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THE EMMAUS WALK:

A Messianic School of the Bible


AN OPEN DOOR TO THE BIBLE AND UNDERSTANDING IT

WORLD'S GREATEST BOOK CAN BE UNDERSTOOD IF GIVEN A CHANCE: Beyond question, the greatest book in the world is the Bible, and the greatest Book is about the greatest Person, Jesus Christ (Yeshua the Anointed).

Friend, are you unable to read the Bible, that is, make sense of it? Or do some parts make sense, but others, such as Leviticus or Revelation or Romans seem totally bewildering? Are you desiring to go deeper, or reach a higher ground, spiritually, but your difficulty in comprehending scripture is holding you back? It may well be you need to consider that the Bible is essentially Messianic--that is, it exists to tell you about the Messiah and Savior, and virtually everything in the Bible points to Him. With this understanding, you are on your way to unlocking the scriptures and opening the door to Yeshua--for they are, in truth, a living Person, Jesus (Yeshua), who delights in His Name, the Word (John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

You are most welcome to review the list of the Bible books now. This is vital. In this era, when there is so little knowledge of the Bible, it can no longer be taken for granted that everyone knows what they are.

The Books of the Bible





THE MESSIANIC BIBLE TEXTS--WHAT ARE THEY?

The Bible's Messianic Texts are thus named because they are passages in scripture that point specifically to the Messiah, Yeshua (Jesus in Gentile terminology). Foremost in consideration of these texts, Christ Himself chose it when conducting an informal Bible class with two distraught and troubled disciples who had left Jerusalem just after the crucifixion and were on their way to Emmaus, a village seven miles from the Holy City. This spiritual trek inspired the logo graphic at the top of our home page, and in Judaea in the time of Jesus (see the map) Emmaus is near the bottom, located close by Jerusalem.


Vita of Ronald Ginther, Founder of the Emmaus Walk:

Vita



RONALD D. GINTHER, EMMAUS WALK FOUNDER, EDITOR, PILGRIM, Student of the Bible

A WORD ABOUT THE BIBLE: The name is said to come from Byblos, a Phoenician town that is now located in modern Lebanon, because papyrus from Byblos was used to make the Bible manuscripts. The papyrus, when pressed into a long paper-like sheet, was rolled around two wooden sticks, and this made a "book", a "biblion," on which you could write.

Did you know the Bible, Old and New Testaments, came on scrolls such as this in the picture? When unrolled, they could be more than seventy feet long! you rolled it up at one end while unrolling and reading the other end--I am guessing since I have never read a scroll! This system worked well for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years, though tablets of fire-baked clay were used in ancient societies such as Assyrians and Babylonians and other Middle Eastern civilizations, inscribed (while the clay was still moist!) with a wedge-like writing pen that produced writing called cuneiform, said to be invented by the ancient Sumerians of lower Mesopotamia (now southern Iraq). Eventually, the book form came into use, particularly through the invention of the printing press in Europe toward the end of the Middle Ages. Now thousands of books could be printed in a short time, as well as pamphlets and booklets. Once the possession of a few, and of great cost that prevented most people from ever owning one, a book could be printed and sold for a fraction of its former cost when it was in the form of a scroll made of parchment (specially treated animal hide) or papyrus (a writing paper made from pressed papyrus grass stems).

How can we take a book so for granted after hearing this? Particularly so precious a book as the Book of God--the Bible? Yet how do we treat the Bible? Take a look! How few Christians even bother to carry a Bible--or take one with them to church! You can see at a glance who really values the Bible if you watch those entering the church doors--they either carry a Bible or they don't, they either esteem the Bible as their most valuable possession, or they don't. When you have a church full Bible-totin' members, you can be pretty sure they are Berean-type Christians--the noble sort of believers who seek to study the Word of God, because they hold it their most precious possession. Christians in Paul's day did not have this privilege, as the Bible still consisted of rare individual scrolls, and no one church had all of the books of the Bible on hand, to be sure. Individuals had to be rich, very rich, to possess books, much less the Bible books. Christians of Paul's day would think we are fabulously rich, to own and treat so carelessly our wealth of Bible books, as if they are of no greater value than other books in this world. Our ignorance is a primary reason for our careless modern attitude toward the Bible--but not the whole reason. Attitude toward what is precious can also be determined by our attitude toward God. Esteeming God rightly, we will also esteem His Word, the Bible, the truth of which saves our souls from the eternal punishment sinners deserve.

We can read accounts of the sinking of the Titanic, and it is interesting how lightly some passengers treated their life-jackets (cutting them open to examine the cork for the fun of it), while others fought and killed to keep theirs. How would we treat the Bible if we really believed our spiritual lives and even our physical well-being depended on the Word of God?

A Certificate of Excellence is now ready for those who complete the required course load. You can link to a view of it at:

The Emmaus Walk Certificate of Excellence


IS JESUS WALKING BESIDE YOU? HAVE YOU EVER MET GOD?

"Have you ever met God?", a Reply to a Radio Show Host's Question by Ronald Ginther


AMERICA'S RE-EDUCATION CENTER:

"Heroes of America Series--William Penn, an Introduction, with a look at John Foxe's life and contribution to America's Founding Fathers


"Heroes of the America Series--William Penn, with a look at George Penn, Uncle to William Penn


"Heroes of America Series--William Penn, the Conclusion


For ANYTHING about America's true foundations in Christian faith and beliefs, from the original documents and the lives and acts of Christian Founding Fathers:

David Barton, Wallbuilders


CENTER FOR AMERICA'S SPIRITUAL REBIRTH:

"Is America an Evil Empire?", An Answer to America's Critics, by Ronald Ginther


"Christless Pentecost," Review by Ronald Ginther and Reprint of David Willkerson article in CharisLife "Tough Love", 1984


Part II, "Christianity in America" series, by Ronald Ginther


I am richly blessed by God to have great spiritual resources in the form of wonderful, godly forebears as well as relatives who are Gospel ministers such as my uncle Joseph Rangen, whom I asked some "burning questions" to which he gave some "candid answers" (and the last question and answer have much to do with America's maybe last chance to repent and not perish):

"Burning Questions and Candid Answers," by Pastor Joseph Rangen (Retired) and Nephew Ronald Ginther


Part I, "America's Urgent Decision: Spiritual Revival or Disaster," by John Kittleson, Lay Evangelist, published September 1988, but right on time for NOW!!


