The Facts about the "Religion of Peace"

Here's what the Koran says:

The Verse Of The Sword from Al-Tawbah
Fight and slay the pagans (infidels) wherever ye find them, and seize them,
beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war." - Sura 9:5

"Prophet, make war on unbelievers and hypocrites, and deal rigorously
with them." - Sura 9:73

"Let not the unbelievers think they will ever get away. They have not
the power to do so. Muster against them all the men and cavalry at
your command, so that you may strike terror into the enemy of Allah
and your enemy... Prophet, (Muhammed) rouse the faithful to arms!
If they (the non-Muslims) incline to peace (accept Islam) make
peace with them." - Sura 8:59

"If they reject your judgement, know that it is Allah's wish to scourge
them for their sins." - Sura 5:49

"Believers (Muslims), take neither Jews nor Christians to be your
friends: they are friends with one another.
Whoever of you seeks their friendship shall become one of their number,

and God does not guide (those Jewish and Christian) wrong-doers." - Sura 5:51

These are just some of the many, many scriptures in the Koran that advocate violence against non-Muslims. So called "Peaceful" Muslims will tell you that these verses are...taken out of context or they're mistranslated from Arabic into English etc.

The FACT is "Peaceful" Muslims need to tell that to the ONE HUNDRED MILLION MUSLIMS that advocate violence because of such verses.

Here are more facts:

The Shoe Bomber was an Islamic extremist terrorist
The Beltway Snipers were Islamic extremists
The Fort Hood Shooter was an Islamic extremist
The underwear Bomber was an Islamic extremist
The U-S.S. Cole Bombers were Islamic extremists
The Madrid Train Bombers were Islamic extremists
The Bafi Nightclub Bombers were Islamic extremists
The London Subway Bombers were Islamic extremists
The Moscow Theater Attackers were Islamic extremists
The Boston Marathon Bombers were Islamic extremists
The Pan-Am flight #93 Bombers were Islamic extremists
The Air France Entebbe Hijackers were Islamic extremists
The Iranian Embassy Takeover, was by Islamic extremists
The Beirut U.S. Embassy bombers were Islamic extremists
The Libyan U.S. Embassy Attack was by Islamic extremists
The Buenos Aires Suicide Bombers were Islamic extremists
The Israeli Olympic Team Attackers were Islamic extremists
The Kenyan U.S, Embassy Bombers were Islamic extremists
The Saudi, Khobar Towers Bombers were Islamic extremists
The Beirut Marine Barracks bombers were Islamic extremists
The Besian Russian School Attackers were Islamic extremists
The first World Trade Center Bombers were Islamic extremists
The Bombay & Mumbai India Attackers were Islamic extremists
The Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers were Islamic extremists
The September 11th 2001 Airline Hijackers were Islamic extremists
The Kenyan Mall Massacre was done by Islamic extremists
Boko Haran are Islamic extremists
The kidnapping of an entire girls school and selling them into slavery in Nigeria was the work of Islamic extremists
The burning of a village full of 2000 people in Nigeria most of them alive was the work of Islamic extremists
The no-go zones being established in the west are allowed to be established by Islamic extremists
The Charlie Hebdo Magazine Massacre was carried out by Islamic extremists
The Pakistani school massacre of over 100 children was carried out by Islamic extremists
The men who shot little girls on a school bus in Afghanistan because they wanted an education were Islamic extremists.
The people demanding a separate government in the Phillipines are Islamic extremists
Since the year 2000 over 40 bombings have been carried out in the Phillipines by Islamic extremists
The Oklahoma City workplace beheading was done by an Islamic Extremist
The Fort Hood shooting was carried out by an Islamic extremist
The NYC cop Ax attacker was an Islamic extremist
The Canadian Parliament attack was carried out by an Islamic extremist.
France was attacked by Islamic extremists
The Chattanooga attack was by Islamic extremist .
The Oklahoma murderer who behead an American tried converting co-workers to Islam

The San Bernadino murders were committed by Islamic extremists.

Here are more facts...these are only thru 2004:

Sept.5, 1972...International Olympics...Munich, Germany...11 Israeli athletes murdered

Oct.23, 1983...United States Marine Corps barracks. Beruit, Lebonon...241 murdered...80 wounded

Oct.1985...Achille Lauro hijacked...69 year old American tourist in a wheelchair murdered...because he is Jewish

Dec.21, 1988...Pan Am flight 103...Lockerbie, Scotland...270 murdered

Feb.26, 1993...World Trade Center...New York, New York...6 murdered...1000 injured

June 25, 1996...Kobar Towers...Riyad, Saudi Arabia...19 murdered...372 injured

Aug. 7, 1998...U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania...224 murdered...hundreds injured

Oct. 12, 2000...Navel Vessel USS Cole in Persian Gulf...17 murdered...39 injured

Sept. 11, 2001...World Trade Center/ Pentagon...New York, New York/ Washington D.C....3030 murdered...2337 injured

In Israel since the second Intifadah there have been 425 terrorist attacks... 377 Israelis murdered...2076 injured

52 were suicide bombings...murdering 288 people...

