Modern-Day Phillistines
Art Bulla
by Ken Ham, president AiG-USA
First published in
Answers Update-USA
June 2005
I've concluded that we are fighting the "Philistines" of our day. How?
In Exodus, we read of "the Ark of God"-the Ark of the Covenant-that God
commanded the Israelites to build. This Ark represented the presence of
God-where God spoke from above the mercy seat. It was a type of Christ,
representing the treasures of wisdom and knowledge found in Christ.
As we read through the history of the Israelites, we find time and time
again that they forgot God's Word and compromised with the pagan beliefs of
the cultures around them.
Because of these things, God brought judgment on His people.
In 1 Samuel 4, we read the sad event when the Philistines captured the Ark
of God. When Eli's daughter-in-law heard what happened, she said, "The glory
is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken" (4:22). The
Israelites, of course, needed to get the Ark back.
The tie to evolution/millions of years
I would like to suggest to you a practical application of that event to our
world today.
By and large, much of the church has compromised God's Word in Genesis by
allowing millions of years and evolutionary ideas to be embraced by God's
people. Most of the church has permitted generations to be taught the world's
religion of secularism/naturalism. In a sense, we could say that the
"Philistines" (the world) have captured the "Ark" (the Word of God).
The church-including most conservative, "Bible-believing" assemblies across
this nation-has largely abandoned the Bible's history/science and has just
tried to cling to the New Testament's gospel message and morality. By not
accepting the essential history of Genesis, the church has convinced
generations that evolutionary ideas and millions of years (not the Bible's
account of history) explain our world: dinosaurs, the Grand Canyon, fossils
and so on.
The "glory" is departing
As a result, we have seen America become less Christian every day. As people
naively accepted the idea that the Bible's history is not true, they were
also consistent in believing that both the gospel and the morality based in
that history are false.
Social ills (abortion, "gay" marriage, etc.) now plague the country.
Creation, prayer and the Bible have all but been eliminated from the public
schools. Yes, the "glory" is departing from the nation.
The ministry of AiG is one of proclaiming a "battle cry" to the church-a
clarion call to God's people to awake to the truth of God's revealed Word,
and to submit our lives to the lordship of our Creator. We need to take back
the "Ark."
We need to take back the maligned Grand Canyon, the majestic mountain
ranges, the massive coal beds, the glaciers, the dinosaurs, fossils, the
question of the origin of "races" (people groups), the formation of the sun
and stars and so on. We need to return them to their rightful place in
history.
Indeed, God's people must take back the history that has been stolen from
them. In doing this, we are, in a sense, taking back the gospel that has
been "stolen" from humanity worldwide, as people have been convinced that
the Bible is not true.
Join us as we take them all back!
--
"I just tell em the truth, and they think it's hell." Harry Truman
Concerning quotes (out of context): these are distortions, taken out of the
context of
the blasphemies and insults placed upon me by the vilest of traitors and
foul wretches
imagineable. Jesus kicked their asses out of the Temple and I do the same to
all god damned liars and hypocrites. I make no apology. God is my judge. If
this fellow (Manning) were honest he would include these, and all would see
that I am
justified by the Lord in my responses. The word of the Lord is given on
the matter in the following:
Verily, if a man be called of my Father, as was Aaron, by mine own voice,
and by the voice of him that sent me, and I have endowed him with the keys
of the power of this priesthood, if he do anything in my name, and according
to my law and by my word, he will not commit sin, and I will justify him.
Let no one, therefore, set on my servant for I will justify him. saith the
Lord your God.
THE GOLDEN RULE OF DISINFORMERS:
Always accuse your adversary of whatever is true about yourself.
"Nothing has more retarded the advancement of learning than the disposition
of vulgar minds to ridicule and vilify what they do not understand."
Dr.Samuel Johnson.
The Revelations of Jesus Christ:
<http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3>
Discourses of Brigham Young, Pg.68
As it has always been, and will be yet for some time, when the sons
of God assemble together Satan will be on hand as an accuser of the
brethren, to find fault with those who are trying to do good.