Part II, "America's Urgent Decision: Spiritual Revival or Disaster," by John Kittleson, Lay Evangelist, published September 1988, but right on time for NOW!!


MISSIONS CENTER:

Sister Mary-Constance is recovering very well from her recent surgery for cancer. There is no sign of it, and she credits God for the success. We thank God, and pray for her, that God will continue using her to reach the unwanted, the cast-offs, the rejected (old and young), that are on her heart to help with the love of Jesus any way she can.

"Letter from the Field," by Mary-Constance, House of God's Embrace, Cuernavaca, Mexico


"Lilias Trotter Book Review," A Missionary Impossible, by Ronald Ginther


LILIAS TROTTER AS A RICH YOUNG ENGLISHWOMAN TURNED MISSIONARY TO MUSLIM ALGERIA, CONTRASTED WITH JOAN BAEZ, AMERICA'S FOREMOST FEMALE FOLK SINGER, HEDONIST, FEMINIST, AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST OF THE 1960'S AND 1970'S: Missionary to Algeria, London society born-and-bred Lilias Trotter was a missionary for the Lord Jesus and the Gospel, and there is another gospel, the gospel of peace and nonviolence and Zen meditation and interfaith-ecumenism and hedonism (called "self-fulfilment") and whatever else people like Joan Baez champion just as fervently as Lilias Trotter the former London socialite championed Christ. What led to a Joan Baez? And what led to a Lilias Trotter? That is the question whose answer we are seeking in the following article.

"Joan Baez, a Silhouette," Review of her 1987 autobiography, by Ronald Ginther


THE EMMAUS WALK COURSE ARTICLES, WITH BIBLE RESOURCES:

A Standard Messianic Texts List (amended and revised somewhat) from the Jewish New Testament


The Names of Yeshua (Jesus) in the Bible


"Introduction to Biblical Science," by Duane L. Smith


"The Work and Person of the Holy Spirit: Essay I, "An Opinion About the Holy Spirit Gifts as Seen Today," by Duane L. Smith


Mrs. Pearl Ginther's Tribute to Christian Education


Crosswalk Bible Website



Part I, "Love: God's Priceless Gift," by Duane L. Smith


Part II, "Love: God's Priceless Free Gift," A Study with Questions, by Duane L. Smith


Supplemental Study Questions on Love article, by Duane L. Smith


Part I, "Genesis's The Seed of Woman, God's Redeemer to Come," by Ronald D. Ginther

"Exodus: Types of Christ," by Ronald Ginther


Duane L. Smith's "Prophetic Dream," a dream-vision of the Lord Jesus


Bible Study Tools Online, with Goshen Online Study Bible--Verse Lookup


The Blue Letter Bible


The American Bible Society library Bibles and other resources


"Leviticus: Atonement4us," by Ronald Ginther



Another fine article by Duane L. Smith:

"The Hope of the Christian, and Worldly Despair," by D. L. Smith


"What is Truth?"--Part I, by Duane L. Smith (A Philosophical Approach to Apologetics)


Part II, "What is Truth?", from Foundational Principles for Living, by Duane L. Smith


"Ruth the Vine," A Poetic Tribute to Christ's Moabite, Christlike Ancestress, by Ronald Ginther


Here is a study on the book of Esther with the setting of ancient Persia (Persia is now called Iran, the name given to it by the British overlords after World War I):

"Esther: the Book of Godly Intrigue," by Ronald Ginther


For a brand-new film based on the Book of Esther that will entertain and challenge everyone, without wondering and worrying about a low rating (it is PG)--go to the place to get the names of theaters nearest you, and type in your zip code for your area's listing (you are also asked to call local theaters and ask if they will be showing the film called "A Night With the King":

Center for Local Theater Listings


WALK IN THE LIGHT, A Supernatural Escape from the Communist Hell of Romania, An illustrated True Account of a Romanian Bible Smuggler-Evangelist's Classic Deliverance from Tyranny and Imminent Death, by Ronald Ginther


"Where is that guy coming from?" A Discussion of Important Issues and Influences on the Instructor, by Duane L. Smith

"Deuteronomy: Israel's Chance to Obey Christ Completely," by Ronald Ginther


John Hagee Ministries


"Joshua: A Many-Faceted Type of Christ," by Ronald Ginther


Questions for "Joshua: A Many-Faceted Type of Christ"


An Additional Autobiographical Account by Ronald Ginther


"Judges: Othniel, A Little Christ," First of Thirteen Delivering Christ-Types from Ehud to Samson, by Ronald Ginther


Judges: Samson, Backslidden Nazarite and Judge of Israel," Or, "Hope for the Completely Washed-up Christian," by Ronald Ginther

"A Glimpse of Heaven and a Taste of Hell," by Instructor Duane L. Smith, with illustrations by Butterfly Productions


"God's Fatherhood, Forgiveness, and the Walk of Faith," A Trilogy in Prophecy, Poem, and Song, Part I, by Duane L. Smith


"Bible Names for God's Son"


Study Questions for Bible Names of God's Son, by Ronald Ginther


"God's Fatherhood, Forgiveness, and the Walk of Faith," A Trilogy, Part II, by Duane L. Smith, is temporarily not on-line.