(This information is dated and far from complete).

March 11, 2004…Spain, 10 bombs exploded on four commuter trains at three railstations, murdering 191 people, more than 1,800 injured

Sept.1-3, 2004…Beslan, Russia…1200 plus people in an elementary school taken hostage by 32 terrorists, 330 murdered…176 of them children (They were not allowed to eat, drink or go to the bathroom for three days while they were held hostage. Bombs killed many of them, many more were shot in the backs as they tried to escape)…over 500 injured...24 children orphaned.

All these MURDERS were committed by Islamic Extremists...

President Obama doesn't want you to see a pattern here. The BLIND SHEEP that follow him don't either...because it's POLITICALLY INCORRECT to racially profile or condemn a whole religion based on what THOUSANDS of them are doing.

(You see...they think their 'opinions' are equal to facts.)

We can fight them in their lands or we can fight them here...

When the Hell are we going to wake up!!!

Sarah Belle, My Sweet Love, I miss you so much...

I moved to New Mexico seven years ago. I live alone and didn't know many people. I was lonely. I asked God to send me someone to love. He sent me you, my sweet Sarah Belle. I didn't know it, but I had a hole in my heart that was exactly your size and shape. You filled it completely. You were three months old when God gave you to me.

It was hard at first because I had never had a dog. I learned to deal with your hair everywhere, your drinking from the toilet, and your willingness to eat almost anything!

What I got in return was the only unconditional love I've ever known in my life. You were my constant companion. You went with me everywhere. Everyone knew your name, even when they didn't know mine. You would walk into someone's home or store, just knowing that everyone loved you. You were right.

You opened my heart completely and you moved right into it. You taught me more things about love, friendship, loyalty, affection, forgiveness, gratitude, trust and joy than I ever knew. You became the song in my heart.

I would make up little songs to sing to you while we cuddled in the bed or watched TV. We would go on hikes in the forest that you loved. We would play with the squeaky toys you picked out from the store.

I was never lonely even one day I was blessed to have you. You knew how to make me smile and laugh every day. You brought me so much joy and you turned my house into a home. You taught me to love and respect other animals because, if you were capable of love, they may be capable of love too. You never met an enemy. You could make a friend of any biped or quadruped so fast. The deer, rabbits and other critters around our home all knew you were friendly.

I knew our lifespans were so different that I prayed for God to protect you from anything that would harm you and that He give you long life and good health. Your lifespan was on my mind often. I thought I'd have, maybe, 18 years with you. Aussies are long-lived and prone to few diseases. I never even dreamed that a parasite would take your life.

We never spent a single night apart in six years until you got sick and had to stay at the vets. You were away from me for almost two weeks. It kills me that I couldn't be with you during the hardest time in your life. I'm so sorry my love. God took you back at 11:40 Saturday morning February 7, 2015. The disease that gripped you caused you to lose the use of your hind legs. I laid down beside you and put my arm under your head. I told you how much  you've blessed my life; how much joy you brought me and how much I love you. I patted your chest and sang you a little song I used to sing to you in  the mornings. You kissed me and wagged your tail. I just couldn't see you suffer any longer so the doctor gave you something to put you in a deep sleep. When you were sleeping she gave you another shot and I said goodbye.

I have never felt so lonely in my life as when that happened. I wanted to die with you so we could stay together. Sometimes I still feel that way. I emailed my friends whom I had asked to pray for you and told them the light had gone out in my life...

When I hear people say they're sorry that my dog died...it sounds so  hollow. You were so much more to me than "just a dog". You were my best friend, my teacher, my heart and joy. I was in love with you...I still am. Most people just don't understand how important you were to me; how someone could be in love with a dog. Because of that I grieve in solitude. I miss you so much...

I saw my father and my grandmother die but nothing ever prepared me for the depth of pain I felt / feel at losing you. My heart is so completely broken. Holding on to that pain is the only thing that makes me feel close to you. I'm slowly learning to hold only the good memories. I want the world to know how much you meant / mean to me. No death will ever end my love for you...not yours or mine.

Losing you brought a crisis of my faith. I don't understand why God allowed you go at only six years old. I don't know why He didn't answer my prayers to protect you and heal you. How could He take the one being who brought me so much joy?  I still trust Him and know there is a bigger picture than I can see. I know He will allow us to be together again one day because I know our Heavenly Father and He is more kind, merciful and gracious than we can begin to understand. For now, the hole in my heart is back and only you can fill it.