"But we ask, does it remain for a people who never had faith enough to call
down one scrap of revelation from heaven, and for all they have now are
indebted
to the faith of another people...does it remain for them to say how much God
has
spoken and how much He has not spoken?" Joseph Smith
"Every generation has flattered itself that it is a little better than the
one that preceded it. Every generation has prided itself in its knowledge
and great advancement in the arts and sciences and its superiority over
preceding generations; yet the power of the adversary and his hatred of
righteousness and truth are as great to-day as they ever were since the
creation of the earth." Journal of Discourses, Vol.11, Pg.228 - Pg.229,
George Q. Cannon, May 6, 1866
"Some men are natural born saints; whenever a principle is advanced they
understand it, and drink it in; * * * while there are others who do not
understand and oppose every principle that is not clear to their mind. This
can be accounted for, that we are not all pure blooded, for Ephraim became
foolish and mixed up with the gentiles. When we find the pure blood of
Ephraim, we find a natural born child of God and there is nothing in the
gospel that is objectionable to them, but the others have to exercise faith
in God and humble themselves before Him and live for it." (Deseret Weekly,
50:250-251)
35 And the rebellious shall be cut off out of the land of Zion, and shall
be sent away, and shall not inherit the land.
36 For, verily I say that the rebellious are not of the blood of Ephraim,
wherefore they shall be plucked out.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 64:35 - 36)
John Manning
> Modern-day Philistines
> by Ken Ham, president AiG-USA
Ken Ham, another fundy nutjob creationist.
Aaron Kim
Who's the real wacko, Manning:
Forum: Yahoo! TM Controversy
From: John Manning
Date: Mon Jul 29, 2002 7:39 pm
Subject: Re: Maharishi's TM mantras
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TMControversy/message/1037
"The word "NamaH" has the semantic meaning of "I bow down to...". My
original mantra has the 'associated meaning', "Saraswati", a wonderful
Goddess. Adding them together, beginning with NamaH (as it was taught
to me in my advanced meditation technique), it translates to "I bow
down to Saraswati"."
So Manning worships a Goddess.
Aaron
Aaron Kim
live in, God is being forced out in favor of atheistic ideas like
evolution and as a result we have those societal ills Ken talks about
like homosexual marriages, abortions,negro mixing, etc. We need to
build the Kingdom of God on earth where such wickedness will not be
tolerated. Where there is a legal administrator, Joseph Smith said,
there is the KOG. Art Bulla is a true prophet of God and holds the keys
to the Priesthood.
Aaron
John Manning
>
> John Manning wrote:
>
>>Art Bulla wrote:
>>
>>>Modern-day Philistines
>>>by Ken Ham, president AiG-USA
>>
>>Ken Ham, another fundy nutjob creationist.
>
>
> Who's the real wacko, Manning:
>
> Forum: Yahoo! TM Controversy
> From: John Manning
> Date: Mon Jul 29, 2002 7:39 pm
> Subject: Re: Maharishi's TM mantras
>
>
> "The word "NamaH" has the semantic meaning of "I bow down to...". My
> original mantra has the 'associated meaning', "Saraswati", a wonderful
> Goddess. Adding them together, beginning with NamaH (as it was taught
> to me in my advanced meditation technique), it translates to "I bow
> down to Saraswati"."
>
> So Manning worships a Goddess.
You know what I've said about that, you
lying little worm.
>
> Aaron
>
> www.artbulla.com
>
Aaron Kim
wrong.
Aaron
John Manning wrote:
> Aaron Kim wrote:
> >
> > John Manning wrote:
> >
> >>Art Bulla wrote:
> >>
> >>>Modern-day Philistines
> >>>by Ken Ham, president AiG-USA
> >>
> >>Ken Ham, another fundy nutjob creationist.
> >
> >
> > Who's the real wacko, Manning:
> >
> > Forum: Yahoo! TM Controversy
> > From: John Manning
> > Date: Mon Jul 29, 2002 7:39 pm
> > Subject: Re: Maharishi's TM mantras
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TMControversy/message/1037
John Manning
> It says what it says liar. Go read it again and tell me where I'm
> wrong.