"Come Let Us Reason Together," "An Account of Messianic Witnessing," by Duane L. Smith


Here is the last article written by Duane L. Smith:

"Einstein, Quantum Mechanics, and the Reconciliation with Theology," Parts I-III, by Duane L. Smith


"Foundational Principles for Abundant Living, Meditations on God's Grace, Section A," by Duane L. Smith


Test Questions for Foundational Principles, by Duane L. Smith


PRAYER CENTER: PRAYER IS ESSENTIAL TO A CHRISTIAN'S FAITH AND LIFE AND FRUITFULNESS. Prayer is the keystone of a successful, fruitful Christian faith, it must be said. Without prayer, faith in the Lord will remain sterile and eventually fail. Witkhout prayer, our nation founded under God will even cease to exist.

"Praying for You," Ronald Ginther's grandmother in a characteristic praying moment at the kitchen table, a watercolor by a renowned portrait artist, Bart Lindstrom:

A FREE CHILDREN'S PRAYER MAP! An excellent resource for praying effectively and focused for the world: a free World Prayer Map! Parents, there is also a Children's World Prayer Map! This is your big opportunity to get your kids active spiritually in a way that will bring big spiritual dividends--how can God not hear a child's prayer? Write to: Every Home for Christ, P.O. Box 64000, Colorado Springs, CO 80962, or Tel: 1-800-423-5054.

Recommended The Emmaus Walk Book List:

"We Have a Choice, Humility or Humiliation," a call to America to repent or be destroyed by our enemies, based on Robison's prophetic warning, available in his 16-page booklet printed and distributed by LIFE Outreach International, Fort Worth, TX, 2006.

"Culture Warrior," by Bill O'Reilly (go to www.amazon.com, or any bookstore), which details the unconditional, all-out war being waged against America's Judaeo-Christian foundations by secular progressives (also called secular humanists, or better: "secular retrogressives").

"Smith Wigglesworth," Apostle of Faith, biography by Stanley Howard Frodsham, Radiant Books, Gospel Publishing House, Springfield, Missouri

"George Muller, Man of Faith and Miracles," biography hy Basil Miller, Bethany Fellowship, Dimension Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Tortured for Christ," autobiography of Richard Wurmbrand, Diane Books, Glendale, California

"Hope for Man in a Hopeless World," by Basilea Schlink, Bethany Fellowship, Dimension Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Glory in the Church, the Coming Revival," by Edward E. Hindson, Thomas Nelson Publishers, New York/Nashville

"Czechmate," autobiographical account of imprisonment of author in a communist country for Bible smuggling

"The Everyday Guide to "God," A to Z Listing of God's Attributes, with Scriptures, by Amy Ng Wong, Humble Creek Publisher, Uhricksville, Ohio

"The Complete Book of Bible Lists," by H.L. Willmingon, Tyndale House, Wheaton, Illinois

"God Sent a Man," the story of Joseph, by Carylye B. Haynes, Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington, D.C.

"Israel Act III," The Bible and the Mideast in prophecy, by Richard Wolff, Tyndale House, Wheaton, Illinois

"Eric Liddell, Pure Gold," biography of the Chariots of Fire Olympic runner turned missionary to China, by David McCasland, Discovery House Publishers, Grand Rapids, Michigan

"Messianic Christology," by Arnold J. Fruchtenbaum, Ph.D., Th.M., Ariel Ministries, Tustin, California

"C.S. Lewis," Heroes of the Faith series biography, by Sam Wellman, Barbour Publishing, Uhrichsville, Ohio

"A Passion for the Impossible," The Life of Lilias Trotter, by Miriam Huffman Rockness, Discovery House Publishers, Grand Rapids, Michigan

"Jerusalem Countdown," A Warning to the world, containing a prophetic view of Iran's role in coming world events affecting or centered on Israel, with parallels between Joseph and Jesus tieing in with these events and others of the End-Times, by John Hagee, Frontline (A Strang Company), Lake Mary, Florida

C. T. Studd, any biography will do. Of his life and contributions, Dr. James Kennedy of Coral Gables church, Florida, writes in a letter, "Charles Thomas Studd was born into wealth around the time of the American Civil War and grew up in a magnificent mansion in England. Known as C.T., he seemed to 'have it all.' He was handsome, well-educated, a famous cricket player, and extremely rich.

But the young man's life lacked purpose and meaning...until he met Jesus Christ. Then C.T. found a consuming desire to serve Christ and introduce Him to a lost world.

Giving up both his wealth and fame, C.T. began preaching at universities with great success. In 1885, he set sail for China, where he decided he would be a better tool for God if he became more like the Chinese. So, he shaved his head (except for a pigtail), grew the long Chinese mustasche, learned to speak fluent Mandarin, and began to proclaim the Gospel. Vast numbers of people came to know Jesus Christ.

Still, C.T. was not finished. Again, he felt God's call to another distant land. In 1900, C.T. moved his family to India, learned the language, preached the Gospel, and won many to Christ.

Finally, at age 52, he returned to England as a very sick man, suffering from asthma and several diseases contracted while on the mission field.

It seemed that C.T.'s life was almost over...but, he still was not finished.

He had a vision for lost souls of yet another continent--Africa. His friends and family told him he would die if he went to Africa. 'I'll die amnyway,' he replied. So, he journeyed to Africa, learned the languages, preached the Gospel, and for he next two decades--from 1910 until his death in 1931--he brought many to salvation in Jesus Christ.

This was a man who took Christ's command literally--to go and preach the Gospel! C.T. Studd willingly gave up his wealth, comfort, and even his life to share the Gospel. I am sure his reward in heaven in beyond measure."