I buried my heart with you. I look out my window and see the mound of dirt that covers you and I know it's there. Your heart is alive in me. I can feel it in the compassion I have for others animals now. You made me a better human being. Thank You Heavenly Father for my Sarah Belle. Thank You My Sweet Love...for the BEST six years and the BEST friend I've ever known.

The universe won't be able to contain my joy when I can hold you again. I dream of that day. I want you beside me for all eternity....

Profile of a Blacksmith: Robb Gunter

In the US people who work with their hands are often looked down upon by people who wear a suit and tie and carry a briefcase to work each day. That is not the case in older societies. In Germany, for example, blacksmiths, mechanics, welders and carpenters are considered just as professional as college professors. The masters of these crafts are thought of just as highly as any other professionals. The fact is the people who work with their hands make the other professions possible. Without carpenters there would be no dwellings in which to live or work. Without mechanics and repairmen there would be no one to keep modern machinery working. Without blacksmiths in our history...there would have been no one to make the tools that carpenters and mechanics use.

Blacksmiths and the craft of smithing made the modern world possible.

It is true that the craft almost died out after World War II. Modern welders and machinists replaced much of what smiths did. Around 1970 the craft began to make a comeback. Alex Bealer wrote a book titled: The Art of Blacksmithing that was meant to preserve some of the knowledge of the craft. That book also brought people interested in practicing the craft together to revive it. The number of folks who came together steadily grew and formed ABANA, the Artists Blacksmiths Association of North America. Since then clubs have formed in many states to bring smiths together because it is in coming together that old tools and techniques are rediscovered and shared. The craft has grown because of the men and women who find passion in it and in their willingness to share what they've learned with other smiths. The craft that dates back to Tubal Cain in the Bible has been reborn!

This is an exciting time for blacksmithing because of the men and women who have mastered the craft and been willing to share what they've discovered. One of those men is Robb Gunter. Robb began studying blacksmithing in 1980 with Rolando DeLeon in Santa Fe, New Mexico and  has worked with Francis Whitaker among others.

While working for Sandia Labs in Los Alamos, New Mexico Robb suggested the labs begin using forging as a way of producing parts. His employers thought he was joking, believing the ancient art of blacksmithing had nothing to offer the state-of-the-art facility. Robb proved them wrong demonstrating that forging could often produce better quality parts at a cheaper price. Robb became the resident blacksmith for Sandia Labs from 1986 until 1993. Robb founded the Forgery School of Blacksmithing in 1986 to promote the art by teaching beginning and intermediate smiths. After leaving Sandia Labs in 1993 he devoted more time to teaching and perfecting his art. Robb specializes in architectural commissions and has worked in several multi-million dollar homes.

Robb is devoted to his Christian faith and, because of his understanding of blacksmithing and metallurgy, has been able to shed light on those aspects of Biblical stories that contain elements related to metals.

In what can rightly be called a testament to Robb as a father, his two sons Brad and Chad have followed in their fathers footsteps and also become blacksmiths. Robb will readily tell you that his sons have surpassed the skills of their father and become masters of the art in their own right.

Robb has contributed to the ancient art of smithing in many ways. He developed a Super Quench solution for mild and low carbon steels. He's done demonstrations and classes in many local and national conferences.  Together Robb and his sons Brad and Chad now run a blacksmithing school in Moriarty, New Mexico called "G3". They teach classes for beginning through advanced students in the art. G3 also sells specialty blacksmithing tools and supplies.

To meet Robb is to instantly like him. He is an absolute master of the art. His skills could rival any smith on the planet. Despite that he's a very soft spoken, humble man willing to share his knowledge and expertise with anyone that shows an interest. He has that gleam in his eyes that only a real master has from learning to dance with the steel.

Robb has served to promote and preserve an ancient art while rediscovering techniques that could have been lost to history. Because of men and women like him, the hammer, the anvil and the forge now breathe new life!

Robb Gunter is a true American treasure.




  

Christ and the Hebrew Scriptures

It is a historical fact that most of the first Christians were Jews. (Those who practiced the religion of Judea.) We often hear why most early Jews rejected Christ as the first coming of the messiah. We don’t often hear why those Jews that did accept Christ as the Messiah did so. Those early Jewish Christians recognized the teachings of Christ and, later, His disciples as extensions of things they understood well from the Hebrew scripture. Scholars often point to the many scriptures that prophecy about Christ but there are more, perhaps more subtle, things in the Hebrew scripture that point to Christ.

1). Why did the early Jews see the baptism that John the Baptist, and later the early Christians, practiced as a logical extension of what they understood?

Baptism is symbolic of the children of Israel coming out of Egypt through the

Red Sea. Egypt was well understood to be a type of sin and coming through the Red Sea was symbolic of leaving sin behind…IE. Repentance.

2). Why did the early Jews see the tongues of fire over the heads of the followers of Christ on the Day of Pentecost as a logical extension of what they understood?