First, Manning doesn't worship Saraswati or
any gods or goddesses. I only look to God,
the One and Only.
Second, you haven't a clue about the context
of the discussion you are referring to.
Apparently you guys are dumpster diving all
over the internet in an attempt to
discredit, in any way you can, someone who
has effectively exposed Bulla for the inept,
hateful, lying buffoon that he is. Last
time, you found a disgusting book by someone
with my name and claimed it was me. That's
evil and sick. It's VERY far from
'godliness', which you freaks claim to possess.
You make false assumptions and come to false
conclusions to desperately justify your
bizarre views of Bulla's 'messiahship', his
[bragged about] immoral personal behavior
and his hatred for others. You can't even
tell the truth about others. You clowns
depend on lies and deceptions.
With God, on the other hand, the truth
stands on its own. Lies are not required
with God. But you are NOT with God. It
couldn't be more obvious.
Art Bulla
of course, which is an excellent analogy:
1 Sam 4:10-22
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every
man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of
Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, were slain.
12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the
same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for
his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city,
and told [it], all the city cried out.
14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What [meaneth] the
noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he
could not see.
16 And the man said unto Eli, I [am] he that came out of the army, and I
fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people,
and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is
taken.
18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he
fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake,
and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel
forty years.
19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, [near] to be
delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and
that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and
travailed; for her pains came upon her.
20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto
her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did
she regard [it].
21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from
Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law
and her husband.
22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is
taken.
"Aaron Kim" <aaro...@cwnet.com> wrote in message
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Art Bulla
civilization, eating at the supporting timber of civilization itself.
"John Manning" <jrob...@terra.com.br> wrote in message
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Art Bulla
everyone's liberty as the depraved scum you think you descended from. You
must be a democrat.
"John Manning" <jrob...@terra.com.br> wrote in message
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Art Bulla
5 For I remember the word of God which saith by their works ye shall know
them; for if their works be good, then they are good also.
6 For behold, God hath said a man being evil cannot do that which is good;
for if he offereth a gift, or prayeth unto God, except he shall do it with
real intent it profiteth him nothing.
7 For behold, it is not counted unto him for righteousness.
8 For behold, if a man being evil giveth a gift, he doeth it grudgingly;
wherefore it is counted unto him the same as if he had retained the gift;
wherefore he is counted evil before God.
9 And likewise also is it counted evil unto a man, if he shall pray and not
with real intent of heart; yea, and it profiteth him nothing, for God
receiveth none such.
10 Wherefore, a man being evil cannot do that which is good; neither will
he give a good gift.
11 For behold, a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither can
a good fountain bring forth bitter water; wherefore, a man being a servant
of the devil cannot follow Christ; and if he follow Christ he cannot be a
servant of the devil.
12 Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that which is
evil cometh of the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God, and fighteth
against him continually, and inviteth and enticeth to sin, and to do that
which is evil continually.
13 But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good
continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good,
and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God.
14 Wherefore, take heed, my beloved brethren, that ye do not judge that
which is evil to be of God, or that which is good and of God to be of the
devil.
15 For behold, my brethren, it is given unto you to judge, that ye may know
good from evil; and the way to judge is as plain, that ye may know with a
perfect knowledge, as the daylight is from the dark night.
16 For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know
good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing
which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent
forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect
knowledge it is of God.
17 But whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in
Christ, and deny him, and serve not God, then ye may know with a perfect
knowledge it is of the devil; for after this manner doth the devil work, for
he persuadeth no man to do good, no, not one; neither do his angels; neither
do they who subject themselves unto him.
18 And now, my brethren, seeing that ye know the light by which ye may
judge, which light is the light of Christ, see that ye do not judge
wrongfully; for with that same judgment which ye judge ye shall also be
judged.
19 Wherefore, I beseech of you, brethren, that ye should search diligently
in the light of Christ that ye may know good from evil; and if ye will lay
hold upon every good thing, and condemn it not, ye certainly will be a child
of Christ.