Sounds like the male version of Lilias Trotter?--only, being an unmarried woman frail in health, she wasn't anything like a strong, muscled young champion cricketeer! The biography of C.T. Studd was a favorite at my Bible school. I and some other Bible School students read it some years back, for it told fascinating details, such as the falling out the mission board back in England had with him over his "cruel" treatment of his parishioneers, tribal leaders particularly, in West Africa. He doubted their sincerity as born-again, converted Christians--and everyone thought him extremely mean-spirited to forbid them holy communion and Christian fellowship. He stuck to his guns, though the mission board was scandalized by his unwavering, stubborn refusal to accept the native converts as real Christians--until finally the news reached them C.T. Studd was dead right after all in his spiritual diagnosis. You see, C.T. Studd had seen through the expert lip service of these suave, play-acting "saints." Caught and exposed by the litmus test of the Holy Spirit, the West Africans confessed to the evangelist they were nothing but base hypocrites and heathens, and right then a real revival and mass conversion took place in their truly repentant hearts. It was glorious what true men of God they became from that moment on! From that event, the whole vast region of West Africa was evangelized, and millions came to know Christ--whereas, if the misguided mission board in England had gotten its way over the issue of "Christian compassion," who knows what might have happened? Millions of African souls, apparently, would have gone straight to hell and damnation if the mission board had prevailed and C.T. Studd had buckled under. Thank God, for this courageous man of God who stuck to his convictions despite all the misconceptions fine Christian people had about him! Quite possibly, Nigeria alone has more genuine Christians than Britain and Western Europe, from whence C.T. Studd came. And that very area is sending forth missionaries, some of them going to Britain, Russia, and the U.S., where they are revitalizing Christian faith and establishing leading congregations--all fruit quite possibly of the sacrificial decision of a certain English cricketeer and rich playboy who gave it all up for Christ and the Gospel.

TESTIMONIES:

Dr. Mark Gabriel's testimony, about how he left Islam as a university professor, and was arrested by Cairo secret police and almost killed for his decision; then he gave his life to Christ, and the persecution really began!

Mark Gabriel's Testimony


For viewing Brother Mark Gabriel's website (formerly a Muslim imam and instructor at Cairo's top university who was tortured and imprisoned for leaving Islam, but later came to a saving knowledge of Christ Jesus):

Mark Gabriel's website


To Abraham God said: "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing."--Genesis 12:2. This blessing holds for descendants of both his sons Isaac and Ishmael, as they both hearken and bow to the God of Abraham and accept what is said about his greatest descendant, Jesus Christ, born not of human seed but of the Spirit of God:

A Rose of CHRIST YESHUA'S Love for the Beloved Moslem People

MOSLEM BORN AND BRED TARIQ FADI CONVERTED TO BEING A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE THE CHRISTIAN MAN HE PERSECUTED LOVED HIM ANYWAY:

Perry Stone Ministries


tariq@fardigroup.com

EXCITING NEW STORY FROM MUSLIM TURKEY!

"An Exciting Story from Turkey," by Gloria Patterson, The Mooring Lines Magazine, Port of Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington State


Feeling rejected, cast-off, unwanted, worthless to everyone, including yourself? Here is a way out, which Christ gave a rejected wife and mother over in Israel:

"Wedding in the Dead Sea of Rejection," by Ronald Ginther


A quiz about the Resurrection:

EASTER EGG HUNT QUIZ


EBEN'S PROPHETIC WARNINGS TO WESTERN SECULAR HUMANIST NATIONS, HOW EXACTLY THEY HAVE SWALLOWED SOMETHING SEEMINGLY SMALL AND HARMLESS THAT IN TIME WILL DEVOUR THEM COMPLETELY FROM WITHIN:

France, the birthplace of socialism and the so-called Enlightenment that threw God and the Ten Commandments out of human government and society, placing man in the center, as a worshiper of the Goddess of Reason:

"The Burden of France," by Eben


Holland, a formerly devoutly Christian, now a secular-humanist nation that worships the false deity of Tolerance above the true God:

"The Burden of the Netherlands (Holland)," by Eben


Please use the telephone number or Life Today website to order and read James Robison's "We Have a Choice, Humility or Humiliation," his 16-page booklet giving a prophetic warning and call to fellow Americans to turn back to God before destruction falls on us from a nuclear strike, from inside and possibly outside our borders as well! A prophecy for America, given at my aunt and uncle's church in Minneapolis, December 1973, for Christians of America, is also timely and will soon be given a link here.

"The Burden of America," by Eben



Canada, a formerly Christian now a devout secular-humanist society and nation:

"The Burden of Canada," by Eben


Once mighty, "Great Britain," formerly the birthplace of the Wesley and Welsh revivals that shook England and revitalized her, now a secular-humanist society where Christmas is a politically incorrect term to use at the time of the traditional celebration of Christ's birth ("Winter Festival," or the pagan "Winter Solstice," ineptly and dishonestly substituted).

"The Burden of Britain," by Eben


"The Burden of Helvetia (Switzerland)," by Eben


"Two Prophecies," by Duane L. Smith


INSPIRATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT CENTER:

A FAMOUS NAME FOR DECADES ON BROADWAY AND IN THE MOVIES, SHE GAVE IT ALL TO THE SERVICE TO JESUS HER NEWFOUND SAVIOR!--ETHEL WATERS

"Ethel Waters' "To Me It's Wonderful," Harper and Row Publishers, 1972, Book Review by Ronald Ginther


Mrs. Pearl Ginther's Scripture Garden


"Angel Stories," by Pearl A. Ginther


"My Two Angel Stories," by Ronald Ginther

"My Two Angel Stories"


"The Voice of the Lord and the Heart of a Prophet," A Dream of the Lord Jesus, Parts 1 & 2, by Duane L. Smith


THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE WILL CONVERT ANYBODY IF GIVEN A FAIR HEARING ON THE BASIS OF CREDIBLE EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY THE BIBLE ITSELF:

"We Tried to Prove It Wrong," article in the book, "Can I Really Trust the Bible?"


ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST CENTER: The most contested real estate on earth is Canaan, or Israel! Here are two articles dealing specifically with the land God promised only to Israel:

ARTICLE ABOUT JERUSALEM, REPUBLISHED: "Speak Tenderly to Jerusalem," the CharisLife article, is now on-line:

"Speak Tenderly to Jerusalem," CharisLife Article by Gerald Rowlands, 1986, "Tough Love" Magazine


WHAT IS PALESTINE? IS IT ISRAEL? IS IT ARAB, OR IS IT JEWISH?

THE WHAT AND WHEREFORE ON THE ISLAMIC DICTATORSHIP OF IRAN AND ITS CONTROVERSIAL, NUCLEAR-ARMING EXPONENT AND LEADER: "Ram and Bear: the Land of Persia, Ancient and Modern," by Ronald Ginther:

"Ram and Bear: the Land of Persia, Ancient and Modern," by Ronald Ginther


GOD GAVE ISRAEL (YES, ISRAEL!) THE TERRITORIES COMPRISED BY SOUTHERN LEBANON AND ALSO WESTERN SYRIA! Please go and see what the Bible says, which resulted in Israel being given these lands now exploited for terroristic purposes by the Iran-backed terrorist organization of Hezbollah. Use the article to view the maps: "The Area Attacked in Israel by Hezbollah, and the Lands Occupied in Lebanon God gave to Israel," by Ronald Ginther

Maps of Hezbollah-Attacked Israel, and the Northern Lands now known as Southern Lebanon that Almighty God Gave to His People Israel, by Ronald Ginther


STORMWATCH/CURRENT ISSUES CENTER: IS ISRAEL SUCCUMBING TO THE SPIRIT OF SODOM? Israel's Ministry of Tourism ad on the back cover of the Jerusalem POST magazine published for Christian consumption has this caption: "Israel. Where You Can Touch History, And Feel The Future." Above the caption is a beautiful, romantic picture of a floodlit portion of the walls of the Old City, Jerusalem, with three Israeli flags flying near the "Tower of David", and a perfect, crisp full moon standing sentinel just to its right in the blue night sky. After reading about the homosexual activist movement's agenda in Israel, I have to wonder as a concerned supporter and lover of Israel whether that "History" being touched might be the abominable one of Sodom and Gomorrah's and the "Future" we feel might not be one we (and Israel) will like in the least.

Why do I wonder these things? The fizzled campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and an absurd UN-brokered cease-fire and peace-keeping mission that will never succeed (thanks to the "iron fist, kid gloves" diplomacy and approach of Israel's present prime minister, Mr. Omert) are the least of Israel's woes. She has, indeed, other woes on the front burners, such as the fairly recent, utterly suicidal, US-forced, Sharon-brokered "land for peace" swap that resulted in Gaza and the homes and businesses of Jewish residents being turned over to Hamas terrorists, thus giving them a free rocket launching pad into the heart of Israel. Yet another is the damage done by Hezbollah both to Israel's cities, its economy in the north of the country, and in propaganda victory secured by an undefeated Hezbollah. However, there is a problem developing within Israel that poses an even greater threat to Israel's security than Hamas, Hezbollah, and the various failed policies of Mr. Omert's administration and party--it is, namely, Sodom's spirit.

That spirit has spread over the whole world. It is so pervasive and has received such powerful backing from societies and governments in so much of the world that it is becoming a global phenomenon. Middle Eastern societies have struggled with it for many centuries particularly (for that spirit has always held the Middle East as its homeland). There is a certain amount of tolerance in Islam for it, though the politically correct view of Islam presently abhors or discourages homosexual activism. Homosexual chattels (good looking young boys) were always being used by some Muslim men since the time of Mohammed (used "in a pinch" if women were not available as sex partners). I know this because I have travelled in Muslim countries of the Middle East, and lived for a year in Muslim Turkey. It is apparent that there is a "Don't tell, we won't ask" sort of policy, comparable to the U.S. military's, in place in Muslim societies, though I believe the vast majority of Muslim men would probably reject homosexuality if the issue became a public choice for them. I believe this because I never encountered a single homosexual in Muslim societies, nor saw any--they are so few and have not yet come out of the closet in Muslim society.

This is just the opposite from secular-humanist societies and nations, where demonstrations of "Gay Pride" take place routinely in virtually all the major cities. In these nations, tolerance is god, so not only tolerance is preached to the children in the schools, but "participation" in the so-called "alternative" or "homosexual lifestyle" is even being sanctioned and encouraged.

So far I should not be saying anything you do not know or have not frequently observed yourself. Israel is, however, no different--that, I find, is a most disturbing development. Satan has obviously chosen to use this important weapon in his arsenal of WMD's to destroy all nations with it, and has focused his attention on Israel, particularly because the Jews are God's Chosen People, and their land is a divinely, everlasting Covenanted Land which he intends to defile, degrade, and ultimately to destroy off the face of the earth in his vain attempt to make God's Word a lie.

In Michael Hines' article, "Worldpride Rising, Israel struggles with the 'gay rights' agenda," published in the Jerusalem POST Christian edition of August 2006, the Israeli courts are singled out as the backers of the world homosexual agenda's move to take Israel, and, particularly, its children. He warns, "Whatever happens [in the battle of Jerusalem's valiant mayor to keep the WORLDPRIDE activists from staging a parade], few appreciate that WorldPride is actually a sideshow--a catalyst at best, to draw attention to the battle brewing in the Israeli corridors of power as a tolerant, pluralistic democracy grapples with its fundamental identity as a Jewish state. It is a clash where traditional Jerusalem meets Tel Aviv hedonism." But it is far more too. Hines continues. He tells how the new Israel Education Minister Yuli Tamir has plans to start [now back in August] a project to promote homosexuality in all Israeli state schools from first grade onwards. "Meanwhile, the tourism ministry is working on plans to promote Tel Aviv as 'the gay capital of the world'."

