 and P = 0.04, respectively). According to the author of the study:

“Remote, retroactive intercessory prayer said for a group is associated with a shorter stay in hospital and shorter duration of fever in patients with a bloodstream infection and should be considered for use in clinical practice.”

Implications of the studies

Obviously, science has demonstrated in three separate studies the efficacy of Christian prayer in medical studies. There is no “scientific” (non-spiritual) explanation for the cause of the medical effects demonstrated in these studies. The only logical, but not testable, explanation is that God exists and answers the prayers of Christians. No other religion has succeeded in scientifically demonstrating that prayer to their God has any efficacy in healing. In fact, studies that have used intercessors from multiple religious backgrounds have failed to prove the efficacy of prayer.6 The Bible declares that Jesus Christ has power over life and death and sickness and is able to heal us, both physically7 and spiritually.8 He gave this power to His disciples and those who follow Him.9

2006 American Heart Journal study

A widely publicized study from 2006 failed to show the efficacy of intercessory prayer. However, the design of the latest study was somewhat unusual.10 The researchers used three patient groups. Two groups were advised of the study, but were not told whether they were in the prayer group or placebo group. The third group knew that they were being prayed for. The study was performed at six hospitals. Out of 3295 eligible patients, 1493 (45%) refused to participate, which is very high, although they did not explain the reasons for non-participation. The intercessors were composed of three groups. Two were Roman Catholic and one was a Protestant group (Silent Unity, Lee’s Summit, MO). Unlike in previous studies, the intercessors were not allowed to pray their own prayers. The prayers were given to them by the study coordinators to “standardize” the prayers. The discussion section of the paper suggested that at least some of the intercessors were dissatisfied with the canned nature of the prayers. In attempting to standardize prayer, I believe the study introduced a serious flaw, since most intercessors tend to pray as they are led by the Spirit, instead of praying prepared scripts. Jesus told His followers not to pray repetitiously, since God would not hear those kinds of prayers.11

Ultimately, the results showed that groups 1 (prayer) and 2 (no prayer) were identical, whereas group 3 (those who knew they were being prayed for) did worse than the other two groups. The lack of efficacy of intercessory prayer in this study could be due to theological problems with the study design.

References Top of page

  1. Hodge, D.R. 2007. A Systematic Review of the Empirical Literature on Intercessory Prayer. Research on Social Work Practice 17: 174-187.
  2. Byrd, R.C. 1988. Positive Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer in a Coronary Care Unit Population. Southern Medical Journal 81: 826-829. [online paper]
  3. Harris, W.S., Gowda, M., Kolb, J.W., Strychacz, C.P., Vacek, J.L., Jones, P.G., Forker, A., O’Keefe, J.H., and McCallister, B.D. 1999. A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Effects of Remote, Intercessory Prayer on Outcomes in Patients Admitted to the Coronary Care Unit. Arch Intern Med. 159:2273-2278. [PDF version]
  4. Leibovici, L. 2001. Effects of remote, retroactive intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients with bloodstream infection: randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal, 323, 1450-1451 .
  5. Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3)
  6. Krucoff, M. W., et al. 2005. Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study. Lancet 366:211-217.
  7. And Jesus was going about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people. (Matthew 4:23)
    And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. (Matthew 9:35)
  8. “But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” He said to the paralytic. (Mark 2:10)
    and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day; and that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. (Luke 24:46-47)
  9. And He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to heal diseases. And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God, and to perform healing. (Luke 9:1-2)
  10. Benson H, Dusek JA, Sherwood JB, Lam P, Bethea CF, Carpenter W, Levitsky S, Hill PC, Clem DW Jr, Jain MK, Drumel D, Kopecky SL, Mueller PS, Marek D, Rollins S, Hibberd PL. 2006. Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: a multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer. Am. Heart J. 151:934-942.
  11. “And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. (Matthew 6:7)

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