Who Shot JFK?

Who shot JFK, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jnr., and Mahatma Gandhi?

It is interesting to note that all the assassins had been members of right-wing political organisations.

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Habakkuk.

"O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen?

Or cry to you 'Violence!' and you will not save?

Why do you make me see wrong doing and look at trouble?"

Habakkuk 1:2,3 (NRSV)

"Moreover, wealth is treacherous, the arrogant do not endure.

They open their throats wide as Sheol, like Death they never have enough."  Habakkuk 2:5 (NRSV)

Does this sound familiar?

Habakkuk could be speaking today!

With him we cry: "How long?"

But you won't hear this preached in church too often.

Unless it's to push some End Times agenda.

But it is consistent with the Old Testament prophets whose social justice message is seldom heard.

Fox New would call God a Marxist.

And His prophets Commies.

But money deals with dissent violently.

As many protesters have discovered.

If not with a bullet then with a hate campaign.

"For there is still a vision for the appointed time."  Habakkuk 2:3 (NRSV)

That time is now!

The vision of God is breaking into history.

And we are blessed to be its agents.

Pray for the Light to dawn upon us and dispel our fears and terrors.

For God will not deal with us violently.

His mercy and forgiveness will prevail.

No one will perish.

Give up your fear.

And open your heart!

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Before the Aryan Invasion.

It would appear from archaeological evidence that Yoga existed in Indian civilization before the Aryan invasion.

These were the river cities of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa.

And their inhabitants were the original Dravidian people of India.

It has been suggested that the Australian Aboriginal people are related to the Dravidians who were driven south by the Aryan invaders.

The dark skin and broad nose of the Dravidians resembles the Australian Aboriginals.

And there are similarities in language and mythology.

So the popularity of Yoga in Australia is not as strange as we may have thought.

The spirituality of the Aboriginal people - the first people of Australia - may be related to ancient Indian spirituality.

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Osiris.

The story of the death and resurrection of Jesus has strange parallels with the ancient Egyptian myth of Osiris.

Osiris was murdered by his brother Set (the Egyptian Devil) and miraculously resurrected every year when the wheat began to rise.

This was the natural fertility cycle of the Nile Valley.

Each year the life force would withdraw into the earth and was rejuvenated by the Nile flood.

Although the dates are different this cycle was celebrated at the beginning of Spring in Israel.

And it was during the first month of Nissan (March/April) that the Passover fell.

So the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus at Passover was in line with the myths of death and resurrection of fertility gods in the ancient world.

Osiris was also the god of the afterlife who judged whether the dead entered into eternal life.

Another parallel with Jesus.

Perhaps these similarities were part of the ancient religious psyche and became absorbed into the new religion of Jesus Christ.

But they are also part of the primordial consciousness of humanity and as such have a timeless relevance.

It could be that the dates were chosen to reflect the natural cycle of death and resurrection.

But it is also possible that the events actually took place at those times.

God is often symbolic in His actions.

This does not mean that the death and resurrection of Jesus is a myth.    

All it means is that we celebrate these things on dates that reflect ancient mythology.

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Out of Egypt.

"Out of Egypt I called my son."  Hosea 11:1 (NRSV)

The symbol for Aquarius is the Egyptian hieroglyph for water.

And the pictogram is a man carrying a jar of water.

The Egyptian hieroglyph for the jar means the heart.

This is the key to the enigmatic symbols of Aquarius.

The water is the Water of Life which is love.

And it pours from the jar which is our heart.

Giving life to all around us.

But Aquarius is a air sign.

It governs our concepts.

The concept of unconditional love is a doorway to the heart.

For it is our hearts that will save us.

"'Out of Egypt I have called my son.'"  Matthew 2:15 (NRSV)

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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In the Stars.

Capricorn and Aquarius

Marry Saturn and Uranus.

Muscle mass and glamour.

Demand our admiration. 

It's in the stars.

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Heaven Awaits!

Heaven awaits

Men who love Men!

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