But there is even more coming down the pike. Hines states: "...one veteran conservative activist in Jerusalem familiar with the details of the proposed curriculum put it more bluntly. 'School children would be told not only to embrace the lifestyle as an acceptable alternative [to heterosexual, monogamous marriage between one man and one woman], but would be openly encouraged to experiment with their sexuality before deciding whether they're straight or gay.'"

If this is not sickening enough, Hines addes this development to the disgusting spectacle of so-called WorldPride: "'The Youth Are Here,'-the parade's international teen gathering at the Israeli Knesset on August 7--is geared toward, in the organizer's own words: 'all boys and girls, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, friends and UNSURE BUDDIES, aged 15 to 25 [EMPHASIS is Hines']'."

Follow the "money trail"! The international WorldPride-Sodomite movement means big bucks in the pockets of Israeli hoteliers and restaurant owners and all sorts of businesses catering to tourists. Consequently, the 3 billion a year tourist industry in Israel favors encouraging the Sodomites to come and make Tel Aviv their capital. As Hines wryly observes, "It was a dramatic departure from Tourism Minister Isaac Herzog's more familiar talk of picturesque Galilee hilltops and 'the land where Jesus walked,' in a CNN Business Traveler special in June."

Surely, after this report of Michael Hines [and you are encouraged to read the entire article in the Jerusalem POST Christian edition, August 2006, pages 14-15], is there any doubt that we are in the Latter Days, which the Bible describes as being "as in the days of Noah" when all manner of violence and immorality was rampant? The spirit of Sodom was no doubt just as active then, as it is now, targeting the youngest children in public schools of Israel and in other secular-humanist dominated nations. As a righteous, holy Almighty God did back then in Noah's time to Noah's generation, will He not do to this equally depraved, defiant generation, lest Noah's generation rise up in the Judgment to declare they were unfairly treated when we are not treated the same as they were?

Friend, the Good News is that Jesus came to save sinners, and Sodomites qualify as sinners, whom He died and shed His blood to save! Jesus saved me, and so I know He can save anyone. I know I was worse than any Sodomite--and could write the book on evil, except that God has forgotten all my sin, forgiving me, and cleansing me forever clean in His sight. What He graciously did for me, His substituting for me in His suffering and death on the Cross, taking my sin's full penalty for me upon Himself, He is eager to do for you--if you still need His forgiveness and salvation.

Please do not delay taking God's free gift of life-transforming salvation by grace alone. Regarding this depraved, Sodomite, secular-humanist Western Civilization of ours, the clock of Divine Judgment is ticking, with the minute hand poised momentarily on 11:59 just before the stroke of doom at midnight.

Flowers of Christ's Love for the Enslaved People of Iran

"What is Palestine?"--A Commentary on the David Hathaway Article, "Palestine?", by Ronald Ginther


CARTOON CENTER: Our Emmaus Walk cartoon about the sinning, sybaritic playboy, or "rake", the typical American boy without Christ in his life:

"Skanky Boy--The Progress of a Post-Modern Rake," Part I


"Skanky Boy--The Progress of a Rake," Part II


"Skanky Boy--The Progress of a Rake," Part III, by Eben


"Skanky Boy--The Progress of a Rake," Part IV, by Eben


"Judges: Samson, Backslidden Nazarite and Judge of Israel," Or, "Hope for the Washed-up Christian," by Ronald Ginther


Please turn to the atlas for more information and maps of this fascinating, once great Christian country, which truly can be called the Land of St. Paul. T. R. Glover, Cambridge scholar and teacher, wrote about this area in his book, "The Ancient World." He says of it, "In this Greek land [Asia Minor] St Paul founded churches; the ancient races came together and were merged in one another by Greek culture and Christian faith. Christian Asia Minor was a large part of the Empire of Constantinople, and it was till the eleventh century A.D. one of the bulwarks of Europe against the invading Moslems. After centuries of endurance of Mohammedan rule, the 'Greeks' (the Christians) of 'Turkey in Asia' were transplanted bodily, a million and more of them, to European Greece in 1922. It is a curious reflexion that there were never so few Greeks in Asia Minor as now since the great migration, nor so few Christians since St. Paul went home to preach in Cilicia. But the Hellenization of Asia Minor was in its time an immense contribution to human progress." Did any teacher reveal this to you, concerning Christian Asia Minor and Greek civilization (and Hellenization)? Did they ever indicate the immense conributions made by Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Christians in Asia Minor? Turks and Moslems are relative late comers, if the truth be told. Vast ages of civilizations, Christian and non-Christian, predated them. Yet we are given the impression that Christianity and Christian civilization (not to mention the Greeks) were but some brief footnote in the glorious Muslim history of Asia Minor! Actually, it is the other way round! Even the Star and Crescent that you see emblazoned on the Muslim banners and in the national flags of Muslim nations is originally Byzantine Greek, borrowed from the great and truly glorious Christian civilization of Asia Minor!