(Moro 7:5-19)
On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, John Manning wrote:
<snip>
> It is love. God is the love that you carry in your own HEART - not
> your mind. God put that within you inherently for you to remember
> Home. And it isn't any special 'cosmic' love delineated or held by
> 'special' people or dogma, doctrines or rituals. *Any* genuine love is
> 'cosmic' - it reaches everywhere like a ripple on a pond.
Except, of course, to the Jews, whom you call a "pile of shit,"
accuse of having murdered Jesus, and claim are themselves to
blame for anti-Semitism; and the Mormons, whose deeply held
beliefs you mock to their faces.
Love, from
> your own heart, REPRESENTS God's love in this temporary relative
> framework. And it equates with God's love.
But it doesn't equate with bigotry. Bigotry is a catastrophic
absence of love, and of God.
> With God, there is never a loss. Just be here now and Love. Being
> here 'now' with love, is what we can 'do'.
But first we must cleanse our hearts of bigotry.
> Even waiting in the grocery line - how magnificent to see the
> older woman ahead of you. You may see yourself in her, or she
> might just be nasty and mean to the checkout person. Then you
> can think to yourself, "I'll never be nasty and mean like 'that'.
> Then you can remember when you 'were' nasty and mean like that.
> It's so funny.
Yes, and one day after you've searched your soul, found it
wanting, and had the courage to repent of your bigotry, you'll
encounter a bigot and say to yourself, "I'll never be a bigot
like that." Then you can remember when you *were* a bigot like
that. But hopefully you'll weep rather than laugh.
> Genuine love equates with God's love. It is the most valuable,
> happiness-producing asset that we have in common with God. It reaches
> beyond life and death, and continues. Genuine love NEVER dies. It is
> naturally held within our living context, yet effectively reaches any
> context.
Except, for you, the context of the Jews and the Mormons, of
course.
<snip>
> There are times when you will have maybe terrible fears and pangs of
> separation. That is part of living in this world. Recognition of the
> love you have inside is the same as the love from whence you came. It
> is constant. It NEVER goes away - NEVER.
Except when you think about Jews and Mormons, of course.
<snip>
> In that love you will find your eternity - and everybody else's -
> whether they are physically present or not! If you can come to that
> love and knowing from the heart (not the intellect) at those times of
> pain, then - from the heart (not the mind) you will be given peace
> from your *own* source - God within you. Do not separate yourself from
> God by thinking that you are 'less' or unworthy'.
Or by thinking that you are *more* worthy than some others, like
the Jews and the Mormons.
<snip>
> Nothing, not even the falling of a sparrow - or even God's incredible
> design of one of its feathers, is missed or excluded in God's love.
Right, not even the Jews or the Mormons.
> Just love what's in front of you.
Including Jews and Mormons.
<snip>
> God is not the hateful, jealous god represented in some parts of the
> Old Testament. That guy was an interloper; bad guy (the jealous killer
> god); there is a story about him. He is recognized as such and has
> been banished from this realm - by Christ. He only exists in this
> realm via those humans that buy into and perpetuate his darkness.
Via the Jews, it would seem you mean.
Bigot.
> That bad guy does not represent the love of God of which I am speaking.
>
> This world includes both sides. One can choose either love or its
> alternative.
And you've chosen the alternative, your pious mouthings
notwithstanding.
Hypocrite.
"John Manning" <jrob...@terra.com.br> wrote in message
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John Manning
> The Lord rebuke thee Satan:
Manning has repented of his past bigoted
transgressions. Bulla is an *ongoing* bigot.
John Manning
> Idol-worship. That is what you have said, you pagan bastard. Worm of
> civilization, eating at the supporting timber of civilization itself.
LOL! You aren't very bright, Bulla.
John Manning
> You are another depraved wacko atheist left-wing nutjob who tramples on
> everyone's liberty as the depraved scum you think you descended from. You
> must be a democrat.
Actually no. But you are an admitted
communist that wishes for the overthrow of
the US Government to set up a theocracy with
you as the dictator.