They understood the power of God to be manifested in the pillar of fire / cloud of smoke their ancestors followed in leaving Egypt. The pillar of fire they followed through the wilderness was a sign of Gods power leading the nation of Israel. This time, on the day of Pentecost after Christ’s death and resurrection, the power of God was leading individuals.

3). Why did the early Jews see Christ entering Jerusalem for Passover on the back of an ass and throw palm branches down in front of him, as a logical extension of what they understood?

Without knowing or understanding it they knew that God was going to ‘tabernacle with men’. The Feast of Tabernacles was celebrated by using palm branches to make temporary dwellings. They became symbolic of God residing with men.

4). Why did the early Jews see Christ feeding the multitude with five loaves and two fishes as a logical extension of what they understood?

They knew God could miraculously feed them like He did in the Sinai with manna. This was a proof of who Christ was to many.

5). Why did the early Jews see the sacrificial and priestly aspects of Christ in His gospel as a logical extension of what they understood?

They knew they needed a sacrifice to atone to God. They understood that sin demanded a life, that’s is how grievous it is to God. A sacrifice was the vehicle of their approach to God. They saw in Christ the fulfillment of the five major kinds of sacrifices that were outlined in Leviticus as well as a fulfilling of their Passover lamb.

They recognized they needed a High Priest. He was the facilitator of their approach to God. They saw the resurrected Christ as fulfilling that role at the right hand of God the Father.

These things, being fulfilled by Christ, made the old sacrificial system with its temple, priesthood and animal sacrifices no longer necessary.

6). Why did the early Jews recognize the gospel of Christ as an extension of what they understood?

They recognized in the gospel of Christ what they were taught by the tabernacle in the wilderness…the place of their approach to God. It was the template for the design of the temple of David built later. Here are just a few observations about the Tabernacle in the wilderness:

-           There was only one tabernacle, only one way to approach the one God.

-           Only priests were allowed to enter the tabernacle. These were men sanctified, set apart for a special function, to serve God and their fellow man.

-          The tabernacle was laid out in only one way. It was very specifically to be constructed to lay East-West. One entered facing West, the opposite of what pagans did in worshipping the rising sun.

-          The narrow way laid out by the tabernacle pointed towards God. There is only one way to God the Father. It was not the way most of humanity would assume.

-          Once entered, the first thing one encountered was the sacrificial altar. One had to accept the sacrifice before continuing. One who had accepted this sacrifice was set apart from the rest of the people.

-          While not all who accepted the sacrifice went on to enter the Holy Place, all who accepted the sacrifice were set apart. An ‘innumerable multitude’ could reside there.

-          The next thing one encountered was the brass laver where one was ritually cleansed before entering the Holy Place. Like baptism it was symbolic of repentance. One had to be cleansed by repentance before entering the Holy Place.

-          The tabernacle was ONE structure made up of TWO separate enclosures. There was only one way to enter, through the Holy Place. The Holy Place represented the Body of Christ…the other, the Holy of Holies, represented the presence of God the father. There was no Trinity represented.

-          To be inside the Holy Place was to be symbolically in the Body of Christ.

-          Once inside the Holy Place one saw the menorah on the left. It was ONE candlestick with seven distinct channels of light within the Body of Christ. Whether they represented seven eras of the church or seven attitudes of Christians or something else is debatable. The fact is they were seven separate lights coming from one source.

-          On the right was the table of showbread. It symbolized the Body of Christ that we are to partake of. Christ is the bread of life. We must partake of the Body of Christ to be in the Body of Christ.

-          Directly ahead, upon entering the Holy Place, was the altar of incense that was to be filled with finely chopped incense and burned so the smoke of it wafted up through the curtain into the Holy of Holies. This symbolized the prayers of the righteous.

-          Next, the curtain between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies was to be crossed only once a year so that the Holy of Holies was entered only once a year and only by the High Priest. This was the forerunner of the curtain in the temple of David that was torn in half, from the top down, upon Christ’s death. Symbolic of the fact that anyone could now go directly to God the Father through Christ.

-          In the Holy of Holies was the Ark of the Covenant. It contained the tables of stone the commandments were written on.

-          From the Holy of Holies emanated the law of God. It was a perfect cube…one of only two mentioned in the scriptures. The other is the New Jerusalem. This was the ultimate destination for one entering the tabernacle.

-          The plan of God for mankind was symbolized in this structure.

The children of Israel would have recognized the symbols and the substance of Christ’s gospel as fulfilling what they had been taught all of their lives. Without an understanding of the Hebrew scripture these things would be lost on modern Christians.

God used symbols that we can understand to teach us lessons about spiritual truths. Sometimes we don’t make the connections between things that may seem mundane, like the details of the construction of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness, and the truths they point to but everything in Gods word is there for a reason whether we understand it or not.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Tim. 2:15)