Asia Minor Atlas


OUR GRATEFUL SALUTE TO POPE BENEDICT XVI AND THE LATE BYZANTINE EMPEROR! WHY IS NO ONE DEFENDING THE POPE AND THE BRAVE CHRISTIAN EMPEROR, MANUEL, OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE? WHO WAS HE ANYWAY? AND WHY IS THERE SUCH A FUROR, IF HE IS SO OBSCURE AS HE IS DESCRIBED BEING IN THE LIBERAL WORLD MEDIA AND PRESS? COULD IT BE THE GOSPEL WAS FIRST SHARED IN THIS LAND, AND IT HAS SINCE GONE INTO THE GROUND LIKE A PRECIOUS SEED, AND ALL THE FUROR IS SATAN'S ATTEMPT TO KEEP IT FROM SPROUTING AND BEARING FRUIT IN THIS TIME, FEEDING MILLIONS OF LOST SOULS IN ISLAM IN THIS AREA? TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO ST. PAUL AND HIS HELPERS PLANTED THAT SEED, ALL OVER ASIA MINOR (OR ANATOLIA, NOW CALLED TURKEY). THIS POEM DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED, TAKING THE BIBLE'S ACCOUNT OF IT:

"The Ballad of Paul and Silas," by Ronald Ginther


CREATION/INTELLIGENT DESIGN CENTER:

Dr. Carl Baugh, Creation Evidence


For a magnificent series refuting Evolution as taught today all over the nation in most all the schools (not to mention promoted in films, documentaries, National Geographic specials, ad nauseum):

"Life's Story" Series, Exploration Films, to order a copy or copies


This visually stunning series can be shown in private home gatherings, for homeschools, in churches, in student groups meeting legally at school during allotted times--and will refute Evolution, point by point, the true facts presented by scientists and educators. This the the truth that Evolutionist do not have America to see, because their shabby, unscientific case for Evolution is utterly destroyed.

FALSE CULTS AND HERESIES CENTER:

What is so bad about witchcraft and voo doo? In our permissive culture, where about anything goes under the banner of Tolerance, check out Nicky Cruse, former Mau Mau gang leader in New York streets. Looking surprisingly young and fit, he is still available to tell you exactly how horrible witchcraft is, and the price its victims pay for it. A gripping movie, The Cross and Switchblade, was made about Nicky's life. One of Christianity's best-kept secrets despite the book and movie about him, he is now a world-travelling evangelist, reaching millions with his testimony of how Christ's love can transform a violent gang leader living without purpose or any knowledge that there was love for him in this world. He told the members of the Crystal Cathedral in Orange County, California, just a few days ago, how he was born the son of a witch and a warlock, and how, as a boy he would awake in a pool of his own blood, his lips split, beaten unconscious, having been brutally set upon by his abusive parents. Living in a hell of a home, where his parents were lifetime practitioneers of witchcraft, drugs, and violence, serving Satan himself, Nicky hated the whole world and everybody in it, and lived only to inflict pain on others for all the pain inflicted on him as an unloved, abused boy. I can tell you some horror stories myself, having seen the havoc the occult (which is part of the world of witchcraft) has wreaked in a home of relatives.

You must read the rest of Nicky's story yourself, or see the move, telling how he was finally set free in the most unlikely way by the most unlikely person--a tall, skinny, country pastor sent by God into the inner city with the revolutionary message of God's unconditional love.

Now, in previous comments on this subject, we have mentioned the existence of a certain "Voo Doo queen" in New Orleans, and how we heard her boasting before the hurricanes struck down the levees and wrecked the city that she wasn't going away, she would pray the hurricanes off (or use magic) to divert them as she successfuly did (she claimed) in the past.

Well, something went wrong with her spirits this time--they lost control or must have been asleep or busy elsewhere, apparently, and "her" New Orleans was destroyed, sweeping away her Voo Doo throne and base of Satanic operations. But now I am sorry to say I hear Voo Doo (and perhaps its queen) is back, with the re-starting of the Voo Doo Music Festival! Isn't this incredible? Did New Orleans learn nothing--absolutely nothing from the disaster?

We must, as Chistians, pray for this poor, ignorant, sin-enslaved city, that the Gospel spread and take real control, instead of Voo Doo and its demons from hell. The New Orleans people praising this festival have no idea what they are asking to happen once again to them--the repeated destruction of New Orleans.

How can God protect a city returned to Voo Doo and magic and spiritism like a dog returns to its vomit? As the Bible gives ample record, God will not always hold back judgment and destruction, for there is a spiritual law, like gravity, that applies to those who continually break it. The law is the wonderful moral law of God--and it is specified, point by point, in the Ten Commandments--the only basis of any life-preserving, life-protecting society. Break this moral law, and you and I will reap what we sow. New Orleans (not because it was more wicked than other U.S. cities, for that is debatable when you compare Nola with San Francisco and Seattle, but because it WAS wicked, was allowed by God's mercy to suffer the consequences of its breaking of the moral law, after decades and decades of mercy and restrained judgment. Finally, to save SOME out of this wicked city, the hurricanes were allowed to take their course by Divine Mercy. Nature does not distinguish between good and bad cities, of course, and God is not a vengeful God in the least--but offend the moral law instituted by a loving God for mankind's preservation, offend and break it repeatedly and contemptuously for as long as you want, and it will recoil and smite you with death and terrible destruction--writing "Alas, you brought it on yourselves!" over your heap of rubble.

It is actually a severe but divine mercy to allow such a thing to happen--that some might be saved and come to know a loving Jesus Christ the Savior, and not all perish in their sins, seving their lord and slavemaster, Satan. Someday Nola will not exist, but the souls--they are immortal, and their destiny is more important than a material city anyday!

It is not a "Great City" as the political mind likes to call it for the sake of gathering political support. It is only a "Great City" if the people turn back to God and serve and honor God and Christ. Until then, it is a glittering harlot perched on the banks on the Mississipi, beckoning souls to moral destruction with her alluring and deceptive charms. Please go to "Doors of Life" by Bryan Schroeder, which describes this harlot of the world as a Door of the World. The Door of the World is followed by another he identifies that lead to death and destruction, the Door of Flesh (or Human Desire and Selfishness). And the third door is the best, the Door of God's Love which, when chosen, leads to eternal life.

"Doors of Life," by Bryan Schroeder


Part I, "Witchcraft in America--How bad is it?", Part I, by Ronald Ginther


You've heard a little about the great man of God, Nicky Cruse, and what witchcraft did to him in his boyhood. If you want to know what witchcraft does to millions of people in a metropolis, New Orleans, I firmly believe, is a prime example of what we need to recall and not forget. In such a city the Christian community is cowed and compromised, while all manner of immorality and depravity and voo doo is practiced with official sanction and approval. Masses of local people remain in poverty and in hopeless prisons of sin and bondage, while millions of monied tourists and immoralists flock to the city's glittering, no-stops-pulled festivals in honor of the sex-and-revelry-god, Bacchus. It is so wretched a place, that the final cataclysms of nature come as a kind of cleansing, though the good suffer hideously along with the evil-doers. My own homestate is a disaster in the making--long over-due in judgment, to be sure! We too are compromised and cowed as a Christian community. Few stand up against the seemingly irresistable tide of secular humanism and all its filth and degradation. What is vile is called good by our state's leaders and governor! They even want more of the same, as if the scandalous statistics of our decline do not mean a thing to them. Put a Band-aid there, put a cotton swab with alcohol here, while the whole corrupted state is full of wounds from head to toe and tottering toward the grave! What a ditch Washington State is falling into! Only prayer and repentance and God's amazing mercy and grace can rescue us. In this godless, declining, self-destructing, bloody "Evergreen State," 624,331 babies have been aborted since 1983, according to a church sign I passed on the road--a number equal to the population of Seattle! And as yet (thanks to an activist judge who overturned Congress's ban of partial birth abortion) no end in sight! If it were not decreed by the Supreme Court in the infamous Roe vs. Wade decision, it would be called infanticide and genocide. In any case, God and the Bible call it murder, and those who do such things against helpless, unborn children are, therefore, premeditating murderers. I might add, those who support these practices are in the same boat--they are murderers too, by complicity.

While on this subject of premeditated murder, we need to pray--would you join me and my mother?--for Saddam Hussain, and his two henchmen in mass murder (one is his half-brother), all three condemned to be hung for their murder of over 100 innocent Shiites, the sentence finally given in their case by the trial judge in Iraq (I first wrote, tellingly, "Babylon."). Now everyone knows Hussain attack his neighboring states of Kuwait and Iran on both sides of him and is responsible for at least a million deaths in the ranks of his neighbor's armies, and routinely murdered hundreds of thousands, used gas warfare and bombs on Kurdis villages, and routinely tortured young girls and children to death--after they were raped, of course. He also executed fathers while their children and wives were forced to watch. No cruelty was spared his victims. Graveyards all over Iraq are bursting with the bones of his mass killings (and he is still heartily defended in this country and loved by many of his Sunnite minority in Iraq!) But this paticular massacre of Shiites after an assassination attempt on his wretched life was well-documented and easily adjudicated. If only he knew Jesus loves him--despite his crimes and murders. Has nobody ever told him, so that he might have a chance to be saved? If anyone can yet reach him--tell him! He needs to know the Savior, Jesus, who is His only Hope.--Ed.

Part II, "The Poverty/Witchcraft Connection," by Ronald Ginther


THE EMMAUS WALK MUSIC CENTER:

"The Long, Lonely Road," A Song's Lyrics by Duane L. Smith


"Hell-Bound," by Duane L. Smith


A Song dedicated to Duane L. Smith:

"I'm About to Fly to Heaven," A Yellowstone Park Campfire Song, with Demonstrations, by Ronald Ginther


"God has a Plan for My Life," a Song of Encouragement Amidst Bleak Circumstances


CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN ACTIVISM:

GOD IS LOOKING FOR PEACE-BRINGING, LOVING "TERRORISTS OF THE GOSPEL" TO SEND OUT INTO THE WORLD!

Link for Christian activists ( LOVE AND PEACE "terrorists" FOR CHRIST), via David Wildmon's American Family Association On-line:

American Family Association On-Line


Link to obtain Vital Information about Current Issues Confronting the Family, Traditional Moral Values, and our Fast-Eroding Religious Liberty in America, as well as take advantage of the opportunity to order DVDs of the extremely well-done "Critical Mass" and the Boston colonial church's "Liberty Sunday" service and broadcast transcript, with Tony Perkins, Head of Family Resarch Council officiating. Also check out AFA's Pass Along Sheet telling about how Wal-Mart rolls out the red carpet for homosexual marriage:

Family Research Council, Defending Family, Faith, and Freedom


One paragraph from the AFA Pass Along Sheet regarding Wal-Mart: "When Wal-Mart announced their support for the homosexual agenda a few weeks ago, they meant what they said. You will remember that the Wal-Mart asked for, and received, permission to join the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce ( NGLCC). The company announcd they were giving two large grants to NGLCC. The world's largest retailer was rewarded with a position on the board of NGLCC. Wal-Mart also announced they would give preference to homosexual-owned businesses in purchasing products."

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FINAL WORD TO ALL VISITORS AND STUDENTS: WE LOVE YOU WITH THE SPIRIT OF YSHUA, AND THANK YOU, AND PLEASE RETURN SOON TO THE EMMAUS WALK! WE COMMEND THOSE WHO FAITHFULLY KEEP COMING BACK, AGAIN AND AGAIN, FOR ANYTHING MORE WE HAVE TO OFFER. WE WOULD OFFER FAR MORE, TO BE SURE, BUT THERE ARE TIME CONSTRAINTS AND FAMILY TIME WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE, AS WE ALL MUST DO. YOU ARE PRECIOUS TO US AND TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST! THIS IS YOUR WEBSITE, AND WE ALWAYS INTEND IT TO BLESS YOU IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.--Ronald Ginther, Founder, The Emmaus Walk Messianic School of the Bible

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